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Las Vegas Sands continues to eliminate jobs in its hometown after opening a Pennsylvania outpost in May.
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Best Economics Blogs

Economists rarely agree with one another, which makes for some great Web logs. Here are five of the best.
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North Korea test-fires missiles

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed government official, reports that North Korea on Saturday test-fired two Scud-type missiles that have an estimated range of 500km
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Health Care: Costs And Reform

And how we stack up against other OECD nations.
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Palin resigns as Alaska governor

Sarah Palin abruptly resigned as governor of Alaska, saying she did not want to waste her time on ‘political blood sport’ and would hand power to her deputy later this month.
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Private equity are eagerly buying troubled lenders, but they are not the money spinners that they once were, writes Henny Sender
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China joins carbon tax protest

Beijing has joined a growing clamour of complaint about US plans for a carbon tax on imports from countries without their own emission caps, warning it could set off a global trade war
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Questions grow over oil spike brokerage

PVM Oil Associates manager wrote bullish note on rising prices before rogue trade discovered
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Latin America is showing early signs of emerging from the global economic crisis, although any recovery is likely to be ’slow’ and “unsynchronised”, according to the World Bank.
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Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of English football team Manchester United, is to join forces with the television star Sir David Frost in a £1bn property venture backed by Middle Eastern investors
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Palin to resign as Alaska governor

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor, CNN reported.
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Taliban insurgents stepped up attacks against US Marines in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand River valley, forcing troops in some areas to spend the day fighting instead of carrying out plans to meet with residents and local leaders
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Britain’s Foreign Office said it was ‘very concerned’ by reports from Iran that local embassy staff may face trial in connection with demonstrations against last month’s presidential election
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Syria invites Obama for talks

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued an informal invitation to President Barack Obama to visit Damascus for talks, in a further that relations between the two countries may gradually be thawing
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At least 11 suspected islamic militants were killed in a US missile attack by drone aircraft in Pakistan’s Waziristan region, ahead of an expected military offensive by the Pakistan army
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Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, has met Burma’s reclusive Senior-General Than Shwe to press for the freedom of political prisoners and political reforms
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Oil below $66

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Micheletti’s government remains adamant that the ousted Mr Zelaya would spend his first night in a prison cell if he dared to return to the country – something that he has promised to do on Saturday
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Heat rises as Russia awaits Obama

Russian eyes opportunities created by the economic context and what it calls a crisis in US global leadership to show that Washington needs Moscow
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Such is the chaotic state of preparations for the July 8-10 summit in a police barracks on the edge of L’Aquila that scores of reporters were kept penned for hours outside in a temporary press centre
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US drone strike kills 11 in Pakistan

At least 11 suspected islamic militants were killed in a US missile attack by drone aircraft in Pakistan’s Waziristan region, ahead of an expected military offensive by the Pakistan army
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Bacon entrepreneurs bring in the bucks

Tired of hearing that everything tastes like chicken? So are Seattle entrepreneurs Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow. They want it all to taste like bacon.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/PfwMgMQsOWQ” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Japan backs dollar as reserve currency

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Porsche-Volkswagen showdown looms

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Beijing Auto submits GM Europe offer

Chinese carmaker Beijing Auto has made a non-binding offer for Opel in the third such bid to be received by General Motors
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