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Obama said poised to offer more healthcare changes
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:01:00 GMT
After a healthcare summit last week failed to win Republican converts, Obama and his fellow Democrats have been expected to launch a final push for an overhaul of the $2.5 trillion US healthcare industry
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Coke to buy Coca-Cola Enterprises’s North American assets
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:31:00 GMT
The acquisition includes consideration of Coke’s current stake, $8.88 billion of CCE debt and all the North American assets and liabilities
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Obama-Dalai meeting demonstrates President’s support
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT
The Obama-Dalai meeting came amidst strong objections from China, which said such an engagement would adversely affect Sino-US relations
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Fed seeks to calm markets after discount rate rise
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:04:00 GMT
Discount rate up by 25 bps, first rate move since Dec 2008; Fed emphasizes broad borrowing costs to stay low; markets see move as step to normalizing policy
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Fed hikes discount rate, says loose policy to stay
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:19:00 GMT
Fed raises emergency lending rate by 25 bps; first rate move since December 2008; Fed emphasizes move does not tighten monetary policy; Markets see move as first step to normalizing policy
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Officials probing plane crash into US tax office
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:51:00 GMT
In Washington, a federal law enforcement official identified the pilot as Joseph Stack and says investigators are looking at an anti-government message on the Web linked to him
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Kardashian exposes US Air Marshal on Twitter
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:04:00 GMT
Kardashian’s ‘tweet’ sparked fury among some of her followers, who raised concerns about the star exposing such confidential information
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US warship on schedule in Hong Kong despite China tension
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:53:00 GMT
Speculation had swirled on whether China might prevent the Nimitz from visiting over the arms sales and in retaliation for a planned meeting between the Dalai Lama Obama
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Obama to announce loan guarantee for nuclear plant
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:34:00 GMT
Obama was to make remarks Tuesday after touring a jobs center in Maryland. He was expected to announce the loans to build and operate a pair of reactors in Burke, Georgia, by Southern Co., an administration official said Monday
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China urges US to cancel Obama-Dalai Lama meeting
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:55:00 GMT
Tensions with Washington have arisen over issues from trade to currencies to the US plan to sell $6.4 billion of weapons to Taiwan, the island that China treats as an illegitimate breakaway province
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Google book project | US stance firm but not enough for Indian writers
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:38:00 GMT
The US justice department report says that foreign rights holders have been left out of negotiations
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Euro debt tops agenda at G-7 meet
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:06:00 GMT
World stock markets slid to 3-month low on Friday as the worries intensified about a potentially huge bailout and a destabilization of the euro zone
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Blame disputed as Concorde crash trial opens
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:30:00 GMT
Prosecutors argue that the supersonic passenger jet never would have crashed in July 2000, killing 113 people, if a Continental Airlines DC-10 hadn’t dropped a piece of titanium onto the runway
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Obama unveils $3.8 trillion budget with massive deficits
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:31:00 GMT
In an effort to address the deficit, the president’s budget would institute a three-year budget freeze on programs outside of the military and homeland security
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Senate backs Bernanke for second term at Fed
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:06:00 GMT
US President Barack Obama welcomed the Senate vote and said he looked forward to working with Bernanke going forward
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Obama to propose $33 bn tax credit to create jobs
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:28:00 GMT
The House of Representatives approved a $155 billion jobs bill in December, the Senate is considering its own version, and Obama used his annual State of the Union address on Wednesday to call for a new jobs bill
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No tax breaks to firms that outsource jobs, says Obama
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:25:00 GMT
Obama said job creation would be the country’s number-one focus in 2010, and called for a new jobs bill, which will provide for taking $30 bn of the money US banks repay and use it to help community banks give small businesses the credit
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IMF raises growth forecasts for global economy to 3.9%
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:51:00 GMT
“The global recovery is off to a stronger start than anticipated earlier but is proceeding at different speeds in the various regions,” the IMF said
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Gates faces flak for US’ Pakistan policy
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT
The trip, Gates’ first to Pakistan in three years, proved that the history of US foreign policy is full of unintended consequences
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US to mobilize India, China, others to stabilize Af-Pak
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:01:00 GMT
To achieve its objectives in Afghanistan and Pakistan in support of our core goal, the US is working to build the broadest possible global coalition to help Afghanistan and Pakistan become more stable and prosperous
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