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Tag Archives: top five news stories
R&D: The U.S. Postal Service Proposes Cuts, David Cameron Promises Strick Measures Against Looters, and the UN Needs More Money to Help Somalia
Here is your R&D for August 12th: Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan from the Washington Post The U.S. Postal Service is proposing a plan that would slash its workforce by 20% and withdraw from … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, David Cameron, Elizabeth Warren, London riots, mail, Massachusetts Senate race, President Obama, R&D, Scott Brown, Somali food crisis, Somalia, top five news stories, U.S. Postal Service, UN, United Nations
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R&D: Republicans Survive the Wisconsin Recall Elections, Romney Returns to Iowa, and Georgia and Russia Face Problems Three Years After War
Here is your R&D for August 11th: Republicans fend off Dem challenge to tough anti-union rules from USA Today Democrats fell one seat short of regaining the Wisconsin State Senate in a series of recall elections on Tuesday. Four of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Georgia, Georgian-Russian relations, Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney, News Corporation, News Corporation hacking scandal, R&D, Rupert Murdoch, Russia, Syria, Syrian protests, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Syrian relations, Wisconsin, Wisconsin recall elections
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R&D: How to Solve Somalia’s Famine, How the World Should Deal with Syria, and Global Stock Markets Are Rattled
Here is your R&D for August 5th: Helping famine-stricken Somalia: It’s not as easy as sending food from the Los Angeles Times This op-ed piece on the Somali famine from the Los Angeles Times breaks down what experts are saying … Continue reading →
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Tagged global economy, Israeli-Palestinian issue, New York City, R&D, racial issues, Somalia, Syria, top five news stories, United Nations, world economy
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R&D: Obama and Bernanke Running Out of Options on the Economy, Italy Faces Record Bond Yields, and the FAA Works Under a Partial Shutdown
Here is your R&D for August 4th: Obama, Bernanke out of ammo to boost jobs, growth from Reuters According to this analysis piece, President Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke do not have any more tools at their disposal … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, David Wu, euro debt crisis, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Italian economy, Italy, Jon Huntsman, President Obama, R&D, Silvio Berlusconi, the Federal Reserve, top five news stories, U.S. economy, unemployment
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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: Israel’s Ambassador Reflects on the Six Day War, Democrats Are Angry with Anthony Weiner, and the Economist Talks About Peru
Here is your R&D for June 7th: Remembering Six Days in 1967 from Foreign Policy Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, writes this article, which presents the case for why Israel cannot go back to pre-1967 borders. Congressman … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Michael Oren, oil, Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries, Ollanta Humala, OPEC, Peru, Peruvian presidential election, President Obama, R&D, Saudi Arabia, Six Day War, top five news stories, world economy
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R&D: Promoting a U.S. Economic Recovery, Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions, and Humala Wins
Here is your R&D for June 6th: U.S. Innovation and Economic Recovery from the Council on Foreign Relations How can the U.S. escape its economic malaise? Four experts describe policy options in this expert roundup from the Council on Foreign … Continue reading →
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, G20, Group of 20, Hugo Chavez, Keiko Fujimori, Ollanta Humala, Peru, Peruvian presidential election, R&D, Rick Santorum, the Supreme Court, top five news stories, U.S. economy, World Bank
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R&D: Naoto Kan Faces a Political Revolt, Berlusconi Faces a Setback in Italian Mayoral Elections, and Republicans Reject Raising the Debt Limit With No Strings Attached
Here is your R&D for June 1st: Kan faces political revolt on Fukushima from the Australian Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is facing a revolt from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito and it could cost him … Continue reading →
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Tagged Australia, Bashar al-Assad, debt ceiling, debt limit, Fukushima nuclear disaster, Italian mayoral elections, Italian politics, Italy, Japan, Japanese politics, Kevin Rudd, Naoto Kan, R&D, Silvio Berlusconi, Syria, Syrian protests, top five news stories, U.S. economy, unemployment
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R&D: Severe Conditions Prepared for New Greek Bail Out, Shinawatra Watches Thai Politics Closely, and Military Personnel Give President Obama Low Marks
Here is your R&D for May 30th: Greece set for severe bail-out conditions from the Financial Times European leaders are currently negotiating a deal that would allow international involvement in tax collection and privatize state assets in exchange for a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Germany, gerrymandering, Greece, Greek bail out, Greek economy, Illinois, military issues, nuclear power, President Obama, R&D, redistricting, Thai politics, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, top five news stories
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R&D: Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law on Illegal Immigrant Workers, Christians Worry in Egypt, and South Korea Endorses Lagade’s IMF Candidacy
Here is your R&D for May 27th: Supreme Court upholds Arizona illegal-worker law from the San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-3 margin upheld an Arizona “business death penalty” law that requires employers to check with E-Verify … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Arizona, Barack Obama, BRIC, Chamber of Commerce, Christine Lagarde, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, illegal immigration, IMF, International Monetary Fund, President Obama, R&D, South Korea, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Pakistani relations, women's rights
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