MSNBC:
Per the Washington Post, the Congressional Budget Office said the public option “opt out” in Reid’s bill “would have relatively little impact on the current system, would charge ‘somewhat higher’ premiums than its private competitors and would draw only about 4 million subscribers. The decision to permit states to opt out o (Read More)
India Times:
The Indian economy is likely to grow by eight per cent in the next fiscal, propelled by domestic demand, financial services firm Nomura has said. (Read More)
India Times:
Shrews, beware: a group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding the local government create a male protection society to address their grievances. (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.
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Reuters Video: Top News:
NOTE: Mute video - no reporter narration
Nov 20 - CCTV captures the moment right wing Shiv Sena activists launch an attack on the offices of television channel IBN Lokmat in India's western Mumbai.
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MSNBC:
COLORADO: Denver Post columnist Mike Rosen outlined a GOP policy platform drafted by several Republican gubernatorial candidates yesterday, calling it the “Contract for Colorado:” “The agenda [is] modeled on the winning reform recipes of Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell in their New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races… (Read More)
MSNBC:
Covering the RGA meeting, Salon’s Mike Madden wonders if the GOP talk about a comeback is just, well, talk. “So what if the only thing voters like less than the Democrats in Congress might be the Republicans in Congress? Who cares if the GOP has been reduced to a rump minority in the House and Senate, left on the sidelines (Read More)
India Times:
PM Manmohan Singh was confident of India soon returning to nine per cent growth level, helped by resumption in capital flows from developed nations, and hoped that the US economy too would rebound. (Read More)
Delhi-Cities-The Times of India:
PM Manmohan Singh skipped the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new environment ministry building near Mausam Bhawan on Lodhi Road. (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
This year the Common Admission Test, which has to be cleared for entry to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), will go online for the first time. (Read More)
Reuters Video: Top News:
Nov 20 - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a key committee aired stubborn opposition, with one calling for Geithner to step down.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that's hitting record levels. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to spend an all-time high of more than $500 million this year to influence Congress' revamp of the U.S. healthcare system.
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MSNBC:
The health care overhaul debate in Congress now centers on two bills: the House measure and the Senate Democrats' version. Here are answers to questions you may have about the bills. (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term as chief of the U.S. central bank December 3, the panel said on Friday.
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