Photo Release -- Campaign to Fix the Debt, Business Leaders Continue Push for Comprehensive Agreement Over Debt :: WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Tuesday, January 8, the Campaign to Fix the Debt and NASDAQ OMX held a press conference to underscore the importance of continuing to pressure lawmakers and the Administration to agree on a comprehensive, bipartisan plan to bend down the unsustainable trajectory of our national debt. Businesses of all sizes from every sector of the economy have criticized the recent last-minute budget agreement for failing to provide the confidence to bolster growth. The Campaign and its affiliates remain as focused on this essential issue as ever, and expect our nation's leaders to be similarly engaged over the coming months. On Tuesday, prominent business leaders and senior Campaign leadership discussed their continued push for a bipartisan deal large enoug...
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Shadows creep over Canada's house prices :: Fears over the outlook for property is casting a pall over the last months in office of Mark Carney, the Bank of Canada governor, before his UK move
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RBS fined £390m over Libor scandal :: Royal Bank of Scotland is fined £390m ($610m) by UK and US authorities for its part in the Libor rate-fixing scandal.
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Is High Speed Rail the Next Big Transportation Investment Play? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Despite the odds and opposition, California will become home to the nation's first truly high-speed rail system.</p>
<p>In late July 2012, the governor of California decided to match the $3 billion dollars of federal funds that were almost due to expire to build the Fresno – Bakersfield line.</p>
<p>The $6 billion, 130-mile initial segment in the Central Valley will begin construction in summer 2013. This will be a huge milestone in a decades-long effort to bring fast trains enjoyed all over the world to the United States.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/high-speed-rail-next-big-transportation-investment-play-1065932
Most judges to avoid pension cut :: Three-quarters of judges will avoid forthcoming cuts to their pensions, the government reveals.
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AUDIO: 'Why I became my own boss at 61' :: The ONS said there has been a rise in the number of over-50s starting businesses. 5 live spoke to someone who has done it.
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MEPs back major EU fishing reform :: The European Parliament approves a major reform of fishing to end the wasteful discarding of dead fish and help depleted stocks to recover.
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VIDEO: IFS predicts need for tax rises :: The Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted that the next government will need to raise taxes to deal with the UK's debt.
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Hollande Calls For Further ECB Intervention :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The euro traded steadily near $1.35 after its rally was quashed early on Tuesday after political scandals in some of the region's weaker economies unfolded. On Wednesday the currency held steady, trading at 1.3536.</p>
<p>Political uncertainty in Spain and Italy shook investors' confidence and renewed old worries that the two struggling nations would derail the region's recovery efforts.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hollande-calls-further-ecb-intervention-1065498
VIDEO: RBS fined £390m over Libor scandal :: Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £390m ($610m) by UK and US regulators for its part in the Libor rate-fixing scandal.
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Borrowing 'to overshoot by £64bn' :: UK borrowing is likely to be £64bn higher in 2014-15 than forecast in 2010, says a closely watched report, thanks to a weaker-than-expected economy.
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German education minister stripped of PhD :: Chancellor Angela Merkel faces embarrassment after her education minister loses doctorate written 30 years ago over plagiarism allegations
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Debate over Equitable Life payouts :: A campaign group challenges a government claim that compensation being paid to Equitable Life victims is "on track".
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Monti courts Italy's Democrats :: Technocrat prime minister indicates his willingness to serve as minister in Bersani-led government, provided there's a commitment to a reform agenda
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Airport layovers, more pleasure than pain :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/IGnnbKTMQg0/index.html
DIY store calls in administrators :: Administrators are brought into Liverpool hardware store Rapid, which has traded in the city for over 40 years.
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AUDIO: Will Europe help 'pushed around' fishermen? :: MEPs will vote today to end overfishing and ban discards of unwanted dead fish. The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports from the sea side town of Seaton in East Devon.
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Abe blasts China over maritime incident :: Tensions over Senkaku Islands intensify as Chinese navy frigate is accused of locking a fire-control radar on to a Japanese destroyer on January 30
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Cocaine, Parke-Davis, Freud, Halsted, Statins, And Detroit :: Here: the story of how cocaine was discovered by the Europeans and Americans, how it affected two giants of medicine-- and how it played a key role in Detroit's economy and in the formation of what was once one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. (Source: Consultant Live)
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Pinterest reportedly in funding talks that would value it at over $2 billion :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zD2sOTSoKUw/story01.htm
Legal challenge to council tax :: A north London council faces a legal challenge by a resident over plans to make people on benefits pay council tax.
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Egyptian currency reserves fall :: Egypt's dwindling foreign currency reserves fall 10% in a single month, renewing concerns over the economy.
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US government goes after S&P over subprimes :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/pLPsmrxGEGM/
VIDEO: Water bills to rise by 3.5% :: The average household water and sewerage bill in England and Wales is to rise by 3.5% over the next year, regulator Ofwat has said.
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Eurozone recovery signs emerge :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/pNiodqkiJ3M/
Barclays' mis-selling bill rises :: Barclays has increased the amount of money it is setting aside to cover two-mis-selling scandals by another £1bn.
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Household water bills up by 3.5% :: Water regulator Ofwat announces that bills in England and Wales will rise by 3.5% over the next year.
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Field work's dirty secret: agribusiness exploitation of undocumented labor | Sadhbh Walshe :: Agriculture has long been US industry's most profitable sector – at the expense of a virtually indentured immigrant workforceThis week, a bipartisan group of senators and the president unveiled their respective plans for much needed and long overdue immigration reform. For the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants who have settled in this country, the path to citizenship being paved for them looks like it will be more tough than fair. While we don't yet know how this will all play out, at least there will be a path. For one group of immigrants, however – the farm workers who sustain our food supply – there is reason to fear that what awaits them is not a path to citizenship, but their cemented status as indentured servants.Most farm work in America is performed by immigrants, most...
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Growth in health costs slow in 2011, but may pick up :: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare spending rose at an historically low rate of 3.9% for the third
consecutive year in 2011, but showed underlying signs of acceleration as the economy recovered from recession, the
Obama administration said on Monday. (Source: Modern Medicine)
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Politics overshadow Monte Paschi bank probe :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/kWPbwlA4_8k/
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