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2013/05/18 13:30

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Barely 24 hours after the Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yarima Ngama, gave the debt profile of the country as N6 trillion, a new figure of N8.07 trillion, being the total foreign and domestic...

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Obama Office of Management and Budget Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee White House Jeff Zients

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2013/05/13 06:13

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Cornel West: 'They say I'm un-American'

Cornel West, the firebrand of American academia for almost 30 years, is causing his hosts some problems. They are on a schedule but such things barely move him, for as he saunters down the high street...

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2013/05/11 01:50

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Chase sued over debt collection « Bankrate, Inc.

The California state attorney general is suing Chase for alleged credit card debt collection abuses against more than 100,000 state residents over three years. The suit filed Thursday with the Los...

2013/05/10 11:18

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Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda

AUSTIN, Texas — Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious...

2013/05/10 03:31

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Obama goes small on Texas jobs tour

In Texas on Thursday, President Barack Obama used some small-scale campaign tactics to help push his political message. On a one-day trip the White House called a "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity...

2013/05/10 01:49

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Manufacturing Innovation Institutes Explained in ...

After shedding jobs for a decade, American manufacturers have added about 500,000 positions over the past three years. Production is growing at its fastest pace in over a decade. And as part of his...

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2013/05/09 21:20

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Obama touts improving jobs figures in economic sp...

President Obama made a swing the capital of Texas Thursday to try to revive interest in languishing economic initiatives he proposed in his State of the Union address in February, such as increasing...

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Obama White House AUSTIN CONGRESS State of the Union

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2013/05/08 05:38

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Soi Lek to resign as Penang Port chairman @ Wed M...

Soi Lek to resign as Penang Port chairman ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR May 08, 2013Dr Chua said he must stabilise MCA before leaving the presidency. — File picKUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — MCA president Datuk Seri...

2013/05/08 01:54

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Pessimism abounds at annual fiscal 'summit'

Pessimism abounds at annual fiscal 'summit' Tuesday, May 7 2013 | 8:43 p.m. CDT By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press On this, some of Washington's highest-ranking budget players can agree: A "grand...

2013/05/07 17:23

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Did recession or health-care overhaul slow rise o...

WASHINGTON — People with health insurance saw increases in their medical costs slow from 2009 to 2011, signaling potential structural changes in the industry that could cut health-care inflation and...

2013/05/02 22:26

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Obama's Bad Pick: A Former Lobbyist at the F.C.C.

That’s a relief—or is it? The closer you look at Wheeler’s selection, the more questionable it appears. After being poorly led for more than a decade—particularly under the disastrous tenure of...

Waiters' and waitresses' hourly wage hasn't b...

WASHINGTON — Gina Deluca says she was shocked when she moved to New Mexico from California and discovered that her hourly wage as a waitress fell to a federal minimum of $2.13. Her old state required...

2013/04/27 18:19

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Jessica Pare, Michelle Dockery and more pack the ...

The elevators opened to the rooftop of the W Hotel, where pretty people were packed — literally, packed body to body — in the glamorous space overlooking the White House and monuments. It should have...

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