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Tag Archives: national debt
R&D: OPEC Fails to Agree on Production Targets, Huntsman Campaigns in New Hampshire, and Obama and Merkel Hash Out U.S.-German Relations
Here is your R&D for June 8th: Oil Rises the Most in Three Weeks as OPEC Fails to Reach Accord from Business Week In Vienna, OPEC failed to agree on production targets for the first time in 20 years, as … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, budget deficit, China, Chinese economy, electoral college, energy, euro zone debt crisis, India, Iowa caucus, iran, Jon Huntsman, Libyan war, national debt, New Hampshire primary, oil, Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, President Obama, R&D, Saudi Arabia, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-German relations, Venezuela, world economy
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R&D: Raymond Davis Freed in Pakistan, Miami-Dade County Recalls Its Mayor, and Coburn Talks About the Budget Deficit
Here is your R&D for March 16th: CIA spy charged with murder in Pakistan is freed from the Guardian Raymond Davis, a CIA spy in Pakistan who was accused of murdering two Pakistani men, was freed after the families of … Continue reading →
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Tagged budget deficit, Carlos Alvarez, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Egypt, energy, energy prices, Food, food prices, Hillary Clinton, Miami-Dade County, national debt, Pakistan, R&D, Raymond Davis, Tom Coburn, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Egyptian relations, U.S.-Pakistani relations
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R&D: China Remains Mum on Egypt, Bloomberg Sends Cops to Arizona, and the U.S. Debt Ceiling is Under Debate
Here is your R&D for February 1st: Why a nervous China aims to shield citizens from Egypt news from the Christian Science Monitor Although American news has been following the Egyptian protests 24/7, China has limited coverage of the event … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arizona, Belarus, China, Chinese human rights, Egypt, EU, European Union, gun control, gun shows, Michael Bloomberg, national debt, New York City, R&D, the Middle East, top five news stories, U.S. budget deficit, U.S. Foreign Policy
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R&D: China Ponders Its Ties with North Korea, International Observers Say Haitian Vote Okay, and President Obama Freezes the Pay of Federal Workers
Here is your R&D for November 30th: Wikileaks release ‘shows China thinking on Korea’ from the BBC One of the interesting pieces of information uncovered by the release of State Department documents is that China seems to be frustrated by … Continue reading →
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Tagged budget deficit, China, Chinese-North Korean relations, Haiti, Haitian presidential election, national debt, North Korea, Pakistan, Pakistani economy, Pakistani monetary policy, President Obama, public employees, R&D, South Korea, taxes, top five news stories, U.S. economy, Wikileaks
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NFL Nats USX R&D: Economic Theory and Core Economic Policymaking
Bernanke says global recovery depends on emerging markets, central banks from the Washington Post House Votes to Eliminate Hedge Fund Tax Break from the New York Times U.S. warned to deal with debt to avert another crisis from the Dallas … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ben Bernanke, national debt, outsourcing, R&D, taxes, top five news stories, U.S. economy
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CFL Nats R&D: Labor, Treasury, Commerce
California’s Budget Crisis: Greece is the Word from the Economist Financial Overhaul Bill Poses Big Test for Lobbyists from the New York Times Taming debt? It’s easy. Until you try from the Christian Science Monitor Banker knives out for House-Senate … Continue reading →
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Tagged auto industry, Barack Obama, budget, California, China, financial regulation, General Motors, GM, Greece, national debt, Obama administration, R&D, Sino-U.S. relations, state economies, top news stories, yuan
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R&D: Iraq’s Stability in a Post-Election World, America Reconsiders Its Position on the Armenian Genocide, and the National Debt Will Be Higher Than Projected
Here is the R&D top five for March 5th: After the Elections: Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Iraq from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Armenian Genocide: Past Imperfect, Present Tense from the Economist National debt to be … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Iraq, Iraqi elections, national debt, NATO, R&D, top five news stories, Turkey
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Extemp Questions for the Week of March 18th-24th, 2009
1. Should AIG be forced to give back their bonuses? 2. Will Madgascar’s political situation get worse? 3. How serious should the saber rattling between North Korea and South Korea be taken? 4. Will tight economic times prompt states to … Continue reading →
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Tagged AIDS, death penalty, drugs, economy, gay marriage, Israel, Madagascar, Mexico, national debt, North Korea, Obama, South Korea, Vermont
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