May 19 - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry
capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are
across the United States: with big personalities and
bare-knuckled verbal brawls.
* Spanish govt created compensation scheme to defuse scandal
* Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury
INDIANAPOLIS, May 17 - Indiana has cancelled
subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the
state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in
the project makes products used in improvised explosives that
kill and injure U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, May 17 - President Barack Obama on
Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan
and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his
plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country.
NEW YORK, May 17 - Pension and endowment managers
on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for
shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan
Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling
information.
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17 - Brazilian steelmaker CSN,
or Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA, is still evaluating
the possible purchase of the Steel Americas unit of ThyssenKrupp
AG, the company said in a regulatory filing late
Friday.
NEW YORK, May 17 - Pension and endowment managers
on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for
shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan
Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling
information.
* White House budget savings claims reduced in CBO estimate