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How to Cut Spending and Get Re-elected: Stephen L. Carter – Bloomberg

I refer to entitlement programs, the place the public’s money really goes, and the driver of the future spending and deficits that have Americans so justifiably terrified. True, the refusal to discuss serious entitlement reform is a very old … … Continue reading

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Forex: USD/CHF jumps above 0.9200 after Employment report – FXStreet.com

FXstreet.com (Florida) – The Greenback is trading higher today after the well above expectations Nonfarm Payrolls report and the decline in the Unemployment rate in the United States. The USD/CHF has jumped around 100 pips in the last hour with … Continue reading

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Colombia to Buy $20 Million a Day After Peso Advances to Five-Month High – Bloomberg

Colombia’s central bank said it will start a three-month program of dollar purchases after the peso strengthened to a five-month high today. Banco de la Republica will buy $ 20 million a day in auctions for three months starting from … Continue reading

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Medicare & Obamacare: Going the wrong way – Union Leader

Medicare Advantage (a Medicare option in which private insurers compete for business by offering a variety of coverage and price choices to Medicare enrollees) is becoming cheaper and more popular, concludes a U.S. Department of Health and Human … Inflation … Continue reading

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Why would one buy gold companies – Stockhouse

Average quality rating by the Stockhouse community. Most investors who buy gold miners are expecting the price of physical to rise for a variety of reasons. In the past two years most gold miners have been in a sideways pattern … Continue reading

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US Adds $120 Billion In Debt Since Debt Ceiling Hike On Friday, $310 Billion More On Deck In Next Two Months – Alex Jones’ Prison Planet.com

Remember when the US hiked its debt ceiling on Friday courtesy of a formulaic 52 affirmative votes in the Senate, giving the Treasury $ 1.2 trillion in dry debt powder to attempt to grow the economy one more time according to … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Thai January Inflation Eased; Rate Outlook Seen Unchanged – NASDAQ

BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- Thailand’s consumer price index rose 3.38% in January from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, more slowly than December’s 3.53% increase and economists’ forecasts, reinforcing expectations that the central … Inflation Policy News Link

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CBO Baseline Budget Outlook Shows Dismal State of U.S. Finances – The Heritage Foundation

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its baseline budget outlook … Three that are especially apparent deal with the definition of the baseline itself, the economic forecast for the alternative baseline, and the production of the alternative … Inflation Policy … Continue reading

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Swiss Franc Declines To New Multi-day Lows Against Pound And Yen – RTT News

(RTTNews) – The Swiss franc traded lower against most of its major counterparts during New York morning trading on Tuesday. Extending its European session’s downtrend, the franc declined further against the British pound in New York morning and currently … … Continue reading

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Ron Paul Campaign Calls on Newt Gingrich to Apologize for His Staff Assault on Ron Paul Supporter – Marketwatch

LAKE JACKSON, Texas, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign is requesting an apology and decisive action from Congressman Newt Gingrich and his campaign for abuse the latter organization perpetrated against a Ron … Inflation … Continue reading

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