The new director positions, filled by Leucadia designees, give public shareholders less of a voice on Harbingers direction and amount to a misuse of corporate assets, the Massachusetts-based pension fund said in yesterdays complaint.

The U.S. Senate voted to advance legislation restoring benefits for the long-term unemployed that the Obama administration has sought to revive since they expired late last year.

The U.S. House passed a one-year delay of a 24 percent payment cut to physicians who accept Medicare patients, with Republican leaders pushing the bill through in a move that masked trouble finding the votes for it.