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	Click to View in Browser 06/23/2014 Obama seeks to expand flex-time for government workers WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, as part of efforts to make the U.S. workplace more accommodating for employees with families, will on Monday direct federal agencies to step up efforts to give workers more leeway in determining their schedules. To get into college, play a game or two LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For the first-time college hopeful in a family, who may have less help navigating the complex application process, would playing some games offer insights, help with school choices and boost their chances of completing a degree? Carlyle raises $1 billion for second financial-companies fund (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP said on Monday it had raised $1 billion for its second fund focused on buying and selling financial institutions such as wealth managers and insurance firms, almost three years after it began fundraising. How to launch a financially successful adult NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's the secret fear of every American parent: failure to launch. Bond funds worldwide post first outflows in 15 weeks: BofA NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors worldwide pulled $2.3 billion out of bond funds in the latest week on lingering concerns the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates, data from a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report showed on Friday. Wall Street watchdog moves to cloud, big data, to boost capabilities NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Wall Street regulator has begun to migrate its surveillance and other watchdog duties to cloud computing, which in combination with crunching big data, will dramatically boost the organization's capabilities, two officials at the agency said. Senate turns up heat on cuts in Social Security offices, services CHICAGO (Reuters) - Until earlier this year, there was a Social Security field office in Gadsden County, Florida, in the state's panhandle. It's the kind of place where seniors need to get in-person help with their benefits rather than pick up a phone or go online. Advisers turn to alternative mutual funds on U.S. rate rise fears NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment advisers, bracing for the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, are seeking alternatives to plain-vanilla bond funds, and some are turning to mutual funds that employ hedge-fund-like tactics, including the ability to bet against securities. Omega's Einhorn says bull market in U.S. equities not over NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven Einhorn, vice chairman of hedge fund Omega Advisors Inc, said Thursday that the bull market in U.S. equities was not over and predicted the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will rise another 3-5 percent by year-end. Supreme Court rules taxpayer can challenge IRS summons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that taxpayers have a right to challenge an Internal Revenue Service summons enforcement action in court when they can show the tax agency might have issued the summons in bad faith. Related Video Dow, S&P 500 finish at record highs Amazon tries to blaze different smartphone path Business News Wall Street opens flat after six-day rally American Apparel board rejects demand to meet Charney: source The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend