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Vander Plaats Won’t Make Independent Bid For Iowa Governor

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 13:50 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 7 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

Republican Bob Vander Plaats announced Friday that he will not run as an independent in the Iowa gubernatorial race, allowing GOP nominee Terry Branstad to breathe a sigh a relief. Branstad beat Vander Plaats in the Republican primary by about 9... (Continue reading)

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Obama Highlights Private Job Growth, Calls On Senate To Pass Small Business Bill

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 13:23 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 5 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

President Barack Obama Friday sought to highlight the positive in an otherwise gloomy, newly-released employment report. The report showed the U.S. economy shed 131,000 jobs in July, reflecting a loss of 143,000 temporary census jobs. However, the report also showed the... (Continue reading)

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Poll Shows 17% Of U.S. Workers Are Government Employees

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 11:03 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 3 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

While the Labor Department's July employment report showed a steep drop in government employment due largely to the elimination of temporary census jobs, the results of a Gallup poll released on Friday showed that 17 percent of U.S. workers say... (Continue reading)

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GOP And White House Have Unsurprisingly Differing Views Of Jobs Data

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 9:57 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 2 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

While Republicans see the latest employment numbers as a sign that President Barack Obama's stimulus policies have failed, the White House continues to point to signs of improvement in the job market compared to the environment that existed when the... (Continue reading)

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Romer Stepping Down As Head Of White House Council Of Economic Advisers

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 9:02 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 3 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

Christina Romer is stepping down as chair of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, the White House announced Thursday, with Romer resigning in order to return to her position as professor of economics at the University of California at... (Continue reading)

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Geithner Says Health Reform Strengthens Medicare, Social Security

Written on 5 Aug, 2010 at 15:36 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 3 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, acting in his role as the chief trustee of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, said Thursday that the administration's health care reform bill enhances the solvency of both. Geithner noted that the Affordable Care Act... (Continue reading)

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Senate Votes To Confirm Kagan As Supreme Court Justice

Written on 5 Aug, 2010 at 15:10 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 3 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

As anticipated, the Senate voted Thursday to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice, succeeding retired Justice John Paul Stevens. The 63 to 37 vote largely came down along party lines, with only five Republicans voting in favor... (Continue reading)

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Medicare Trust Fund Solvency Extended By 12 Years

Written on 5 Aug, 2010 at 13:59 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 3 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

Passage of the health care reform bill has helped to strengthen the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund, according to the Medicare trustees, with a government report released Thursday showing that the life of the fund will be extended by... (Continue reading)

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Poll Shows Connecticut Gubernatorial Primaries Are Tightening Up

Written on 5 Aug, 2010 at 13:09 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 5 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

With less than a week before the Connecticut primaries, the races for both the Democratic and Republican nominations for Governor are tightening up, according to the results of a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday.... (Continue reading)

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Obama Pledges $250 Million Loan Guarantee For Ford Exports

Written on 5 Aug, 2010 at 12:35 in Forex news, Political News | viewed 4 views times and users have made 0 comments so far

President Barack Obama Thursday pledged $250 million in Export-Import Bank loan guarantees to support Ford Motor Co.'s (F) efforts to increase overseas sales. Speaking to a crowd of workers in a factory in Chicago that Henry Ford built in 1924, Obama... (Continue reading)

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