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UPI Almanac for Monday, April 15, 2013
U.S. markets fade late in session ... Jack Lew sworn in as treasury secretary ... Florida insurer airs dirty laundry list ... Sales of horsemeat up in France ... News from United Press International.
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Jack Lew was sworn in as treasury secretary Thursday in a private ceremony hosted by President Obama.
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Senate confirms Lew as treasury secretary
The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted handily to confirm Jack Lew as treasury secretary despite reservations by some Republicans.
Markets ahead at the close ... Bernanke unflappable over policy ... GM says it did not request CEO raise ... World's tallest hotel opens in Dubai ... News from United Press International.
U.S. automaker General Motors denied it had asked the government for a 20 percent raise for Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson.
Senate committee approves Lew
The Senate Finance Committee approved Jack Lew as the next U.S. treasury secretary.
A nomination hearing for Jack Lew, a former Citigroup manager, to serve as U.S. treasury secretary would seem to offer a unique perspective on bank bailouts.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad