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- 5 percent of federal workers to be furloughed Friday
- Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
- Katherine Archuleta chosen as next OPM director
- Data breach puts DHS workers at risk of identity theft
- DoD chooses interoperability over integration for new e-health record system
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB fuels synergy between mobile, open data
- IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
- Accountability breakdown leading factor in DoD sexual assaults
- OMB reworking financial system requirements
- Federal retirement funds temporarily tapped
- VanRoekel to lead OMB management team
- Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal finalists
- Thursday federal headlines - May 23, 2013
Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
With Apple CEO's Senate turn, lawmakers see possible spur to action on fixing US tax code
Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 fine
Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 to settle charges of failing to protect client data
Stocks mixed as investors reassess Fed worries
US stocks turn mixed as investors consider Fed fears overdone; Dow recoups a big early loss
Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct
Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct, but posts sales shortfall
Kerry Kennedy, farmworker protest Wendy's in NYC
Kerry Kennedy joins Fla-based farmworker protest outside Wendy's NY stockholder meeting
Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions
Turkish lawmakers debate restricting alcohol sales and ads as critics warn of Islamization
Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
Hobby Lobby appeal tests limits of federal birth-control coverage mandate
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep workers in setback for decommissioning
Survey shows China manufacturing contracting
Survey shows China manufacturing contracting, adding to signs economy cooling
Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
Stocks in Europe take battering after Japan's Nikkei tanks over 7 percent; US markets steady
US stock market recovers most of an early loss
US stock prices ease, recovering most of an early swoon, after Chinese manufacturing contracts
Stocks mixed as investors reassess Fed worries
Investors recovered their poise by midday Thursday after an early sell-off sent stocks sharply lower.
Oil falls on concerns for China demand, Fed policy
The price of oil fell Thursday as weak manufacturing data from China raised questions about the strength of oil demand in the world's No. 2 economy.
Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft reveals Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment console, last of 3 major systems unveiled
ECB official: New bank authority 'indispensable'
ECB's Coeure says Europe's banking reform must include agency to wind down busted banks
EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation
In PR shambles, EU scraps mocked proposal to regulate olive oil bottles in restaurants
Stock slump continues on Wall Street
Uncertainty about Federal Reserve's commitment to economic stimulus sends markets lower
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
Fox reality show puts employees at risk of being fired on television
ECB official: New bank authority 'indispensable'
A top European Central Bank official is calling for quick creation of an agency with powers to restructure and wind down busted banks, in an apparent pushback against Germany's insistence that such fundamental changes should take time.
US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.
Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery.
House approves bill to change overtime pay law
House approves measure that would let workers trade overtime pay for more time off
NYC Council OKs sick days plan, seen as key step
Paid sick days plan passes NYC Council; seen as major step in push for the benefit around US
Correction: Tanning Beds-FDA story
Correction: Tanning Beds-FDA story
