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April 14, 2008 |
Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo warn 'delusional' investors on stocks
Telegraph (UK)
Wall Street faces the growing risk of an equities bloodbath in coming months as the credit crunch spreads to the wider economy and earnings crumble, according to a pair of grim reports issued by Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo. |
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April 12, 2008 |
Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S.
Washington Post
The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legal authority. |
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April 07, 2008 |
Alan Greenspan endorses John McCain
Yahoo! News
Greenspan, the U.S. Fed chairman from 1987 to 2006, endorsed the Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the interview.
"I'm Republican and I support John McCain, who I know very well and who I respect a lot," he said.
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April 04, 2008 |
World Bank accused of climate change "hijack"
Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Developing countries and environmental groups accused the World Bank on Friday of trying to seize control of the billions of dollars of aid that will be used to tackle climate change in the next four decades. |
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March 28, 2008 |
Bohemian Club tries new tactic to log grove
Miscellaneous
The Bohemian Club's ambitious plan to log its famed Bohemian Grove on the Russian River hit a snag last year when opponents argued that the ritzy club's redwood holdings were too large to qualify for a streamlined permit from the state. |
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March 13, 2008 |
Zuckerman Says U.S. Economy May Face `Perfect Storm'
Bloomberg
Mortimer Zuckerman, co-founder of Boston Properties Inc., the largest U.S. office real estate investment trust, said the U.S. economy is in a recession and there's no sign of a recovery. |
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March 12, 2008 |
'Magic is over' for U.S., says French foreign minister
Int'l Herald Tribune
Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene, says that whoever succeeds President George W. Bush may restore something of the United States' battered image and standing overseas, but that "the magic is over." |
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February 12, 2008 |
Budget deficit more than doubles
CNNMoney
- The federal budget deficit is running at a pace that is more than double last year's imbalance through the first four months of the budget year. |
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February 07, 2008 |
Adoption of Islamic Sharia Law in Britain is 'unavoidable', says Archbishop of Canterbury
Miscellaneous
The Archbishop of Canterbury has today said that the adoption of Islamic Sharia law in the UK is "unavoidable" and that it would help maintain social cohesion |
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January 27, 2008 |
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting closes with call for a new kind of collaborative leadership
Miscellaneous
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 closed today with a call by business, government and civil society leaders for a new brand of collaborative and innovative leadership to address the challenges of globalization, particularly the pressing problems of conflict – especially in the Middle East, terrorism, climate change and water conservation. “Globalization is forcing changes in how people collaborate in a fundamental way,” said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and one of the Co-Chairs of the Annual Meeting 2008, at the closing plenary session. “You need stronger and stronger collaborative political leadership.” Concluded Blair: “If we are interconnected and the world is interconnected, the only way for the world to work is to have a set of common values. We have no option but to work together.” |
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