NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fabrice Tourre, a central figure in a controversial Goldman Sachs Group Inc transaction, asked a judge to throw out a U.S. regulator's fraud lawsuit against him, 2-1/2 months after the bank settled its part of the case for $550 million.
OMAHA, Neb. – In the hours before Jeff Layten was fatally wounded in a shootout with police at an Omaha hospital, the man friends described as easygoing was making despondent calls to relatives and had led officers on a dangerous chase before crashing his truck, police say.
NEW YORK – Stocks are ending a strong September with more gains Thursday after new reports on unemployment claims, economic growth and manufacturing topped expectations.
HONOLULU – Corals at remote atolls northwest of the main Hawaiian islands suffered some bleaching this summer as ocean temperatures rose to higher-than-normal levels for a couple of weeks, but they were spared the large-scale mass bleaching observed this year in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, scientists said Wednesday.
NEW DELHI – Protesters took to the streets of the Indian capital Thursday for a second straight day of demonstrations, demanding a boycott of the Commonwealth Games that begin this weekend.
