Canadian Dollar Declines From Four-Week High on Global WeaknessCanada s dollar fell this week from the highest level in almost a month on concern the global economy may lapse into another recession, dimming the prospects for the nation s exports of raw materials. Profits up at Laurentian, Canadian Western banksTORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s small Laurentian…
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Investors champing at the bitInvestors on Wednesday behave as if the St Leger Stakes had come a week and a half early, marking the day to get back into the market Canadian trade and investment: USA or bust?The U.S. will continue to be Canada s largest trading partner, but an increasing percentage of Canadian exports…
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Vacuous contest in the USEverything has conspired to empty next week’s midterm election campaigns of content. If elections are about providing mandates for action, it would be difficult to imagine a more abject failure Federal investigators pose uncomfortable questionsStakes are high for groups at the centre of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill The two…
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Carly Fiorina hospitalized one week before election California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina is in the hospital to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. “The Daily Show” on Juan Williams’ firing The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c NPR Staffing Decision 2010 www.thedailyshow.com…
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Wikileaks Iraq logs: America ignored deaths Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the American-led invasion in 2003. More trouble for Meg Whitman’s son The actions of a…
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Political Memo: Given G.O.P. Predicament, Rangel Opts to Ride Out the Storm Democrats believe that a long list of Republican lawmakers with legal troubles makes it impossible for Republicans to gain much ground on the issues of ethics and good government. National Briefing | Immigration: Meat Plant Names Top Executive Agriprocessors Inc., an embattled kosher…
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Pentagon under fire for defence costingsThe Pentagon is probably underestimating the future cost of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and is not yet getting to grips with military spending, according to a top analyst in Washington Regulator warns of US farm asset bubbleThe health of more than 1,500 farm banks would be threatened if the…
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US state and local governments feel squeezeThe enactment of the legislation offering $26bn in federal assistance to cash-strapped state and local governments did not happen soon enough to prevent a surge in layoffs, particularly of teachers, ahead of the school year in September, and may not be of a sufficient scale to stop the drag…
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The Fed feels compelled to experimentThe US central bank is almost certain to announce on November 3 a new programme of quantitative easing to help energise the American economy. The activism of the bank combined with uncertainty about the potency of its interventions will have implications far beyond the US, writes Mohamed El-Erian Paladino faces…
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MoveOn.org Targets Illinois Candidate Mark Kirk In First Ad Tying Republicans To Chamber’s Foreign Funding (VIDEO) MoveOn.org Political Action released a new ad on Monday, tying Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) positions to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is receiving foreign… NM-Gov: 46% Denish (D), 46% Martinez (R) (Third Eye Strategies 9/21-23) Third Eye Strategies…
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