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Wayne Swan: Robust Aussie Economy Will Fund National Programs :: Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Sunday that global uncertainties remain a serious concern for Australia's economic policy managers but insisted that the robust domestic economy serves as a firm firewall against the challenges ahead.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/382760/20120910/wayne-swan-robust-aussie-economy-will-fund.htm

AIG Bailout Will Earn $12.4B Profit For US, Treasury Says :: The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it expects to raise $18 billion from its sale of American International Group shares, representing a profit of $12.4 billion to date on the Treasury and Federal Reserve's investment in the insurer.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/382742/20120910/uhas-earned-12billion-from-investment-in-aig-treasury.htm

Will French taxes lead to 'brain drain'? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/h-hHAbfVlXY/index.html

Will 3-D printing lead to a new wave of piracy? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aHss1m94yS4/

Will Apple move into custom radio? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/llU1ONBUuNA/index.html

US Will Cut Its AIG Stake To 23% From 53%, By One Estimate :: Because of the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement Sunday that it has launched an offering of $18 billion worth of its American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) common stock, the government will soon go from being the company's majority shareholder to being one of its minority shareholders.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/382287/20120909/cuts-aig-stake-american-international-group-treasury.htm

Books of the year 2011 :: A novel about a dinner-party guest who won't leave, a history of Henry VII, an inquiry into madness … Which books have most impressed our writers this year?• Join the debate and let us know which were your books of 2011 Chimamanda AdichieI admired the lovely sentences and moving story in Sebastian Barry's On Canaan's Side (Faber), about an Irish-American woman looking back at her life. Binyavanga Wainaina's One Day I Will Write About This Place (Granta) is a strange, allusive, tender memoir about growing up in middle-class Kenya. Tracy K Smith's poems in Life on Mars (Turnaround) are startling and exquisite.Tariq AliShifting alliances at home and abroad, ruthless accumulation of capital and endless court intrigues form the backdrop to Thomas Penn's Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor E...
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