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Same battles rage on 100 years after first U.S. birth control clinic
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outside the crumbling Brooklyn building where the first U.S. birth control clinic opened 100 years ago, Alexander Sanger reflected on the move that landed his grandmother in jail and fueled a controversy over women's reproductive rights that has raged ever since. "This is where it all started," said the grandson of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger in his first visit to the Brownsville, Brooklyn, site where she started her clinic in 1916. "She threw down the gauntlet and said, 'Preventing women from contraception is inhumane,'" said Sanger, 68, chairman of the International Planned Parenthood Council and a former president of Planned Parenthood New York City.
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U.S. crude edges up in early Asian trade amid market gloom
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures eked out gains for a second day in early Asian trade on Thursday, though the market remains vulnerable to gloom over a world awash with supply and concerns about economic growth hitting equity markets. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 16 cents at $30.64 a barrel at 0052 GMT (1852 EDT). It settled at $30.48 on Wednesday, up 4 cents, after dropping as low as $30.10, the first gains in 2016. WTI is down about 20 percent from a high on the first day of trading in 2016 and fell through the important $30 barrier on Tuesday before recouping some of the ...
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GM lifts 2016 outlook after banner year of US car sales
General Motors raised its 2016 earnings outlook Wednesday as it follows up a banner year of US sales with major product launches and touted the benefits of hard-won efficiencies. After years of losses, company executives said they expect to break even in Europe in 2016, but that South America will remain a troubled market. The company raised its 2016 earnings per share range by 25 cents to $5.25-$5.75.
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Ted Cruz did not disclose 2012 Senate campaign loan: NY Times
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz failed to disclose to the Federal Election Commission a loan from Goldman Sachs for as much as $500,000 that was used to help finance his successful 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The loan does not appear in reports the Ted Cruz for Senate Committee filed with the FEC, in which candidates are required to disclose the source of money they borrow to finance their campaigns, the newspaper reported. Cruz has surged in recent opinion polls and now leads billionaire businessman Donald Trump in Iowa, which on Feb. 1 holds the first contest in the process to choose the Republican nominee for the November presidential election.
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Asian shares stumble on Wall St. losses, growth worries
By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares skidded on Thursday, taking their cue from steep losses on Wall Street as an overnight rout in oil prices heightened worries about the global economy. Global benchmark Brent settled down 1.8 percent on Wednesday at $30.31 a barrel, after falling as low as $29.96. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.7 percent in early trade.
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