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Pound Weakens Against Majors – RTT News

… 1.4391 against the franc and 0.8394 against the euro. The pound trimmed its recent gains against the dollar and the pair is now worth 1.5686. Against the yen, the pound eased from an early multi-month high of 123.52 and … Continue reading

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Does Occupy Wall Street Have a Future in Politics? – Time

As Occupy Wall Street regroups for upcoming spring demonstrations, the movement has re-entered the headlines, but not for the marches and arrests seen last fall. Then, just this week, John Paul Thornton of Decatur, Ala., filed paperwork to … Inflation … Continue reading

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FOREX-Euro off on Greece, US data boost dollar vs yen – Reuters

* Decision on Greek bailout put off until at least Monday * U.S. economic data better than expected; dlr highest since Oct vs yen * Swedish crown falls as central bank cuts rates By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK, Feb 16 … Continue reading

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Iceland Keeps Rates Unchanged as Euro Crisis Weighs on Growth – Businessweek

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Iceland’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged for a second meeting as Europe’s debt crisis threatens to derail a recovery. The seven-day collateral lending rate was left at 4.75 percent, Sedlabanki said today in … Inflation … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street: Haywood Carey And Christine Crowther Say Movement Reunited Them – Huffington Post

Nearly 40 hours after getting arrested for civil disobedience, Christine Crowther stepped out of prison and into the arms of her ex-boyfriend. She felt more committed than ever to Occupy Wall Street and to reuniting with her partner. Just a … Continue reading

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Geithner Says Republicans Walked Away From U.S. Tax Overhaul – Businessweek

Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration isn’t proposing a comprehensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code because Republicans in Congress aren’t ready to discuss it, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said. A necessary, inevitable tax … Inflation Policy News … Continue reading

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How Obama wants to soften the blow of the debt ceiling deal – Washington Post

President Obama’s 2013 budget mostly sticks to the spending cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act. But the budget also proposes changes — both big and small — that would affect the impact of the law, which was passed as … Continue reading

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ObamaCare Violates Far More Than Just Catholic Rights – Investors Business Daily

Rights: The president’s phony contraception compromise might be enough to convince Catholics their rights aren’t being trampled. But what about the rest of us, who face more rights violations in the name of ObamaCare? The “accommodation” for the church was … Continue reading

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Sen. Mike Lee: All Entitlement Spending Is Unconstitutional – Think Progress

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has left no doubt that he cannot tell the United States Constitution from a buzzsaw designed to reduce America’s safety net into sawdust. Long before he became a lawmaker, he was on record claiming that Social … Continue reading

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Obamacare Credibility Burned by ‘Tanning Tax’ – NewsMax.com

In its first nine months, the Obamacare “tanning bed tax” raised only $ 54.4 million, barely one-third of the roughly $ 150 million predicted when the controversial — and costly — healthcare law was being debated in Congress. The … … Continue reading

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