New York Times:
A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.
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Washington Post:
In the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers and other steps that could translate his thoughts into action, according to two sources briefed...
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It's one year to the day since the National Museum of American History reopened with its remodeled, reorganized central core. And if attendance figures are to be believed, the renovation has been an unqualified success.
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New York Times:
The Chinese government has held an American oil geologist on suspicion of stealing state secrets for nearly two years, prompting President Obama to raise the issue during his visit to Beijing.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Other than President Barack Obama, perhaps no one's political future is riding more on the Senate battle to revamp the healthcare system than the chamber's Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Roland Burris, saying he had been less than candid about his gubernatorial appointment to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack Obama.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.
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CNN:
American Bankers Association says industry is already working on simplification efforts and the Federal Reserve has implemented changes.
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CNN:
Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals. Not even the federal government appeared to want it after the penitentiary closed in the 1960s.
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Wall Street Journal:
So institutional shareholders are upset at the bonuses Goldman Sachs Group is planning to shell out, as we read in today’s WSJ. But what about investors at other financial institutions? Where is the outrage there?The complaint of Goldman shareholders is simple: Despite record net income, Goldman’s per-share earnings will be (Read More)
Washington Post:
Once there was a simpler time, when pretty much everything that happened in the financial world had a straightforward explanation.
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Reuters: International News:
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia's anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet history.
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