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- Factbox: What's on the table in debt talks Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:23AM(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional leaders resume their White House talks on Monday to see if they have the makings of a deal to trim budget deficits and avert a looming default.
- NZ POLITICS DAILY: Capital gains tax fails to inspire passion Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:13PMPLUS: Mana vs Maori | Equal pay, Alasdair Thompson and the EMA read more
- Week in Review: Trade and Recessions Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:43PMwith contributions from Derryl Hermanutz Sometimes you are stunned by "experts" missing the obvious. Case in point is a recent NY Fed study Did Trade Finance Contribute to
- FACTBOX-What's on the table in U.S. debt talks Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:46PMJuly 8 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders hope to trim budget deficits by as much as $4.5 trillion over 10 years as part of a landmark deal that would tame the national debt and avert a looming default.
- India's Great Free-Market Economist Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:18AMBellikoth Ragunath Shenoy was born in 1905 in the village of Bellikoth, near Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. He became a hugely influential proponent of Hayekian theory and policy. He is sadly neglected today.
- India's Great, Forgotten Free-Market Economist Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:03AMBellikoth Ragunath Shenoy was born in the village of Bellikoth near Mangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on June 3, 1905. He was heavily influenced by Hayek's writings, especially on the price system, knowledge problems, and the irrelevance of centralized planning.
- U.S. default would have crippling fallout, an FAU economist warns. Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 9:40PMU.S. default would have crippling fallout, an FAU economist warns.
- Study: Nearly 350 million diabetics worldwide Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:13AMLONDON - The number of adults worldwide with diabetes has more than doubled in three decades, jumping to an estimated 347 million, a new study says.
- Russia pledges commitment to resolve global security issues Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:47PM“We are a member of the G8 and take on responsibility for resolving global security problems and helping the world’s poorer countries in their development,” said President of Russia Dmitry Medveder at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum on June 17.
- Uganda: Smoke And Mirrors - Country Concocts Fantasy Scheme to Create U.S.$20 Capitalists Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 10:12AMAfter presenting the budgets of their respective governments to their parliaments, East African Community Ministers of Finance faced a fair amount of grumbling from citizens dissatisfied with the way issues of immediate concern to them had or had not been addressed.
- THE RUPEE: all-round fall | Business Recorder Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 6:46AMYear-end payments pushed the rupee lower against dollar during the week ended on June 19, 2011, although it struggled to minimise its losses in the face of higher demand by importers to clear the bills for oil and other foreign goods. In the interbank, the rupee shed 11 paisa in relation to dollar for buying and selling at 85.85 and 85.88.
- A world of 10 billion Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 2:31PMToday, as demographers look ahead to a 10-billion-strong global population, the future of No. 6,000,000,000 is no less clouded
- A Surprising Way You Can Make Money Right Now Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 11:39AMAnd it's not as risky as you might think.
- Gov. Haley On CBS Town Hall Meeting Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 8:08AMSouth Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was among several Republican leaders who sat down with The Early Show for a town hall meeting.
- Factbox: Can budget players find common ground? Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 10:53AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top lawmakers meeting with Vice President Joe Biden hope to reduce deficits by trillions of dollars over 10 years to give Congress political cover to back an increase in the country's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.
- Middle East Online Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 3:01AMThe Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrived in London last week, leaving behind a political crisis and an outbreak public anger back home.
- U.S. Innovation and Economic Recovery Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 10:13AMNews of rising unemployment and the threat of a Moody's downgrade puts the lagging economic recovery into sharp focus and puts pressure on the United States to spur innovations that boost global competitiveness.
- Looming labor battle could blunt NBA's boom Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 12:35PMDallas Mavericks players warm up during practice, Monday, May 30, 2011 in Miami. The Miami Heat will play the Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA basketball finals on Tuesday.
- Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers [EXCLUSIVE] Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 3:55PMWASHINGTON -- A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation’s five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on homes purchased with government-backed loans, four officials briefed on the findings told The Huffington Post.
- RUSH TOWARD DEBT REDUCTION PUSHES JOBS CRISIS OUT OF SIGHT Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 1:32PMWASHINGTON -- The unemployment crisis has all but faded away in the hallowed halls of Congress, where the influential players are preoccupied with outmaneuvering their opponents in deficit-reduction negotiations. Nearly 14 million Americans are still without jobs by the official count -- closer to 25 million by some estimates -- but you'd hardly know that if you follow the debates that consume ...
- Natural Gas Revolution Is Overblown, Study Says Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 12:25PMA veritable explosion in the number of natural gas wells in the United States in the late 2000's resulted in only modest gains in production, a new study finds, suggesting that the promise of natural gas as a bountiful and economical domestic fuel source has been wildly oversold.
- Senate 'Gang of Six' Silent on Budget Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 9:23PMA group consisting of three Democratic and three Republican senators—referred to as the "Gang of Six"—has been quietly working on a bipartisan budget option for over four months, but delays in releasing a proposal have turned optimism into pessimism.
- I-Team: Missouri stimulus report card Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 9:48PMIt has been more than two years since billions of borrowed stimulus dollars entered the economy. Its number one mission was to create or save jobs. So how's that working out in Missouri?
- NHS reforms live blog - what is happening to the health secretary's bill? Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 9:24AM• Today's agenda • Timeline: NHS reforms • NHS reforms: who are the key players? • NHS reform jargon explained • What are the key issues? 5.36pm: We are wrapping up for the day here while Sarah Woolaston, GP-turned-Tory MP and Andrew Lansley critic, is taking pot shots at the health secretary's new regulator Monitor, which she says will be a barrier to cooperation in healthcare as it is there to ...
- Comment on Economics in Crisis by Mr Bean Sunday, May 8, 2011 @ 2:52AMIt is better to be stuck to something. Old geezers find it difficult to un-stuck themselves. Ask Tok Cik who spends his entire adult life trying to get un-stuck but keeps back coming for more.
- Comment on Economics in Crisis by rightways Sunday, May 8, 2011 @ 2:52AMThe current international monetary system is problematic in the fast changing world today. Efforts and hard works are needed to develop new systems. There is no way for the copycats: easy and lazy ways!
- Russian government introduces plan to enforce presidential climate doctrine Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 1:26PMEighteen months after President Dmitry Medvedev signed the “Climate Doctrine of the Russian Federation for the Period until 2020,” the Russian government is ready to start its implementation and has issued an action agenda – though, according to the Russian media, the plan is yet to secure the necessary funding or other resources it will need.
- Real estate: long flip versus quick flip Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 7:58AMA fix-up and quick sale doesn’t cut it for this entrepreneur, who rents out her renovated properties for five to 10 years before cashing in
- Economic Forum Weighs State Revenue Projections Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 4:02AMCARSON CITY - After 85 days of political posturing, the real battle to control state spending will begin today . That's when Nevada's Economic Forum will update tax revenue projections that politicians must use to build the 2011-13 state budget. The panel
- Heritage Oil Announces Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2010 Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 1:05AMCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - April 19, 2011) -
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jacob Lew, 4/14/2011 Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 4:48PMRelease Time: For Immediate Release James S. Brady Press Briefing Room See below for an answer to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. *The President will file and release his taxes on Monday, April 18, 2011. 1:51 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for being here. I don't have any opening announcements to make. I have ...
- Keeping Its Distance: Can the Fed Be Effective, Innovative -- and Independent? Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 1:27PMThe U.S. Federal Reserve Bank played a central role in mounting a response to the financial crisis of 2008. Battling unprecedented disasters, the Fed responded with what experts describe as creative, even heroic, measures. But in the wake of that crisis, the Fed faces new challenges, including an increasingly critical Congress, at a time when the central bank's responsibilities have expanded in ...
- U.S. says strikes successful, Gadhafi vows to fight on Sunday, March 20, 2011 @ 10:11AMAmerican officials say the first two days of a military offensive against the Libyan regime were successful but the country's leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has vowed to deliver a "long war" against coalition forces and a month-old rebel movement.
- Gadhafi compound hit as Libya strikes go on Sunday, March 20, 2011 @ 10:11AMA cruise missile smashed into an administrative building inside Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli, as international forces kept up their military bombardment. It wasn't clear where Gadhafi was at the time the missile landed.
- Libya live report Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 12:36PM1600 GMT: This live report is concluding. AFP will cover all fresh developments in Libya, North Africa and the Middle East on its regular news services.
- Libya live report Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 11:02AM1600 GMT: Here an update on the overall situation from AFP's Tripoli bureau chief Imed Lamloum:
- Testimony of Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency on "Catastrophic Preparedness: How Ready ... Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 3:00PMTestimony of Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, before the U.S. SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee "Catastrophic Preparedness: How Ready Is FEMA for the Next Big Disaster?"
- Politics blog live - Thursday 10 March Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 5:13AMHélène Mulholland with all the day's developments including Lord Hutton's report on public sector pensions 7.59am: Good morning. It's Thursday, so it's time for the final plans for overhauling public sector pension schemes to be published. The report by Lord Hutton , the former Labour works and pensions secretary who was asked by the government to conduct the inquiry, has just been published. I ...
- N.J. acting schools chief faces questions about transparency, imperiling his confirmation Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 5:09AMFans tout Christopher Cerf's talent, but critics contend he's lacking in candor
- Euro crisis is far from over what the experts are saying Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 1:21AMMoody's cut Spain's debt rating on Thursday, pushing the euro lower and deepening the sense of crisis in the currency bloc on the eve of a crucial summit.
- Euro crisis is far from over - what the experts are saying Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 12:33AMMoody's cut Spain's debt rating on Thursday, pushing the euro lower and deepening the sense of crisis in the currency bloc on the eve of a crucial summit.
- Time magazine: Rising inequality ‘overblown’ Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 2:30PMIs income inequality on the rise in America? Most observers--citing figures such as the income of the top 1 percent nearly quadrupling since 1980, while that of the middle class has stayed flat--think it is. But Time magazine, relying on the minority view of a scholar with the libertarian Cato Institute--seems to disagree. A new [... ]
- Wealthy buyers exploit stamp duty loophole Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 8:46PMWith a 5% rate set to come in, some are using an offshore vehicle to reduce their liability almost to zero Buyers of some of Britain's most expensive homes may avoid paying the new 5% rate of stamp duty on £1m-plus properties thanks to a tax loophole allowing houses and flats to be registered in the names of companies rather than individuals. The rise – from 4% to 5% – comes into effect in April ...
- Leading economists tell us what the future holds Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 5:00PMIn an exclusive Sunday Telegraph survey, 25 top economists give their opinions on the way ahead.
- Was Israel right to intercept an aid ship? Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 6:41AMA group of campaigners detained for attempting to sail an aid ship to Gaza in defiance of Israel's blockade have been deported. What is your reaction?
- Melt-Up Time for Gold & Silver: Monetize Your Future Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 2:04PMThe full version of our analysis (with comments particularly valuable for Precious Metals Traders) is available to our Subscribers . The dynamics of international trade and finance are undergoing vigorous transformation.
- Experts: 'EU pension proposal will hit women much harder than men' Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 1:31AMA European Commission roadmap for reforming EU pensions to be presented later this month has received a broad welcome, though some experts warned that the proposals fail to take sufficient account of gender issues and "would hit women much harder than men".
- Letters to the editor: June 4, 2010 Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 4:03PMHere are letters of the day from Daily News editions of June 4, 2010.
- Hewitt on Europe Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 12:19PMUK's new policy on EU - co-operation, with limits
- Vote 'no on Question One to keep state tax cuts Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 1:06AMOn June 8, Maine voters will have the opportunity to lower their income tax and capital gains tax rates for the first time in decades. These tax cuts actually were passed into law by the Maine Legislature in 2009. But because of another one of those...