| Top US regulators warn on expanding president's powers Oct 28th 2012, 16:00 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. financial regulators have told two senators a bill they are sponsoring would give the president undue influence on supervisory authorities and hurt the agencies' ability to do their job. Six regulators, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Schapiro, weighed in against the "Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012. ... |  | New York City mayor orders schools closed, some evacuation Oct 28th 2012, 15:46 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday ordered public schools closed on Monday and said that areas of the city from City Island to Coney Island to Battery Park City were under mandatory evacuation because of approaching Hurricane Sandy. Bloomberg said during a press conference that the mandatory evacuation applies to people in Zone A, which covers coastal areas. (Reporting by Caroline Humer; Editing by Eric Beech) | | New York City to suspend subway, bus, train service ahead of storm: governor Oct 28th 2012, 14:42 NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will suspend its train, subway and bus service Sunday night ahead of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to bring strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference. "If it turns and moves off, great. Really great. But if not then we will be prepared for it," Cuomo said. The service is expected to resume operations about 12 hours after the storm ends, officials said at the news conference. New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said service on subways will be curtailed beginning at 7 ... | |
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