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Rights And Wrongs Of Health Care Reform

The right makes some good points, but the public option is the most viable solution.
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Microsoft’s Office In The Cloud

The software giant prepares to showcase free, Web-based programs to write documents and tinker with spreadsheets on the go.
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Sonia Sotomayor looks almost certain to emerge from Senate hearings this week poised to become the first Hispanic member of the US Supreme Court
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Morgan Stanley intern’s insightful description of his peers’ media habits provokes an unexpectedly big response from executives and investors
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Morgan Stanley intern’s insightful description of his peers’ media habits provokes an unexpectedly big response from executives and investors
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Prices at the pump dropped more than a dime over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/tZ2xc8aPvRM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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A confused and helpless silence greets the question of what went wrong between the Han Chinese and Uighurs who have been living together so closely in this mixed neighbourhood for so long meets
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California ills could give US headache

A California default would be a shock for fragile financial markets. While no other state is in quite as difficult a positionas California, there would be danger of widespread contagion in US markets and beyond
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Democratic senators called for an investigation into reports that Dick Cheney, the former vice-president, instructed the Central Intelligence Agency not to tell Congress about the existence of a secret counter-terrorism programme
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Obama inspires in Ghana

Barack Obama has tapped into a strong desire for self-determination among Africans in his maiden speech on the continent, evoking the inspiration that Martin Luther King Jr drew from Ghana’s struggle for independence and stressing that history was on the side of Africa’s reformers
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RHJ prepares improved Opel offer

Talks between GM and RHJ, a Brussels-listed industrial holding company linked to US buy-out firm Ripplewood, have continued through the weekend at GM’s European headquarters
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LDP is eclipsed in Tokyo election

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday (SUNDAY) suffered a heavy defeat in Tokyo Municipal Assembly voting, foreshadowing the end of the LDP’s half-century hold on national power in the looming general election
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Boutique investment banks accounted for 14 per cent of global MA fees so far this year – the highest level since records began
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Prices at the pump dropped more than a dime over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/tZ2xc8aPvRM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Microsoft to step up Google battle

Microsoft is set to broaden its battle with Google as it pushes ahead with online versions of some of its core software, including final plans for a “cloud” operating system designed to extend Windows to the internet
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China and Russia lead oil deals

Oil companies from emerging economies have done are responsible for more than half the sector’s biggest mergers and acquisitions by value this year
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US and UBS request court delay

The US Department of Justice and UBS have jointly asked a federal judge to delay a Monday hearing (mon) on whether the US can force the Swiss bank to hand over the identities of 52,000 offshore clients
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Nine of the 10 European conglomerates had below average shareholder returns for the whole of last year, denting their argument that they are a good investment in troubled times
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US DoJ and UBS delay offshoring trial

The US Department of Justice and UBS have jointly asked a federal judge to delay a hearing on whether the US can force the Swiss bank to turn over the identities of 52,000 offshore clients
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US DoJ and UBS delay trial

The US Department of Justice and UBS have jointly asked a federal judge to delay a Monday hearing (mon) on whether the US can force the Swiss bank to hand over the identities of 52,000 offshore clients
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The Obama administration US government is open to the idea of taxing the wealthiest Americans citizens to pay for healthcare reform, said Kathleen Sebelius, health secretary
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US and UBS seek delay in trial

The US government and UBS asked a federal judge on Sunday to delay the opening of a closely-watched trial, as they seek to resolve their dispute over US demands for the identities of thousands of wealthy Americans suspected of using the Swiss bank to dodge taxes
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California vendors fight for their cash

As if struggling to stay afloat during a faltering economy isn’t difficult enough, hundreds of small business vendors that rely on contracts with California are facing another hurdle: There’s a good chance the state won’t be paying any of their invoices this month.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/iBYFYhBQxjo” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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