Articles tagged with panel

Thu, May 17, 2012

Exclusive: U.N. probes possible North Korea arms trade with Syria, Myanmar

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of experts that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea is ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Exclusive: Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria: panel

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

FDA panel backs OraSure's In-Home HIV test

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts concluded that OraSure Technologies Inc's over-the-counter, in-home ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

FDA panel recommends Gilead's Quad for HIV

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts on Friday recommended the use of Gilead Sciences ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

FDA panel backs Gilead's Truvada to prevent HIV

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts recommended Gilead Sciences Inc's Truvada as a ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

House panel focuses on China's defense buildup

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are pushing for the Pentagon to provide more accurate reports on China's military development and ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Arena obesity pill wins over U.S. advisers

By Anna Yukhananov

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - An experimental obesity pill from Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc won the support of U.S. advisers on Thursday ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

SDCC 2011: 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Panel & Footage Description!

From Hollywood.com Staff

6000 screaming Spider-Man fans assembled in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Center amongst 6000 to witness the first ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

SDCC 2011: 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Panel & Footage Description!

From Hollywood.com Staff

6000 screaming Spider-Man fans assembled in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Center amongst 6000 to witness the first ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Obesity fight must shift from personal blame: panel

By Sharon Begley

NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Talk to teens, young adults about sun safety: panel

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New recommendations from a government-backed panel call for primary care doctors to talk about the importance of ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Ask women about partner violence, panel says

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should screen all of their female patients for signs of partner violence, whether face-to-face or through ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Preview: U.S. panel seen backing Pfizer's arthritis drug hope

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug goes before an advisory panel next week, a potential blockbuster medicine that ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

U.N. panel prepares to expand North Korea sanctions: envoys

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, South Korea, Japan and European nations have submitted to the U.N. Security Council's ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

U.S. Secret Service limits alcohol, hotel guests on trips abroad

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heavy drinking and bringing foreign nationals back to hotel rooms on trips abroad is now banned by the U ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

'The Voice' Coaches in Talks to Return: The Perfect Panel?

When The Voice debuted in 2011, it prided itself on being the reality competition that was all about the talent. Now in its popular ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

Former Lakeshore State Lawmaker Named to MEDC Panel

LANSING, MI (WHTC) - One-time Lakeshore state representative Paul Hillegonds was named yesterday by Governor Snyder’s office to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Obama, top Senate Democrat split on nuclear nominee

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

House panel okays $33 billion in food stamp cuts

By Emily Stephenson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel approved about $33 billion in cuts over 10 years from food stamp benefits, in ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Marine who criticized Obama on Facebook should be dismissed: panel

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Marine who posted on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama should be ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

U.S. panel backs Astellas drug for leaky bladder

By Anna Yukhananov

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers backed a bladder drug from Astellas Pharma Inc on Thursday, boosting the company's ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Florida panel investigating hazing will meet publicly

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida college under pressure to fix its culture of brutal hazing zig-zagged over the past week on ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Senate panel OKs nominees to FDIC, Treasury

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday voted to approve the nomination of JP Morgan Chase and Co executive Jeremiah Norton to fill ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Senate confirms top bank regulators

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama's picks for key spots at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Senate panel may vote on Russian rights bill

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human rights legislation named after an anti-graft lawyer who died in a Russian jail is likely to be considered ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

U.S. panel rejects wider use of Stryker brain stent

By Anna Yukhananov

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers on Friday said Stryker Corp's artery-opening stent for the brain should not be used ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Idaho state Senate panel nixes teen tan ban

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Idaho Senate committee on Thursday nixed a measure that would have banned the use of tanning beds ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Idaho state Senate panel nixes teen tan ban

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Idaho Senate committee on Thursday nixed a measure that would have banned the use of tanning beds ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

U.S. House votes to abolish Medicare cost panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new Medicare cost-control panel that Republicans said would lead to rationing care for the elderly was voted down by the U ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

House panel subpoenas MF Global executive to testify

By Philip Shishkin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional subcommittee voted on Wednesday to issue a subpoena to a key employee of MF Global Inc, the ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

U.S. sets 'surprisingly low' China solar panel duties

By Doug Palmer and Matt Daily

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States dealt a blow to U.S. solar panel manufacturers and boosted ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

FDA panel splits recommendations on sarcoma drugs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Votrient for soft-tissue sarcoma on Tuesday, but did not ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

US health panel: Pap tests needed only every 3 years

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women only need to get a Pap test once every three years to check for cervical cancer ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Proposed Holland Hospital Expansion to be Considered by Review Panel

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A proposed 10 million-dollar expansion of Holland Hospital goes before a local review panel today for approval of a necessary state ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Panel votes to lift duties on Brazil orange juice

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel on Wednesday revoked anti-dumping duties of up to 60 percent on orange juice from ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Health panel: Pap tests needed only every 3 years

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women only need to get a Pap test once every three years to check for cervical cancer ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

FDA panel says pain drug trials should continue

By Anna Yukhananov

(Reuters) - A panel of advisers on Monday voted unanimously that companies such as Pfizer Inc and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc should be ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

FDA panel says pain drug trials should continue

By Anna Yukhananov

(Reuters) - A panel of advisers on Monday voted unanimously that companies such as Pfizer Inc and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc should be ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

House panel votes sanctions on Syria energy sector

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee on Wednesday voted to impose new sanctions on Syria's energy sector and called ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Trade panel to review Microsoft, Motorola decision

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel, which hears patent infringement cases, said on Friday that it would undertake a wide-ranging review of its ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Bernanke's Q&A testimony to Senate panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below are highlights from the question and answer session of a Senate Banking Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifying ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Appeals panel assesses Porsche-VW short squeeze

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal appeals judges on Friday honed in on whether a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting securities fraud ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Ottawa County Judicial Official Named to State Panel

LANSING, MI (WHTC) - Ottawa County District Court Director of Juvenile Services Sandra Metcalf is among 15 members of a new, smaller Michigan Committee on ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Rhode Island school panel to consider appeal of prayer banner

By Mary Ellen Godin

CRANSTON, Rhode Island (Reuters) - A school committee geared up on Thursday for boisterous crowds expected at its meeting on a ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Maryland advances gay marriage bill on Valentines's Day

By Ian Simpson

(Reuters) - A joint panel of the Maryland legislature approved on Valentines's Day a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, adding to ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

FDA panel rules against NeurogesX patch for HIV

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts on Thursday ruled against using a pain-relief product derived from chili peppers to ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Senate panel approves bill to televise high court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proceedings of the Supreme Court, long kept out of the view of most Americans, would be televised under a bipartisan bill approved ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

FDA panel rejects Eisai's leukemia drug

(Reuters) - An independent advisory panel to the U.S. health regulator said that Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd's Dacogen did not show a ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

FDA panel votes against wider use of Amgen drug

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that U.S. health regulators reject the use of Amgen Inc's drug ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

House panel advances Keystone pipeline plan

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan to fast-track the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline was passed by a key committee in the U ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Bernanke's testimony on economy to Senate panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below are highlights from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on Tuesday on the state of the U.S. economy to ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Senate panel backs tough pressure on Iran

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banking transactions with Iran and financing for its oil shipments could come under tougher scrutiny after a bipartisan sanctions ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

FDA panel to discuss Arena obesity drug in 2nd quarter

(Reuters) - An FDA advisory committee will meet in the second quarter to discuss Arena Pharmaceutical Inc's experimental obesity drug following the company's ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

SEC advisory panel concerned about crowdfunding

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) - An advisory committee urged U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday to relax outdated rules that trigger public ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Senate panel to look at Verizon spectrum deals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate antitrust panel is planning a hearing to discuss Verizon Wireless's multibillion dollar deals to buy wireless airwaves from cable ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Questions remain as panel winds up Sino-Forest probe

(Reuters) - China-focused plantation operator Sino-Forest Corp said an independent committee had wound up its investigation into allegations the firm had exaggerated its assets, but ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Sharp to halve LCD panel output at Osaka

(Reuters) - Sharp Corp will halve its LCD panel output at its Sakai facility in Osaka in Japan, marking its second deep production cut in ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Panel defends call to censor bird flu studies

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A potentially deadlier form of the bird flu virus poses one of the gravest known threats to humans and ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

U.S. panel defends call to censor bird flu studies

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A potentially deadlier form of the bird flu virus poses one of the gravest known threats to humans and ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

CFTC panel to review high-frequency trading

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected to review a rapid-fire technique that allows traders to buy and sell ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Senate banking panel to vote on Iran sanctions February 2

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - - The Senate Banking Committee expects to vote on Thursday, February 2 on legislation containing more sanctions on Iran, the panel announced on ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

U.S. needs long-term site for nuclear waste: panel

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must urgently work to find a new central site to house its spent nuclear fuel and ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

House panel to scrutinize Cordray appointment

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on February 15 to investigate the constitutionality of President Barack Obama ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Federal panel faults Idaho lab for radiation exposure mishap

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The radiation exposure of 16 workers at a nuclear research lab in Idaho stemmed from a failure to ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Panel backs U.S. finding on Toyota, recommends steps

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scientific panel backed a U.S. government finding that electronic software played no role in sudden acceleration of ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Science panel backs government probe of Toyota

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government conducted a thorough review and was justified last year in concluding that software systems played no role in unintended acceleration ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Obama jobs panel pushes tax reform, domestic drilling

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's jobs council called on Tuesday for a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling and new ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Panel clears audit firms of Olympus scandal blame

By Yoko Kubota and Nobuhiro Kubo

TOKYO (Reuters) - An unofficial panel of experts cleared global accounting groups KPMG and Ernst & Young of any responsibility for a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp, though the role of the firms remained under official review.

The scandal, one of corporate Japan's worst, had raised questions over the role of the two audit firms, which signed off on the accounts of the maker of medical equipment and cameras before the 13-year fraud finally surfaced in October.

But the panel of lawyers set up by Olympus to look at the role of auditors said in a report on Tuesday that five individual auditors were responsible for 8.4 billion yen ($109 million) in damages.

Olympus said later it was suing the five former and current individuals, seeking up to 1 billion yen in damages.

The panel effectively found the fraud, identified by a separate investigation as having being hatched by two former top executives in the 1990s to conceal losses, had been too well covered up for the external audit firms to have unraveled it.

"The masterminds of this case were hiding the illegal acts by artfully manipulating experts' opinions," the report said.

Neither KPMG's Japanese unit, KPMG AZSA LLC, which was the firm's external auditor until 2009, nor Olympus' current auditor, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, was found to have violated its legal duties, the panel said.

Ernst & Young and KPMG, however, still face possible sanctions by the country's accounting industry body and financial regulator, which have launched probes into the matter.

The company is already suing its president and 18 other executives, past and present, for up to 3.6 billion yen in compensation for the accounting scam, which has halved Olympus' share price and put it under pressure to raise capital.

Fresh lawsuits against individual auditors would only add to what is already an extraordinary chapter in Japanese corporate governance, with Olympus being mostly run and internally audited by people it is suing for mismanagement or a failure of duty.

Olympus said last week that all board members subject to the lawsuit would quit at an emergency shareholders meeting to be held in March or April.

OLYMPUS LIKELY TO KEEP LISTING

A decision, however, to clear the auditing firms could bolster Olympus' chances of keeping its Tokyo Stock Exchange listing, a critical prerequisite for its campaign to remain an independent company with access to fresh equity capital.

Suing Ernst & Young ShinNihon would likely leave it without an auditor and make it hard to meet exchange requirements. But Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is still looking into the auditors' roles.

"We believe KPMG hasn't done anything wrong and will be cleared by Japanese regulators," Hideyo Uchiyama, chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific, told Reuters on the sidelines of a presentation in Taipei.

"At this point, KPMG has not made changes in the way it supervises its local unit, as it is waiting for the regulators' ruling," he added, speaking through an interpreter.

The Tokyo exchange has yet to conclude whether Olympus should remain listed.

Olympus has admitted to having used improper accounting tricks to conceal massive investment losses under a scheme that began in the 1990s, when Japanese stock markets had fallen heavily and the yen strengthened markedly.

The scandal came to light after Olympus fired its British chief executive, Michael Woodford, in October, prompting him to blow the whistle on the firm's dubious bookkeeping.

Woodford later launched a campaign to be reinstated but withdrew after failing to win support from Japanese institutional investors.

An Olympus shareholder filed suit on Tuesday against 14 past and present directors for firing Woodford, asking them to pay damages of 1.34 billion yen ($17.5 million) to the company, lawyers for the shareholder - an individual residing in Nara, western Japan - said in a statement.

The fraud relied on complex transactions, many of them involving offshore vehicles, which were presented in Olympus' financial statements as legitimate acquisitions or investments.

It was only late last year that some of these deal payments were exposed as shams, especially a $687 million advisory fee paid to a boutique U.S. financial firm for the $2 billion acquisition of British medical equipment firm Gyrus in 2008. At a third of the purchase price, the fee was the world's largest.

Tuesday's report found former standing corporate auditors Minoru Ota and Katsuo Komatsu, current outside corporate auditors Makoto Shimada and Yasuo Nakamura, and current standing corporate auditor Tadao Imai had breached their fiduciary duty.

It also held Ota responsible for 3.7 billion yen in damages. He headed the accounting division in the 1990s.

The other four were collectively held responsible for about 4.7 billion yen in damages because they had overlooked Olympus directors' illegal activities, it added.

A panel set up by Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC to review its auditing of Olympus said last month it had not found any problems, although a separate investigative committee appointed by Olympus had been critical of the auditors' role.

KPMG's chairman, Michael Andrew, said in November that his firm had done the right thing in its actions regarding Olympus.

Olympus President Shuichi Takayama will hold a news conference on Wednesday at 1 p.m. (0400 GMT), the company said, to discuss its response to the panel's report.

Olympus shares fell 2.1 percent to their lowest close since January 6, while the benchmark Nikkei average rose 1 percent.

($1 = 76.84 Japanese yen)

(Additional reporting by Mari Saito in Tokyo and Faith Hung in Taipei; Writing by Linda Sieg ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Exclusive: Olympus sues current president, ex-directors

By Reiji Murai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp has sued its current president and three ex-directors for several million dollars in compensation, sources ...

Mon, December 26, 2011

E&Y audit panel says no violations in Olympus handover

By Nathan Layne

TOKYO (Reuters) - A panel reviewing the auditing of Olympus Corp after its $1.7 billion accounting scandal said it had so ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Holland Man Named to State Athletic Trainers' Panel

LANSING, MI (WHTC) - A Holland man who works primarily in the Tri-City area was named to a four-year term on the Michigan Board of ...

Sun, December 18, 2011

Default notices spur strategic review at Sino-Forest

By Euan Rocha

TORONTO (Reuters) - Sino-Forest , a China-focused forestry company accused of fraud, said it received notices of default from its noteholders and set ...

Sun, December 18, 2011

Health panel takes heat on cancer screening advice

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Ned Calonge knows firsthand how hard it is to tell Americans they'd be better off with fewer ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

U.S. panel raps how agencies handle human research

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government agencies fund thousands of studies on human subjects, but do not have a very good handle ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

U.S. agrees to limit medical research on chimpanzees

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will sharply curtail medical research studies using chimpanzees, humans' closest relative ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

FDA panel backs Alexza drug with limits

U.S. drug advisers recommended approving an experimental treatment from Alexza Pharmaceuticals for calming down patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, but placed restrictions ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

House-Senate panel agrees new sanctions on Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of a U.S. House and Senate negotiating panel on Monday said they had agreed to compromise legislation imposing new sanctions ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

FDA panel backs Alexza drug with limits

U.S. drug advisers recommended approving an experimental treatment from Alexza Pharmaceuticals for calming down patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, but placed restrictions ...

Sat, December 10, 2011

Yemen leader will choose war, not quit: Nobel winner

By Gwladys Fouche and Balazs Koranyi

OSLO (Reuters) - The world's conscience should be haunted for its failure to help the democratic uprising in ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

FDA panel votes against CardioMEMS device

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Thursday decided not to recommend CardioMEMS implantable heart device for ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

U.S. asks for WTO panel in poultry spat with China

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States asked the World Trade Organization on Thursday to strike down duties that China imposed on U ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Highlights: House panel's hearing on MF Global bankruptcy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following comments were made on Thursday at a House Agriculture Committee hearing to examine the bankruptcy of MF Global. It was ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

E&Y sets up external panel to probe Olympus audit

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese arm of Ernst & Young is setting up an external panel to probe its audit of Olympus Corp amid questions over whether it and prior auditor KPMG could have been tougher in checking the scandal-hit firm's accounts.

The move comes after an independent panel commissioned by Olympus to investigate its $1.7 billion accounting scandal raised some issues with the work of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, which took over as auditor in 2009, and prior auditor KPMG AZSA LLC.

While Ernst & Young ShinNihon says it conducted an internal review of its Olympus audit and found no problems, it decided to solicit an external probe given the public attention on the scandal.

"The impact of this incident on society has been large. It is a problem we are taking very seriously," Kaoru Kashima, an executive board member at Japan's largest auditing firm, told reporters on Thursday.

Olympus has admitted to paying over the odds for three Japanese companies and to inflating an advisory fee for a 2008 overseas acquisition, as part of an elaborate scheme to cover up investment losses dating back to the 1990s.

In its report, the independent panel raised questions about whether Ernst & Young and KPMG could have done a better job in monitoring the firm's accounting.

The panel took issue with whether the handover of auditing duties from KPMG to Ernst & Young in 2009 was thorough, and the booking of the advisory fee as goodwill.

"Even when we account for the fact that they have just assumed their position as the auditor, and they lacked knowledge of past events, we cannot conclude this was appropriate," the panel said in its report on December 6.

Ernst & Young named three of the panel members -- Takashi Oizumi, Nobuo Gohara and Toshifumi Takada -- and said it was still searching for one or two more. The panel will aim to issue its findings as early as this month, Kashima said.

Oizumi, a lawyer who once headed the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, will chair the panel.

Gohara is a lawyer who led a third-party investigation into a scandal at Kyushu Electric Power related to the promotion of nuclear energy, while Takada is a professor of auditing at Tohoku University.

(Reporting by Nathan Layne; Editing by Mike Nesbit)

Thu, December 08, 2011

MF Global's Corzine: I did not intend to break rules

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A contrite Jon Corzine, in his first public defense of his leadership of now-bankrupt futures brokerage MF Global ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

FDA panel gives nod to Affymax drug for anemia

By Anna Yukhananov

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A new Affymax Inc drug won expert backing to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Corzine to make remarks to panel on MF Global

By Sarah N. Lynch and Grant McCool

(Reuters) - Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine plans to deliver opening remarks when he appears before a ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

FDA panel backs Pfizer's drug for kidney cancer

By Anna Yukhananov

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc won unanimous expert backing for its Inlyta experimental drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Some men can delay prostate cancer treatment: panel

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men with low-risk prostate cancer may wait to see if their disease progresses before treating it, an independent panel ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

FDA panel backs Pfizer's drug for kidney cancer

By Anna Yukhananov

SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec 7 - Pfizer Inc won unanimous expert backing for its Inlyta experimental drug for patients with advanced kidney ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Olympus board signals it will quit

By Isabel Reynolds and Yoko Kubota

TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympus Corp's board signaled plans to quit over a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, but ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

U.S. power grid needs cybersecurity shield: report

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat of cyberattacks on the U.S. power grid should be dealt with by a single ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Olympus board meets amid pressure to quit after damning report

TOKYO (Reuters) - The board of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp <7733.T> is expected on Wednesday to consider legal action against former executives who cooked its ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Olympus hid up to $1.7 billion, but no call for charges: source

By Reiji Murai

TOKYO (Reuters) - An investigative panel has found Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp hid up to $1.67 billion in losses from ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Panel to release report on Olympus scandal Tuesday: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - An expert panel appointed by Japan's Olympus Corp to look into an accounting scandal at the disgraced firm will release its ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Senate panel may subpoena MF Global's Corzine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Agriculture Committee will meet next week to vote on whether to subpoena former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine, if he ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Congress subpoenas Corzine on MF Global collapse

By Alexandra Alper and Charles Abbott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine was subpoenaed to testify before Congress, setting up an awkward ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Cybersecurity bill approved by House panel

(Reuters) - A bill to let U.S. spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Ohio panel proposes exotic animal ban in wake of October rampage

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio may ban the sale and new ownership of the kinds of exotic animals that caused a panic last ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

House panel to meet on spectrum bill December 1

By Jasmin Melvin

(Reuters) - A bill to create a wireless network for public safety and make more airwaves available to bandwidth-hungry communications companies, will ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Text: U.S. deficit panel statement on failure

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional special panel on deficit-reduction on Monday issued a statement announcing it had failed to come to any agreement ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Panel rules Apple does not infringe S3 patents

(Reuters) - Apple Inc does not violate patents owned by S3 Graphics Co, the International Trade Commission said on Monday in the latest ruling in ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Analysis: Fallout from deficit-reduction panel failure

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The failure of a congressional deficit-cutting "super committee" means the tough work of putting the United States' finances on ...

Sun, November 20, 2011

Penn State trustees panel sets news conference Monday

(Reuters) - A special committee formed by Penn State trustees to investigate the university's actions after reports of child sex abuse by a former ...

Sun, November 20, 2011

Olympus says panel finds no criminal links yet in M&A deals

By James Topham

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp said on Monday that a third-party panel appointed by the company to look into an ...

Sun, November 20, 2011

White House urges debt panel to make "tough choices"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House urged a congressional deficit-reduction committee on Sunday to make "tough choices" to complete its task, as the panel remained ...

Sun, November 20, 2011

Obama pushes divided Congress to extend tax cut

By Alister Bull

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama challenged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to vote next week to save an ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Corporate tax cut desired, hard to get: panel

By Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the United States looks toward tax reform, it will be difficult to lower the corporate tax rate without ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

House panel votes for F-16s for Taiwan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee on Thursday voted to require President Barack Obama to sell 66 new F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

FDA panel backs Pfizer vaccine for adults

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc won expert backing for using its blockbuster vaccine in adults to fight pneumonia, meningitis and other diseases caused ...

Tue, November 15, 2011

Sino-Forest is no "Ponzi" scheme: panel report

By Farah Master

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Canada-listed Sino-Forest Corp said an independent committee found no evidence of fraud at the Chinese timber firm following ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Deficit "super committee" stalled as deadline looms

By Donna Smith and Patrick Temple-West

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Mon, November 14, 2011

Wall Street falls for sixth day

By Angela Moon

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Fri, November 11, 2011

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Wed, November 02, 2011

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By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Considered by many Pakistanis to be public enemy number one, the United States on Monday turned to the musical ...

Wed, October 19, 2011

NYCC 2011: 'Red Tails' Panel Offers Action-Packed Footage & Stories from a Real WWII Pilot

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Tue, October 18, 2011

NYCC 2011: 'Red Tails' Panel Offers Action-Packed Footage & Stories from a Real WWII Pilot

Sure, superheroes are the big sell at New York Comic-Con, but real-life heroes are none too shabby either. That's the message to take ...

Tue, October 18, 2011

NYCC 2011: 'The Avengers' New Footage and Panel Highlights

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Thu, October 13, 2011

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By Kevin Murphy

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Thu, October 13, 2011

Deficit panel grapples with corporate taxes

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Wed, October 12, 2011

U.S. deficit panel weighs Medicare doctor payments

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional "super committee" charged with reducing U.S. budget deficits is considering tackling a measure that could make ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Deficit panel weighs Medicare doctor payments

By Donna Smith

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Wed, October 12, 2011

House panel subpoenas failed gun sting documents

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican congressional investigators demanded on Wednesday Attorney General Eric Holder turn over documents and communications about a bungled operation ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

House panel demands failed gun sting documents

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican congressional investigators demanded on Wednesday that the Obama administration turn over documents and communications about a bungled operation ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Solyndra CEO leaves, high-profile fixer lined up

By Tom Hals

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Tue, October 11, 2011

Senate panel approves long-delayed trade deals

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Thu, October 06, 2011

PSA test for prostate cancer not recommended: panel

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Thu, October 06, 2011

Senate panel approves White House economic adviser

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Thu, October 06, 2011

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Wed, October 05, 2011

Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

U.S. panel approves trade pacts with Colombia, Panama

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Tue, October 04, 2011

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Wed, September 28, 2011

As deficit panel meets, is no news good news?

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Wed, September 28, 2011

Debt panel eyes dual Medicare/Medicaid patients

By Donna Smith

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Thu, September 22, 2011

Four tax facts for Congress deficit super panel

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Wed, September 21, 2011

Panel approves ending Saturday mail delivery

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Tue, September 20, 2011

Budget panel hears competing ideas

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Tue, September 20, 2011

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Fri, September 16, 2011

Potent forces try to tie hands of deficit panel

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Thu, September 15, 2011

Senate panel keeps budget boosts for SEC, CFTC

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Wed, September 14, 2011

Deficit panel must confront alternate realities

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Tue, September 13, 2011

Tax reform vital to deficit panel's work: Senator Wyden

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Tue, September 13, 2011

Congress budget agency warns panel of economic ills

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Tue, September 13, 2011

Senate panel backs freeze in Pentagon base budget

By David Alexander

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Mon, September 12, 2011

FDA panel gives nod to Bayer/J&J anti-clot drug

By Anna Yukhananov

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (Reuters) - A new stroke preventer from Bayer and Johnson & Johnson moved one step closer to U.S. approval, but questions remained about restrictions on labeling and the need for more studies.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 9-2 on Thursday to recommend approval of the once-a-day anti-clotting pill, called Xarelto.

Xarelto is one of several promising entrants angling to replace warfarin for people with dangerously irregular heart rhythms, called atrial fibrillation (AF).

Warfarin is a problematic decades-old clot preventer originally developed as rat poison.

"I've seen the problems many patients face with warfarin," said Dr. Philip Sager, a panel member and executive committee member of the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium in San Francisco. "I think there's a tremendous unmet medical need for new therapies."

Analysts estimate the stroke-fighting market could top $10 billion annually. Xarelto may lose out on market share if the FDA asks the company to conduct further trials, delaying approval, analysts said.

AF patients' irregular heartbeats can cause blood to pool, increasing their risk of blood clots and strokes. But many are unwilling to take warfarin, which requires regular blood tests, or are unable to tolerate it.

Panelists were divided on whether Xarelto, with the clinical name rivaroxaban, was as effective as warfarin.

In clinical trials that compared Xarelto to warfarin, panelists and the FDA said the older drug was not always given in the proper dosing, making it more difficult to determine if Xarelto was just as good.

"I've heard nothing that convinces me that rivaroxaban should be first-line treatment for many patients," said Allan Coukell, the consumer representative on the panel and director for medical safety at Pew Health Group, adding that Xarelto's label should reflect that.

Earlier this week, FDA reviewers said for conditions such as stroke, which can cause irreversible harm, new drugs must be shown to be at least as effective as older treatments, and called for the agency to delay Xarelto's approval.

In Thursday's meeting, panel members also focused on risks for patients when they come off the drug. Patients who stopped taking Xarelto and resumed warfarin at the end of the main clinical trial had a higher risk of stroke, a so-called "rebound" effect.

"Additional data probably should be obtained regarding how to transition (off of Xarelto) prior to approval," said Dr. Michael Lincoff, chair of the panel and professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

DELAY IN APPROVAL?

The FDA is set to make the final decision on Xarelto by November 4, Johnson & Johnson said.

"Given the relatively risk-adverse nature of the FDA, even with this panel's recommendation of Xarelto, the agency may want a number of additional studies" before granting approval, said Morningstar analyst Damien Conover.

"So there could be a one-to-two-year delay," he predicted, saying that would greatly hurt the drug's ultimate sales potential.

He said the FDA might be willing to take its time because another effective blood clot preventer, Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa, was approved last year and is already available as an alternative to warfarin.

Conover said he had expected Xarelto to eventually capture 15 percent of the stroke-prevention market among AF patients, but he now expects its market share to be below 10 percent.

Dr Peter Dibattiste, global head of J&J's cardiovascular and metabolic division, said the company will discuss with the FDA the need for additional studies. A study looking at how long Xarelto lasted in patients could be relatively quick, "probably months," he told reporters.

A delay for Xarelto could give the edge to a rival treatment called Eliquis being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Inc. If Eliquis is approved, Morningstar's Conover predicted, it could have four times the sales of Xarelto.

Eliquis, also called apixaban, showed superiority over warfarin in effectiveness, safety and saving lives in a clinical trial presented last month at a scientific meeting in Paris, affirming its place as the potential leader of the pack.

Xarelto is approved in the United States and Europe for anti-clotting in patients after knee and hip surgery, a much smaller market than stroke prevention for AF patients.

Earlier this week, analysts from Sanford Bernstein forecast Xarelto sales of $948 million for J&J in 2015, and 800 million euros ($1.1 billion) for Bayer, which has much greater sales outside the United States.

Bayer said it sees peak sales of Xarelto at more than 2 billion euro ($2.8 billion), "irrespective of the decision by the FDA in early November," according to a statement.

Bayer, which co-developed the drug with J&J, sold exclusive U.S. marketing rights for Xarelto to J&J in 2005. As part of that agreement Bayer stands to receive royalty payments of up to 30 percent on U.S. sales.

Bayer said it expects approval of Xarelto in Europe in the third or fourth quarter of this year.

(Additional reporting by Ransdell Pierson in New York and Ludwig Baker in Frankfurt; editing by Bernard Orr, Gary Hill, Dave Zimmerman)

(This ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Obama jobs plan could complicate deficit panel work

By Richard Cowan and Donna Smith

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Thu, September 08, 2011

FDA panel gives nod to Bayer/J&J anti-clot drug

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (Reuters) - A new stroke preventer from Bayer and Johnson & Johnson moved one step closer to U.S. approval, but questions remained about restrictions on labeling and the need for more studies.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 9-2 on Thursday to recommend approval of the once-a-day anti-clotting pill, called Xarelto.

Xarelto is one of several promising entrants angling to replace warfarin for people with dangerously irregular heart rhythms, called atrial fibrillation (AF).

Warfarin is a problematic decades-old clot preventer originally developed as rat poison.

"I've seen the problems many patients face with warfarin," said Dr. Philip Sager, a panel member and executive committee member of the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium in San Francisco. "I think there's a tremendous unmet medical need for new therapies," Sager said.

Analysts estimate the stroke-fighting market could top $10 billion annually.

AF patients' irregular heartbeats can cause blood to pool, increasing their risk of blood clots and strokes. But many are unwilling to take warfarin, which requires regular blood tests, or are unable to tolerate it.

Panelists were divided on whether Xarelto was as effective as warfarin.

In clinical trials that compared Xarelto to warfarin, panelists and the FDA said the older drug was not always given in the proper dosing, making it more difficult to determine if Xarelto was just as good.

Earlier this week, FDA reviewers said for conditions such as stroke, which can cause irreversible harm, new drugs must be shown to be at least as effective as older treatments.

They also focused on risks for patients when they come off the drug. When patients stopped taking Xarelto and resumed warfarin at the end of the main clinical trial, higher risk of stroke was seen, a so-called "rebound" effect.

"Additional data probably should be obtained regarding how to transition (off of Xarelto) prior to approval," said Dr. Michael Lincoff, chair of the panel and professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

The FDA is set to make the final decision on Xarelto in early November, Johnson & Johnson said.

The drug is approved in the United States and Europe for anti-clotting in patients after knee and hip surgery, a much smaller market than stroke prevention for AF patients.

(Reporting by Anna Yukhananov; editing by Bernard Orr)

Wed, September 07, 2011

Senate panel passes USDA disaster, famine aid funds

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Wed, September 07, 2011

Q+A: Will debt panel tackle Medicare, Social Security?

By Donna Smith

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Tue, September 06, 2011

Senate panel OKs disaster aid as funds dry up

By Andy Sullivan

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Tue, September 06, 2011

Defense cuts spat clouds deficit panel debate

By Richard Cowan and Kevin Drawbaugh

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Fri, September 02, 2011

Senate panel to vote on 7 SEC, financial nominees

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Fri, September 02, 2011

Bayer, J&J clot drug seen winning U.S. panel nod

By Anna Yukhananov and Ransdell Pierson

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - An experimental stroke preventer from Bayer and Johnson & Johnson is likely to win a recommendation from U.S. health advisers next week, but not without concern over risks seen when patients come off the drug.

A key issue for the Food and Drug Administration advisers may be the so-called rebound effect of the medicine Xarelto. When patients stopped taking it and resumed older drug warfarin, higher risk of stroke was seen in trials.

"We think the FDA advisory panel will be concerned that there's a 'rebound' effect with discontinuing Xarelto," Wells Fargo analysts said in a research note on Thursday. "However, our consultants do not believe this will be a deal breaker."

Xarelto's shortcomings may also relegate it to second place in the marketplace behind a rival treatment being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Pfizer Inc, in an anti-clotting market that could top $10 billion a year, analysts say.

The advisory panel is set to consider the data on Xarelto next Thursday, after the FDA releases its initial findings on the drug on Tuesday.

"Key opinion leaders expect a panel recommendation for Xarelto, but not without controversy," analysts at Leerink Swann wrote in a note on Thursday.

The FDA usually follows the advice of its advisory panels, and Xarelto could be approved by November if the pill wins support at the meeting.

Xarelto is one of several promising entrants angling to replace risky clot preventer warfarin for people with dangerously irregular heart rhythms, called atrial fibrillation (AF).

AF patients' irregular heartbeats can cause blood to pool, increasing their risk of blood clots and strokes. But many are unwilling to take warfarin, which requires regular blood tests, or are unable to tolerate the old medicine.

Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa is already approved in stroke prevention, while Eliquis, from Bristol-Myers and Pfizer, has so far shown the best clinical data, especially for reducing the risk of major bleeding.

RANKING THE COMPETITION

Jeff Jonas, an analyst with Gabelli & Co, predicted the advisory panel will recommend Xarelto because of its effectiveness and acceptable bleeding risk, and its advantages over warfarin.

"Xarelto will be overshadowed by apixaban (Eliquis), but it is going to be a decent drug and could generate $1 billion to $2 billion in annual sales, with the marketing muscle of J&J and Bayer," he said. Bristol and Pfizer plan to submit Eliquis for U.S. approval later this year for preventing stroke.

Another issue is some inconsistent data. A clinical trial last November showed Xarelto, known generically as rivaroxaban, was 21 percent better at preventing stroke in patients with AF compared with warfarin.

But when all those who entered the trial were evaluated, no superiority was established for Xarelto, a fact that is likely to come up in panel discussions.

"A superiority claim over warfarin ... is unlikely in our view and is not widely anticipated," said Barbara Ryan, analyst at Deutsche Bank, in a research note on Friday.

Panelists may also focus on the fact that warfarin was not used as effectively as it might have been in the study, making it more difficult to compare it with Xarelto.

Xarelto's advantage over rivals may come in its dosing, since it needs to be taken only once a day as opposed to twice for Eliquis and Pradaxa, a key factor for elderly patients taking multiple medications.

Gabelli & Co's Jonas said Eliquis is likely to capture 50 percent or more of the warfarin-replacement market, with Xarelto in second place comfortably ahead of Pradaxa.

"Pradaxa is being dismissed; it will be relatively small," he ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Compensation system needed for injured research subjects: panel

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Wed, August 31, 2011

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Tue, August 30, 2011

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Tue, August 30, 2011

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Thu, August 25, 2011

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Wed, August 24, 2011

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Tue, August 23, 2011

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Fri, August 19, 2011

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Tue, August 16, 2011

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Tue, August 16, 2011

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Sat, August 13, 2011

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Fri, August 12, 2011

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Thu, August 11, 2011

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Thu, August 11, 2011

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Thu, August 11, 2011

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Tue, August 09, 2011

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Mon, August 08, 2011

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Mon, August 08, 2011

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Mon, August 08, 2011

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Sat, August 06, 2011

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Thu, August 04, 2011

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Thu, August 04, 2011

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Tue, August 02, 2011

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Mon, August 01, 2011

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Thu, July 28, 2011

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Wed, July 20, 2011

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Thu, July 14, 2011

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Wed, July 13, 2011

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Sat, July 09, 2011

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Wed, July 06, 2011

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Wed, June 22, 2011

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Wed, June 22, 2011

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Tue, June 21, 2011

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Fri, June 17, 2011

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Fri, June 17, 2011

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Wed, June 15, 2011

House panel backs $649 billion in defense spending

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Tue, June 14, 2011

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Tue, June 14, 2011

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Mon, June 13, 2011

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Mon, June 06, 2011

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Thu, June 02, 2011

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Thu, June 02, 2011

Japan panel: need to double sales tax by 2015 for welfare

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Sat, May 28, 2011

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Mon, May 23, 2011

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Wed, May 18, 2011

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Fri, May 13, 2011

House panel votes to weaken consumer watchdog

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Thu, May 12, 2011

House panel OKs $690 billion in 2012 military spending

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Thu, May 12, 2011

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Thu, May 12, 2011

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Tue, May 10, 2011

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Mon, May 09, 2011

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Thu, May 05, 2011

U.N. Haiti cholera panel avoids blaming peacekeepers

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Wed, May 04, 2011

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Tue, May 03, 2011

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Tue, May 03, 2011

Assembly Panel Expected to OK Voter ID Bill

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Wisconsin Assembly panel is expected to approve a measure Tuesday that requires voters to show photo ID’s at the ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

FDA panel backs Merck hepatitis drug

By Lisa Richwine

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A Merck & Co drug that boosts the chance of curing hepatitis C infection moved closer to the ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Merck pitches hepatitis C drug to U.S. FDA panel

By Lisa Richwine

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - An experimental drug for the liver-damaging hepatitis C virus offers an advance over the current decade-old treatment ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Legislative Panel Removes 21 Non-Fiscal Items from Budget Proposal

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Legislature’s finance committee has removed 21 items from the proposed state budget that have nothing to do with state ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Sharp says to make smartphone panels at TV panel plant

By Reiji Murai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp said on Thursday it would start production of small display panels for use in smartphones ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Republicans Kyl, Cantor named to deficit panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the Congress on Tuesday named two top lieutenants to a White House-led panel tasked with hammering out a budget plan ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

UK panel says more studies needed on 3-parent IVF

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - More research is needed before "3-parent" fertility treatments designed to prevent some incurable inherited diseases can be considered safe ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Senate panel slams Goldman in scathing crisis report

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the most damning official U.S. report yet produced on Wall Street's role in the financial crisis ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Credit raters triggered financial crisis: panel

By Rachelle Younglai and Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moody's Corp and Standard and Poor's triggered the worst financial crisis in decades ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

U.S. panel seeks improved safety after Crippen death

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Limits on water temperature and improved safety standards should be adopted for open water swimming competitions, a U.S. panel reviewing ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Novartis, Pfizer cancer drugs win U.S. panel vote

By Esha Dey

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel backed cancer drugs by Pfizer Inc and Novartis AG for treating a ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

US panel backs Pfizer's Sutent for pancreatic cancer

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Tuesday backed the use of Pfizer Inc's cancer drug Sutent to treat a ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Citi ordered by panel to pay investors $54 million

By Joseph A. Giannone

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An arbitration panel ordered Citigroup Inc to pay a group of investors $54.1 million for losses ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

Fired general to head White House panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former top U.S. general in Afghanistan, who was fired when he enraged the White House by disparaging the Obama administration ...

Sun, April 10, 2011

Sharp suspends two TV panel plants as demand tumbles

By Isabel Reynolds

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp has suspended production at two Japanese liquid crystal display (LCD) panel plants until early May as it ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

U.S. panel says Optimer's antibiotic effective

By Esha Dey

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental antibiotic was safe and effective in treating a bacterial infection that causes ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

U.S. oil-spill panel focuses on blowout preventer

By Kathy Finn

METAIRIE, Louisiana (Reuters) - An off-center drilling pipe in BP's doomed Macondo well disabled a blowout-preventer and prevented the fail-safe device ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

House panel head sees May vote on Fannie, Freddie

By Corbett B. Daly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House Financial Services Committee plans to vote in early May on a bill to wind down Fannie ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

U.S. panel finds limits to food dye data on behavior

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Current data has not established that artificial food dyes cause hyperactive behavior in the general population of children, a Food ...

Fri, March 18, 2011

U.S. nuclear panel urged to give daily Japan updates

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. lawmaker on Friday called on the top U.S. nuclear regulator to provide daily briefings assessing ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

Senate panel to step up TARP oversight: chairman

By Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee will step up oversight of the government's unpopular TARP bank bailout program now it is ...

Thu, March 10, 2011

LG Display says in 3D panel supply talks with Sony

SEOUL (Reuters) - Flat-screen maker LG Display said on Thursday it was in talks to provide 3D TV panels to Sony Corp, as it seeks ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

House panel OKs bill to kill Obama mortgage plan

By Corbett B. Daly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday took a step toward killing President Barack Obama ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

House panel delves into Muslims radicalization

By Jeremy Pelofsky and David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muslim Americans must do more to combat Islamic radicalization as al Qaeda targets them to help ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

U.S. panel rejects higher dose of Novartis lung drug

By Lisa Richwine

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Novartis AG failed to win support from a U.S. advisers for the highest proposed dose of ...

Sun, March 06, 2011

Japan panel finds no link to vaccines, deaths: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - A panel of experts at Japan's health ministry found no direct link between vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and Sanofi-Aventis SA ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Treasury to congressional panel: TARP worked

By Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury's man in charge of the government's $700 billion financial bailout program has two words for ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Senate panel clears rail antitrust bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would strip freight railroads of their antitrust exemptions.

The measure in the Democratic-led ...

Tue, March 01, 2011

Senate panel sets hearing on Fed nominee Diamond

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee said on Tuesday it would hold a hearing on the nomination of Nobel laureate Peter Diamond to be ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

Ending housing aid not answer: Senate panel aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican moves to kill several Obama administration programs aimed at keeping struggling borrowers in their homes will not make the foreclosure problem ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

House panel asks FDA documents in heparin probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have failed to identify those responsible for the widespread contamination of the blood thinner heparin, three years after ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

"Flash crash" panel calls for market overhaul

By Roberta Rampton and Jonathan Spicer

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators should stem the growing tide of anonymous stock-trading and consider imposing fees on ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Obama to name Intel CEO to White House jobs panel

HILLSBORO, Oregon (Reuters) - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama on jobs, the ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Republicans hit financial crisis panel for disunity

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the commission that investigated the 2007-2009 financial crisis for not producing a report that ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Government panel may urge Huawei-3Leaf veto: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A government panel may urge President Barack Obama to veto Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's <HWT.UL> acquisition of 3Leaf Systems ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

U.S. panel approves final duties on China drill pipe

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel Monday approved combined final duties ranging up to nearly 450 percent on steel drill ...

Sun, February 06, 2011

Fiscal panel co-chair blasts critics as "jerks"

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any fiscal plan that fails to tackle military spending, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is "a sparrow's belch ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Senate panel backs patent overhaul bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to reduce the likelihood of massive damage awards in patent disputes took a step forward on Thursday with approval by ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Sharp, Chimei Innolux in LCD panel tie-up: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Sharp Corp will partner with Taiwanese firm Chimei Innolux Corp to produce television-use LCD panels, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Sharp will ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Vision screening of kids under 3 lacks data: panel

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A federal expert panel backtracked on Monday on its 2004 recommendation to screen all kids younger than ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

U.S. panel backs Abbott carotid stent for more patients

By Susan Heavey

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health advisers backed Abbott Laboratories' RX Acculink carotid stent on Wednesday as another option for a ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

Panel chair challenges Obama's defense cuts

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerful Republican lawmaker criticized the Obama administration's plan to strip tens of billions of dollars from the ...

Tue, January 25, 2011

Panel says financial crisis avoidable

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The financial crisis could have been avoided and was the result of poor decision making both in Washington and ...

Tue, January 25, 2011

Financial crisis panel refers cases to authorities: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel investigating the financial crisis has referred "multiple cases" of potential wrongdoing by "several financial industry figures" to ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

U.S. FDA panel backs Bayer imaging drug

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. advisers on Friday recommended approval of a Bayer AG imaging drug for use with magnetic resonance imaging scans of the ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

Obama names GE's Immelt head of new economic panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will name General Electric Co. Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt to head a new advisory panel focused on promoting economic ...

Thu, January 20, 2011

U.S. panel rejects Lilly dye for brain plaque

By Susan Heavey

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers have rejected an Eli Lilly & Co imaging agent, saying more data is needed before ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Not enough data on anemia drugs, transplants: panel

By Susan Heavey

BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - There is not enough data to prove widely used anemia drugs made by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Panel OK's health savings account tax credit

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsinites who save money for their future health care are one step closer to getting a state tax break for it ...

Tue, January 11, 2011

Spill panel calls for offshore drilling reform

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blaming the massive BP oil spill on government and industry complacency, a White House panel on Tuesday called for ...

Mon, January 03, 2011

Qualcomm to build $1 billion panel plant in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc will invest nearly $1 billion in Taiwan this year to build a display plant to tap growing ...

Tue, December 28, 2010

Hitachi says in talks with Hon Hai on panel tie-up

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd is in talks with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co about a tie-up in small liquid-crystal display panels, the ...

Thu, December 23, 2010

Senate panel to look into tanker data mixup

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold hearings next month into an Air Force document bungle roiling a transAtlantic ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

FDA panel urges new look at "silver" teeth fillings

By Susan Heavey

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Enough uncertainty surrounds silver-colored metal dental fillings with mercury that U.S. regulators should add more cautions for ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Critics to panel: ban amalgam dental fillings

By Susan Heavey

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Critics of dental fillings that contain mercury said they should be banned or not implanted unless patients give ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Panel urges Obama to work on deficit plan

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The co-chairs of the deficit commission urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to launch negotiations with Congress early next ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

"Inept" moves preceded BP spill: U.S. panel co-chair

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP and its contractors made a series of decisions that were "breathtakingly inept" ahead of the largest offshore oil ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

Upton backed for House energy panel chair

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Fred Upton was chosen by a Republican organizing panel on Tuesday to become the next ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

Bachus picked to chair financial panel: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Spencer Bachus of Alabama was picked on Tuesday to chair the House Financial Services Committee next year when Republicans take control ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

Rogers picked for House Appropriations panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican panel on Tuesday selected veteran Hal Rogers to chair the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee next year and ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

Orexigen to U.S. panel: diet pill safe for approval

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc's Contrave, the last of a trio of new weight-loss drugs, can effectively help patients shed ...

Mon, December 06, 2010

Breast milk banks OK for now but study needed: panel

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breast milk banks should remain largely unregulated for now, U.S. health advisers said on Monday, wary of raising ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

BP says spill flow lower than government estimate: panel

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc believes the actual flow rate of its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

Deficit panel ideas to lack needed support: Conrad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Recommendations of a deficit-reduction commission appointed by President Barack Obama will not win enough support from its members to force quick action ...

Thu, December 02, 2010

U.S. oil spill panel urges increased safety steps

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill commission on Thursday challenged offshore drillers to boost safety standards, detailing proposals for the ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

Deficit panel recalibrates, seeks more support

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A presidential commission trying to balance the budget on Wednesday softened a proposed tax overhaul to ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

Short on votes, deficit panel delays decision

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A presidential commission looking for ways to slash the budget deficit has postponed by two days ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

Deficit-cut panel says to meet on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan presidential commission looking for ways to balance the budget said it will hold a press conference on Tuesday, but not ...

Sun, November 28, 2010

Debt-panel chairs make changes to draft: report

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The chairmen of the White House's debt-reduction commission are making changes to their draft proposal in a move broaden support before ...

Wed, November 24, 2010

BP made risky decisions before spill-panel document

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> made a series of decisions while drilling its doomed Macondo well that saved time but added ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Obama deficit panel wrestles healthcare "gorilla"

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to overhaul the costly Medicare and Medicaid health programs met opposition on Thursday in a closed-door meeting ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

U.S. panel narrowly backs Mela skin cancer device

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. medical advisers narrowly backed Mela Sciences Inc's experimental skin cancer detection device on Thursday, with some ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

House ethics panel recommends censure of Rangel

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran Representative Charles Rangel, Congress' former chief tax writer, should be censured for 11 ethics violations, many involving personal ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Risk panel asked to weigh mortgage service spinoff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. financial risk council should consider requiring companies to divest their businesses that service securitized mortgages, Democratic lawmakers said in ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Obama deficit panel wrestles healthcare "gorilla"

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to overhaul the costly Medicare and Medicaid health programs met opposition on Thursday in a closed-door meeting ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Senate panel passes bill against piracy websites

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. agencies and officials would get new powers to go after foreign websites that sell counterfeit goods and ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Mela defends skin cancer tool at FDA panel

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mela Sciences Inc defended its experimental skin cancer detection system before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

U.S. panel backs Dendreon's Provenge for Medicare

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel backed Dendreon Corp's Provenge prostate cancer therapy on Wednesday, telling the Medicare insurance ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Panel delays report on financial crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel delayed on Wednesday its final report on the causes and impact of the financial crisis to early next year ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Panel positive on Merck vaccine for anal cancer

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine appears effective for preventing anal cancer, members of a U.S. advisory panel said on ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Panel urges renewed U.S. pressure on China on currency

By Paul Eckert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should name China a currency manipulator and take on trade-distorting Chinese policies in the World Trade ...

Tue, November 16, 2010

China telecom briefly hijacked U.S. Web traffic: panel

By Diane Bartz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China Telecom sent incorrect routing information last April that resulted in Internet traffic to major corporate websites and U ...

Tue, November 16, 2010

Senate panel backs Fed nominee Diamond

By Emily Kaiser

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee approved the nomination of Nobel laureate Peter Diamond to the Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday over ...

Tue, November 16, 2010

Panel urges U.S. to label China currency manipulator

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should use all available tools, including labeling China a currency manipulator, to put pressure on Beijing ...

Mon, November 15, 2010

Deficit panel co-chair "hopeful" of plan approval

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A co-chairman of the presidential deficit commission said on Monday that he is hopeful commission members will approve recommendations to slash the ...

Thu, November 11, 2010

Defense faces more pressure from deficit panel

By Karen Jacobs

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Defense companies, already under pressure to cut costs and find new revenue streams, could face even more pressure in ...

Wed, November 10, 2010

Deficit panel targets Social Security and taxes

By Donna Smith and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of a presidential commission proposed raising taxes and the retirement age among bold ideas on ...

Wed, November 10, 2010

Private panel urges shake-up in budget process

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private panel called for a shake-up of the U.S. government's budget process that would set clear ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

No "grand compromise" likely from U.S. deficit panel

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commission looking for ways to balance the federal budget is unlikely to agree on a comprehensive ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

Company errors, complacency preceded oil spill: panel

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Complacency at BP, as well as at Transocean Ltd and Halliburton, led to serious missteps prior to the rig ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

BP, firms did not shirk safety for money: panel

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill commission said on Monday it found no evidence to support accusations that the largest ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

U.S. panel mostly agrees with BP's oil spill probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill panel agrees with about 90 percent of the results of BP's internal investigation of the causes ...

Thu, November 04, 2010

Republicans scuffle over US House banking panel

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just days after winning control of the House of Representatives, Republican leaders on Thursday faced an internal fight over ...

Mon, November 01, 2010

U.S. appeals panel weighs sentence for Enron's Skilling

By Kristen Hays

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A three-judge panel on Monday weighed an appeal by imprisoned former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling that could ...

Thu, October 28, 2010

Cement job played role in BP Macondo blowout: panel

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The foam cement that Halliburton Co. used to seal BP Plc's doomed Macondo well was unstable and may have contributed to ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

Vaccine panel expands whooping cough coverage

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An independent U.S. advisory panel is amending its recommendations for booster vaccines to prevent whooping cough and expand ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

CDC panel votes to add meningitis booster dose

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A panel of federal vaccine experts narrowly voted to add a booster dose of a meningitis vaccine to teens at age 16 ...

Wed, October 13, 2010

Judges panel selected for Paula Abdul show

By James Hibberd

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS has announced the judges panel and host for Paula Abdul's upcoming dance competition series, "Live ...

Fri, October 08, 2010

Senate banking panel sets foreclosure hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee will hold hearings after next month's elections to look into allegations that the nation's largest lenders ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Congress ethics panel to hear Rangel case November 15

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trials in the Congress on alleged ethics violations against two prominent Democrats -- Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters -- will not be held until ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

W.House blocked BP oil spill estimates: Govt panel

By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House in the spring blocked release of government worst-case estimates of the amount of oil spewing from ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

Flash crash panel should review brokers: Gensler

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday urged a regulatory panel to consider making ...

Tue, September 28, 2010

Oil firms not cooperating with spill probe: panel

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies involved in the BP oil spill are failing to cooperate fully with a probe by a White House ...

Tue, September 28, 2010

Deficit-cut panel vows tough choices

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commission looking for ways to balance the federal budget talked tough about fiscal ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Oil companies must show ability to clean up spills: panel

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oil companies should be required to prove they can respond to major oil spills before they are allowed to ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

House panel to move forward on easing Cuba policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives panel will vote next week on a bill relaxing trade with and travel to Cuba, with Democratic supporters ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Senate panel backs Obama budget nominee

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel overwhelmingly approved President Barack Obama's pick for budget chief on Thursday, but it was unclear when the full ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

House panel backs China currency bill

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel turned up the pressure on China over the yuan on Friday, approving a bill that would ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

House panel votes Friday on China currency bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key panel in the House of Representatives has scheduled a business meeting on Friday to vote on legislation pressuring China to ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Panel asks if FDA knew about secret J&J recall

By Ransdell Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee probing recent massive recalls of Johnson & Johnson consumer medicines wants to know if ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Senate panel approves UK and Australia trade treaties

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense industry trade agreements with Britain and Australia that have languished in the Senate for three years were approved by the Senate ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

House panel eyes action on China currency bill

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee could vote as early as Friday on a bill that would ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

U.S. panel backs Boehringer drug to reduce strokes

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Monday backed Boehringer Ingelheim's proposed drug to prevent strokes in people with a ...

Fri, September 17, 2010

Arena plunges, blames FDA panel over obesity drug

By Toni Clarke

BOSTON (Reuters) - Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc<ARNA.O> plunged anew on Friday as the company blamed a lack of understanding ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Panel to review FBI work in anthrax case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators plan to examine how the FBI determined that one scientist was responsible for the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, a lawmaker ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Senate panel approves new arms treaty with Russia

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel approved a new strategic nuclear arms control treaty with Russia on Thursday, advancing one of President ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Arena defends diet drug safety to U.S. panel

By Lisa Richwine

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. drug reviewers criticized Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's defense of a proposed weight-loss pill on Thursday, as ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Bailout anger may hamper U.S. in future crisis: panel

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public anger over the Treasury's $700 billion bailout program may hamper the government's ability to respond to ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

U.S. panel splits on Abbott diet drug ban

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel was divided over whether to recommend banning Abbott Laboratories' controversial weight-loss drug on Wednesday, although most ...

Mon, September 13, 2010

U.S. to ask panel whether to ban Abbott diet drug

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials plan to ask expert advisers whether to pull Abbott Laboratories' controversial weight-loss drug Meridia off ...

Sun, September 12, 2010

Rich states should pay for Africa mineral advice: panel

By Adrian Croft

LONDON (Reuters) - Rich countries should pay for African governments to get advice on negotiating the best deals for exploiting their natural ...

Sat, September 11, 2010

Iceland panel wants charges over 2008 bank collapse

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland should bring negligence charges against former ministers over its banking collapse in 2008, a committee of the Althingi parliament said on ...

Wed, September 01, 2010

Crisis panel chair: Politics may have doomed Lehman

By David Lawder and Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials appeared to have made a policy decision not to bail out Lehman Brothers, the head ...

Mon, August 30, 2010

Crisis panel to hear from Bernanke and Lehman's Fuld

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and bank regulator Sheila Bair will testify this week before a panel exploring the causes of the ...

Mon, August 30, 2010

Simpson stays on deficit panel: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alan Simpson, the Republican co-chairman of a commission on the U.S. budget deficit created by U.S. President Barack Obama, remains ...

Mon, August 30, 2010

U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

Panel offers Obama ideas on U.S. tax overhaul

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An expert panel named by President Barack Obama spelled out ideas to simplify the byzantine U.S. tax code ...

Thu, August 26, 2010

Japan Democrat panel wants BOJ to go step further on yen

By Leika Kihara

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese ruling party panel discussed currency intervention and recommended on Thursday that the government ask the Bank of ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

U.S. deficit panel chair stirs uproar over remark

By Caren Bohan and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The co-chairman of a commission on the U.S. budget deficit came under fire on Wednesday ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

U.S. spill panel question drilling policy

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The BP oil spill was a massive "failure" in government oversight and administrations should be forced to consult with ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

Sharp to cut LCD panel production: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Sharp Corp <6753.T> will reduce LCD panel production for up to two months starting this month, adjusting supplies as TV inventories ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

FDA panel backs wider use of Eli Lilly's Cymbalta

By Susan Heavey

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co's antidepressant Cymbalta should be approved to help ease chronic pain in certain patients ...

Thu, August 12, 2010

Foreign firms helped by U.S. bailouts: panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. tactic of pouring money into ailing financial firms during the 2007-09 crisis helped many foreign banks whose governments should ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Panel urges big thinking in "flash crash" response

By Jonathan Spicer and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators said on Wednesday they are moving forward with technical fixes to the ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

U.N. panel on Gaza flotilla incident begins work

By Patrick Worsnip

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations sought to head off any potential clash with Israel over a U.N. inquiry into ...

Mon, August 09, 2010

Maxine Waters charged by House ethics panel

By Corbett B. Daly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives ethics panel on Monday formally accused Democratic lawmaker Maxine Waters of three ...

Mon, August 02, 2010

Ethics panel says Rep. Waters broke House rules

By Corbett B. Daly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maxine Waters on Monday became the second Democrat in the House of Representatives in two weeks to be ...

Tue, July 27, 2010

FDA panel narrowly backs Medtronic spine device

By Lisa Richwine

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed an experimental Medtronic Inc spine implant that uses a protein to stimulate bone ...

Tue, July 27, 2010

House panel bucks Whouse, backs 2nd F-35 engine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives subcommittee defied White House and Pentagon leaders on Tuesday by including $485 million in the proposed U.S ...

Tue, July 20, 2010

U.S. panel rejects Roche's Avastin for breast cancer

By Lisa Richwine

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. panel dealt a blow to Roche Holding AG's multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin on Tuesday ...

Tue, July 20, 2010

Panel Moves Kagan Nomination To Full Senate

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - The Senate Judiciary Committee is recommending Elena Kagan for confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

On a vote of ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

Senate panel sets hearing on BP-Lockerbie case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a July 29 hearing into last year's release of a Libyan convicted ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

Bailed-out small banks face takeover risk: panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smaller banks that got U.S. government bailout money are likely to run into trouble repaying it and may become vulnerable to ...

Tue, July 13, 2010

Senate Panel Postpones Consideration of Kagan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed for one week a vote on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, but she remained on ...

Tue, July 13, 2010

Senate panel delays Kagan vote for one week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed for one week a vote on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, but she remained on ...

Fri, July 09, 2010

WI's 1st Solar Panel Factory Coming Soon

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin is about to get its first factory that makes panels for solar power.

Helios USA plans to start production early ...

Sat, July 03, 2010

Spill panel to hold public meeting July 12-13

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A presidential panel to probe the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recommend new rules to ...

Thu, July 01, 2010

U.S. trade panel denies China steel product duties

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel on Thursday turned down an industry request to slap duties on hundreds of millions of dollars of ...

Wed, June 30, 2010

Senate panel will vet Fed nominees July 15

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate banking panel said on Wednesday it has scheduled hearings on the nominations of Janet Yellen to serve as Vice Chairman ...

Wed, June 30, 2010

House panel backs ending travel ban on Cuba

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel voted on Wednesday to lift a decades-old ban on travel to Cuba and remove other hurdles ...

Wed, June 30, 2010

Senate panel votes to end oil spill liability cap

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress on Wednesday took major steps to rein in Big Oil's offshore drilling practices, as one Senate panel ...

Tue, June 29, 2010

Crisis panel to examine Goldman, AIG ties

By Steve Eder and Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs and bailed out insurer American International Group face a rough two days of questioning ...

Tue, June 22, 2010

House panel invites J&J CEO to second recall hearing

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressional panel investigating Johnson & Johnson's widespread recall of consumer medicines wants the company's chief executive officer ...

Tue, June 15, 2010

U.S. food guidelines should focus on fat, panel says

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. nutritional guidelines should focus on keeping Americans from getting even fatter, experts ...

Mon, June 14, 2010

House Dems target Senate's credit ratings panel

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Democrats on Monday moved to kill a Senate plan to shake up the credit rating agency business, a ...

Fri, June 11, 2010

Panel probes marketing of Wyeth transplant drug

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives committee is investigating reports that drugmaker Wyeth, now a unit of Pfizer Inc, promoted a transplant drug to ...

Wed, June 09, 2010

Six GOP lawmakers named to Wall St panel: Bachus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Spencer Bachus said in a statement on Wednesday that he and five other Republicans have been named as members of a ...

Sun, June 06, 2010

Israel rejects international panel to study raid: envoy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel does not want an international panel to investigate its commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship but is talking with Washington ...

Fri, June 04, 2010

Deficit panel eyes another bite at healthcare

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concern over rising U.S. debt could force lawmakers to take another crack at reining in healthcare costs long ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Buffett fails to wow crisis panel on credit raters

By Elinor Comlay, Kim Dixon and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Oracle of Omaha, for once, may have failed to impress his audience ...

Fri, May 28, 2010

Senate panel votes new Iran constraints

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require Pentagon contractors to certify that they are not doing any banned business with Iran ...

Thu, May 27, 2010

GOP role unclear on Wall Street reform panel: Gregg

By Roberta Rampton and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers may not have much sway over a final financial regulation bill that could cut ...

Thu, May 27, 2010

U.S. panel to review two proposed Avastin uses

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel will meet in July to review two proposed new uses for Roche Holding AG's blockbuster cancer ...

Wed, May 26, 2010

House panel backs bill prompted by Toyota saga

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation enhancing the power of regulators to force auto recalls, create rules to prevent unintended acceleration, and require quiet-running ...

Wed, May 26, 2010

Buffett, Moody's CEO to testify to crisis panel

By Karey Wutkowski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, will testify next week before the U.S. panel examining ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

BP had warning signs before Gulf blast: panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc told congressional investigators on Tuesday that pressure tests on a drill pipe showed a fundamental mistake hours before the deadly ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

Twelve senators named to Wall Street reform panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve senior U.S. senators, including Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd and Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln, were named on Tuesday ...

Mon, May 24, 2010

Twelve senators to be on Wall Street bill panel: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate was expected to appoint 12 senators, including banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, to a conference committee with the House of ...

Mon, May 24, 2010

Shelby, Chambliss to serve on Wall Street panel: aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators Richard Shelby and Saxby Chambliss will serve on a conference committee tasked with finalizing a sweeping rewrite of financial regulations ...

Sat, May 22, 2010

Obama: Oil panel will not interfere with Justice probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said the oil spill commission he formally unveiled on Saturday must ensure that it does not disrupt "any ongoing ...

Thu, May 20, 2010

Toyota effort criticized by House panel

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats sharply criticized efforts by Toyota Motor Corp to investigate whether faulty electronics are linked to unintended acceleration ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

House panel defies Pentagon on fighter engine

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee, slighting the Pentagon for a fourth straight year, cleared continued work on an alternate ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

House panel probes personal genetic tests

By Lisa Richwine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives committee is investigating personal genetic testing kits after one company attempted to sell its test ...

Mon, May 17, 2010

Market watchdog panel to meet on market plunge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel advising U.S. market regulators will meet on May 24 to discuss the mysterious market plunge, the Securities and Exchange ...

Mon, May 17, 2010

Obama to create panel to probe oil spill

By Jeff Mason

HOUSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will create a commission to investigate the cause of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, evaluate ...

Mon, May 17, 2010

Senate panel asks govt criminal probe of oil spill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Environment and Public Works committee head Barbara Boxer on Monday asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into the ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

House panel probes offshore drilling oversight

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the wake of the massive Gulf oil spill, a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday launched ...

Thu, May 13, 2010

Senate panel sets hearing on market plunge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for May 20 to examine the causes of last week's ...

Thu, May 13, 2010

Senate panel approves money for Afghan, Iraq wars

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee on Thursday approved another $33.5 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq this year ...

Tue, May 11, 2010

WHO panel to review H1N1 pandemic status in coming weeks

GENEVA (Reuters) - An expert panel advising the World Health Organization on pandemics will review the status of the H1N1 virus later this month or ...

Mon, May 10, 2010

Exchange execs to address Congress panel on sell-off

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior executives from NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and CME Group Inc will testify to a congressional panel on Tuesday on ...

Fri, May 07, 2010

Benefits trump risks of rotavirus vaccine: panel

By Lisa Richwine

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Benefits from rotavirus vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Merck & Co Inc outweigh any risk from recently discovered ...

Thu, April 29, 2010

House panel mulls bill to ease Cuban embargo

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Business and human rights groups urged Congress on Thursday to ease the decades-old embargo on Cuba by passing a ...

Wed, April 28, 2010

Prevent Alzheimer's? No evidence you can: panel

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fish oil, exercise and doing puzzles may all be good for the brain but there ...

Wed, April 28, 2010

Congress panel backs flood insurance overhaul

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to overhaul the troubled National Flood Insurance Program, which covers more than five million homes and businesses ...

Mon, April 26, 2010

Iraq election turmoil as panel invalidates votes

By Suadad al-Salhy and Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A review panel on Monday invalidated votes cast for 52 candidates in Iraq's election, throwing ...

Sun, April 25, 2010

Japan panel says OK not to charge PM in scandal: report

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese judicial panel ruled on Monday that prosecutors' decision not to charge Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama over suspected falsification of his ...

Fri, April 23, 2010

Senate panel called Goldman trader before SEC suit

By Dan Margolies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate investigations panel looking into Goldman Sachs' role in the financial crisis subpoenaed the investment bank as early ...

Thu, April 22, 2010

Senate panel passes budget plan

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel on Thursday passed a budget that would cut near-term deficits more quickly than the plan proposed ...

Wed, April 21, 2010

Radiation for prostate cancer lacks data: U.S. panel

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is not enough evidence to sort out the effect of various radiation treatments for prostate cancer patients, especially ...

Wed, April 21, 2010

Senate panel OKs bank swap ban in overhaul effort

By Andy Sullivan and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel on Wednesday voted to ban banks from the lucrative swaps market, one of ...

Tue, April 20, 2010

Senate panel sets hearing on China yuan policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate Banking subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday to examine the impact of China's exchange rate practices on U ...

Tue, April 20, 2010

FDA should regulate salt, panel says

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration should regulate the amount of salt added to foods to help Americans cut their ...

Mon, April 19, 2010

Iraqi panel orders vote recount in Baghdad

By Ahmed Rasheed and Suadad al-Salhy

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi election review panel on Monday ordered a recount of votes cast in Baghdad in ...

Sun, April 18, 2010

U.S. Medicare panel to weigh prostate treatments

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At a time of growing debate over prostate cancer treatments, U.S. Medicare officials will take a closer look ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Panel says regulators sparred while WaMu burned

By Dan Margolies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the summer of 2008, just months before giant mortgage lender Washington Mutual Bank flamed out and became the ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Senate panel chief vows clamp-down on swaps

By Charles Abbott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unregulated $450 trillion market in over-the-counter derivatives should expect "vigorous reform" that includes reporting of all trades and ...

Wed, March 31, 2010

Greenspan, ex-Citi CEO to answer to crisis panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and ex-Citigroup <C.N> Chief Executive Chuck Prince will appear next month before a U.S ...

Wed, March 24, 2010

U.S. panel sees anemia drug risks in kidney patients

By Susan Heavey

BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - Use of controversial anemia drugs made by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson at high levels likely worsen heart ...

Sun, March 21, 2010

Senate panel plans financial reform vote Monday

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee was on track on Monday to approve landmark financial regulatory ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Panel backs new use of Boston Scientific devices

By Lisa Richwine

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp on Thursday moved closer to winning U.S. clearance to promote implanted cardiac devices ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Senate panel backs financial reform bill

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Monday, approved landmark financial regulatory reform legislation, pushing the ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

House panel to explore Lehman examiner report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House panel will hold a hearing exploring regulatory failures leading up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, after a court-appointed examiner ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

Tax cuts for wealthy should expire: panel chair

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most House Democrats back President Barack Obama's plan to let tax cuts for the wealthy expire this year ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

Senate panel seen approving financial reform

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Karey Wutkowski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new financial reform bill introduced in the Senate will likely be approved at the committee ...

Fri, March 12, 2010

House panel to consider healthcare bill Monday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Budget Committee on Monday will consider a reconciliation bill that Democrats hope clears the way for final congressional ...

Thu, March 11, 2010

U.S. safety panel says big Vytorin study can go on

By Ransdell Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck & Co on Thursday said an independent data safety monitoring board has approved continuation of a big study ...

Thu, March 11, 2010

Toyota hands over 2006 dissident memo to U.S. panel

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor said on Thursday it has handed over to a U.S. congressional committee a ...

Wed, March 10, 2010

Vaginal birth after cesarean underused: panel

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you'll have one ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

Congressional panel to examine campaign spending

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top lawmaker said on Friday he is holding a hearing to examine the need for legislative reform after the Supreme Court ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

FDA panel sees user errors with insulin pumps

By Lisa Richwine

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Diabetics who wear insulin pumps appear more likely to experience problems from improper use than a device defect ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

House panel: Toyota shows no proof yet of study

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has failed to support statements of top executives that the automaker has rigorously evaluated electronic throttles ...

Thu, March 04, 2010

House panel approves Armenian genocide measure

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces, despite pressure ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

FDA panel backs Bristol transplant drug

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's experimental kidney transplant drug belatacept should be approved to give doctors and patients more treatment ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

FDA panel to target menthol cigarettes

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. scientific panel this month will weigh the controversial role of popular menthol flavoring in cigarettes in ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

U.S. Medicare panel urges insurer payment cuts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare should cut U.S. government payments to private insurers and home healthcare providers, an advisory panel said in nonbinding recommendations released ...

Sat, February 27, 2010

Ethics panel clears 7 House members on earmarks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House ethics committee on Friday cleared seven lawmakers of improperly or illegally considering campaign contributions when steering earmarks amounting to hundreds ...

Fri, February 26, 2010

Congress panel cites evidence of Toyota concealment

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel has found evidence Toyota routinely withheld company records it should have turned over ...

Fri, February 26, 2010

Obama rounds out deficit panel with Honeywell chief

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama filled out his commission to tackle the U.S. deficit on Friday, appointing the head of ...

Fri, February 26, 2010

Obama names four new members to deficit panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama named four new members to a panel to tackle the U.S. deficit on Friday, the White House said ...

Fri, February 26, 2010

U.N. to create science panel to review IPCC

By Sunanda Creagh

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - An independent board of scientists is to review the work of a U.N. climate panel, whose ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Rangel says ethics panel ruled against him

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Charles Rangel, the top tax writer in the U.S. Congress, was admonished by a congressional ethics committee for taking corporate-funded ...

Wed, February 24, 2010

Senate panel seeks expanded auto review

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee on Wednesday asked a government watchdog to expand its review of how regulators handled recent Toyota ...

Tue, February 23, 2010

Three Senate Democrats named to deficit panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic senators Dick Durbin, Max Baucus and Kent Conrad will serve on a presidential commission to tackle the country's stubborn budget ...

Tue, February 23, 2010

Senate panel mulls narrow, weak, Volcker rule

By Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Banking Committee members are considering a narrow version of the so-called Volcker rule, which was proposed ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

British homeopathy funding is "bad medicine": panel

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should end its state funding for homeopathic treatments because they are "scientifically implausible" and work no better than ...

Thu, February 18, 2010

Senate panel mulls watered down "Volcker rule"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Banking Committee members are considering a watered down version of the 'Volcker rule' unveiled last month by the Obama administration to ...

Thu, February 18, 2010

Honeywell CEO eyed for Obama deficit panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is strongly considering naming the chief executive of Honeywell International, a union president and a former vice chairwoman of ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Republicans may join Obama deficit panel: Boehner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republican leader John Boehner said on Tuesday he was considering appointing Republicans to President Barack Obama's planned deficit commission and ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

House panel to take up Armenian genocide bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel will vote next month on a resolution to label the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

Obama to create debt panel next week: White House

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will take a step toward toughening U.S. fiscal discipline next week by creating a panel ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

Senate panel to hear from Volcker on bank plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Volcker, a member of the Obama administration's economic team and a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, will testify on ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

Senate defeats proposed deficit panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposed bipartisan task force to reduce record budget deficits, but the White House said ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

Senate defeats proposed deficit panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday rejected the creation of a bipartisan task force to try to bring down the record U.S. budget ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

France should denounce, ban Muslim face veils: panel

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor

PARIS (Reuters) - France's National Assembly should pass a resolution denouncing full Muslim face veils and then vote the ...

Sat, January 23, 2010

Obama urges creation of U.S. deficit panel

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on the U.S. Congress on Saturday to create a bipartisan panel that would look ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Sale of helium poses supply risk, panel finds

By JoAnne Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sell-off of the federal strategic helium reserve has driven up demand for the vital element and poses a ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Senate panel to hold hearing on Obama bank limits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee intends to hold a hearing on President Barack Obama's proposals to limit banks' risk taking, a spokeswoman ...

Wed, January 20, 2010

Republicans criticize bipartisan debt panel

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Wednesday blasted Democratic plans to set up a bipartisan debt-reduction commission, underlining the political challenges that ...

Mon, January 18, 2010

UN panel "regrets" exaggeration of Himalayan thaw

OSLO (Reuters) - The U.N. panel of climate scientists expressed regret on Wednesday for exaggerating how quickly Himalayan glaciers are melting in a report ...

Sat, January 16, 2010

House panel asks Paulson to testify in AIG probe

By Jasmin Melvin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House panel slated to look into the collapse and bailout of insurer American International Group has widened its ...

Wed, January 13, 2010

U.S. panel urges approval of Recordati blood drug

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. medical advisory panel unanimously urged U.S. approval of Recordati SpA's proposed drug for a rare ...

Wed, January 13, 2010

Financial crisis panel to call Greenspan, Cox

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators admitted to failing to head off the 2008 financial crisis as they appeared before a panel ...

Tue, January 12, 2010

Senate panel moves to muzzle consumer watchdog

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's proposal to create a new U.S. agency to protect financial consumers ...

Tue, January 12, 2010

Swiss panel votes against taking Guantanamo inmates

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland should not take in any more detainees from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison owing to heightened security concerns, a parliamentary ...

Wed, January 06, 2010

Johnson seen taking over as Senate banking panel chief

By Karey Wutkowski and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson, a champion of community banks and credit card companies, is ...

Wed, January 06, 2010

Johnson seen taking over as Senate banking panel chief

By Karey Wutkowski and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson, a champion of community banks and credit card companies, is ...

Tue, January 05, 2010

Holland Panel Earns Grant

(Holland) - The Holland Youth Advisory Council received over 16 hundred dollars yesterday to bolster its efforts to combat substance abuse. The Prevention on Purpose ...

Wed, December 30, 2009

U.S. panel OKs duties on China steel in record case

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel gave final approval on Wednesday to duties ranging from about 10 to 16 percent ...

Wed, December 23, 2009

Senate panel OKs two top trade nominees

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee gave its support on Wednesday to President Barack Obama's nominees for two key trade ...

Wed, December 23, 2009

Senate panel OKs Lael Brainard for Treasury post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved Lael Brainard to become the Treasury Department's top global diplomat, a job that would ...

Tue, December 22, 2009

U.S. financial crisis panel sets first hearings

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commission created by Congress to investigate the financial crisis has scheduled its first public hearings for January 13 and ...

Thu, December 17, 2009

U.S. panel narrowly backs Photocure cancer test drug

By Lisa Richwine

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Thursday narrowly backed Photocure ASA's proposed imaging drug to help detect ...

Thu, December 17, 2009

Senate panel approves two Obama nominees for FTC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel on Thursday approved President Barack Obama's picks to fill out the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill and Edith ...

Thu, December 17, 2009

TV panel: Comedy making a comeback

By James Hibberd

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For once, the TV writers were content.

A quartet of showrunners said Wednesday that the business is ...

Wed, December 16, 2009

Senate panel "deeply concerned" by F-35 costs

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said it was "deeply concerned" about growing costs and apparent delays in ...

Wed, December 16, 2009

Panel Accuses Lawmaker Of Bringing "Disrepute" On Assembly

MADISON (WRN) - A special committee drafted a resolution Tuesday which accuses State Representative Jeff Wood of bringing “disrepute” on the Assembly. But the panel ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Senate panel backs Bernanke for second term

By Mark Felsenthal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term cleared a Senate panel on Thursday despite some ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

U.S. panel backs wider use of AstraZeneca's Crestor

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - AstraZeneca won a U.S. panel's support on Tuesday for its bid to promote the cholesterol-lowering pill Crestor to people ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Special panel to tackle MLB's on-field issues

By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has appointed a committee to discuss and offer advice on issues including ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Senate panel to vote on Bernanke Thursday morning

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will vote on the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second four-year term ...

Fri, December 11, 2009

U.S. panel to weigh safety of AstraZeneca's Crestor

By Lisa Richwine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators see benefits to using an AstraZeneca Plc cholesterol drug in a vast new group of patients ...

Wed, December 09, 2009

U.S. oversight panel chief: TARP not a "slush fund"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury must seek Congressional approval if it wants to funnel some of its $700 billion bailout fund to jobs programs that ...

Tue, December 08, 2009

U.S. panel sees higher skin risk with some MRI drugs

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers felt MRI imaging drugs from GE Healthcare and Covidien appear to carry a higher risk of a serious ...

Tue, December 08, 2009

Senate panel sets December 17 vote on Bernanke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee said on Tuesday it will vote December 17 on the confirmation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for ...

Tue, December 08, 2009

U.S. panel says Zhu Zhu hamster toys are safe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zhu Zhu toy hamsters do not violate U.S. standards for levels of the chemical antimony, the U.S. Consumer Product ...

Wed, December 02, 2009

State DNR Panel Says Yes … Somewhat

(Lansing) - Another twist in the long and winding road of preserving pristine dune land at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River was made today ...

Wed, December 02, 2009

Doyle Creates Panel To Put Together Medical E-Records

MADISON (WRN) - A new state board will set up a system in which hospitals and clinics can share medical records electronically. Governor Jim Doyle ...

Wed, December 02, 2009

Dubai World to meet creditor panel on debt crisis

By Alistair Lyon

DUBAI (Reuters) - Government-owned Dubai World will meet its main creditors next week to discuss a request to delay payment on $26 ...

Mon, November 30, 2009

U.S. tax reform panel delays recommendations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has delayed a report to draw up options for simplifying the tax code and reforming the corporate tax system ...

Fri, November 20, 2009

Ethics panel admonishes Obama Senate replacement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Roland Burris, saying he had been less than candid about his gubernatorial appointment ...

Thu, November 19, 2009

House panel OKs plan to open Fed policy to audits

By Mark Felsenthal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions ...

Thu, November 19, 2009

FDA panel votes against new bug-based flu vaccine

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - More safety data would be needed before a new type of influenza vaccine made ...

Wed, November 18, 2009

Congress panel backs big bank break-up power

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Financial Services Committee voted on Wednesday to approve a proposal that would empower government regulators ...

Tue, November 17, 2009

BofA knew of Merrill pain in November: House panel

By Rachelle Younglai and Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel accused Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> on Tuesday of knowing about Merrill ...

Tue, November 17, 2009

U.S. panel suggests stricter trial safety margins: Cerus

(Reuters) - Blood-safety products maker Cerus Corp said an U.S. advisory committee recommended more stringent safety margins for a late-stage trial of its intercept ...

Mon, November 16, 2009

FDA wants panel to probe Pfizer vaccine efficacy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's next- generation Prevnar vaccine missed some key goals in a study of its effectiveness, U.S. reviewers said in ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Panel Rules Dismissal Of Complaint Against Gableman

MADISON (WRN) - A 3 judge panel recommends the state Supreme Court dismiss a complaint which accuses Justice Michael Gableman of false statements in a ...

Mon, November 09, 2009

China praises U.S. trade panel for rejecting probe

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday praised a U.S. trade panel's decision to reject an investigation into imports of Chinese steel fasteners, saying ...

Thu, November 05, 2009

Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill