WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reforms will slightly accelerate the rise in healthcare spending, according to a survey released on Thursday, handing Republicans more ammunition as they attack the Obama administration's legislative victory. The survey, conducted by U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chip makers National Semiconductor and Texas Instruments Inc on Thursday issued quarterly financial targets that stoked investors' worries about a sluggish economy. Both companies cited weak demand for personal computers and other devices that use microchips and ...

WILMINGTON, Del./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday reinstated eBay Inc's 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist, but allowed the classifieds site to keep eBay off its board. The mixed ruling in Delaware's Chancery Court gave no clear victory to either of the companies, whose relationship ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state attorney general candidate Kathleen Rice said on Thursday she hoped to renew the office's focus on "kitchen table" issues and broaden the job beyond the role of the so-called "Sheriff of Wall Street." Rice, in her second term as Nassau County ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request to temporarily lift a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells. The three-judge panel of the appeals court said in a brief order that it put on hold the judge's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Capitol Hill staffers have made progress stitching together cybersecurity proposals into a huge bill, aides said, with Senate leadership putting it on their short list for passage this year. But stiff industry opposition and partisan tensions still make it unlikely ...

Shares of 01 Communique rose as much as 17 percent on Thursday but pared some of their gains to close up 2 Canadian cents at C$1.64 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company's shares have risen more than seven fold since the favorable ruling in the Citrix case.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is easing restrictions for building iPhone and iPad applications, a move that should allow for the use of third-party tools such as Adobe Systems' Flash software and ease tension between the two companies. Shares of Adobe surged more than 12 percent on Nasdaq on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. recession has changed how people shop for fashion, with an eye for special pieces rather than trusty wardrobe basics, and top retail buyers say this trend is likely to last beyond an economic recovery. As Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week begins in New York on Thursday, ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon ruled out Thursday offering more concessions to trade unions on a planned pension reform, saying this would derail efforts to balance a system costing billions of euros each year. France's powerful trade unions, buoyed by a massive turnout ...