Obama nominates two to serve on the Fed’s board of governors
The Buffalo News Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:05 AM PST
HONOLULU â€" A vacationing President Obama on Tuesday nominated a Harvard University professor and a former Treasury official under President George H. W. Bush â€" a Democrat and a Republican, respectively â€" to the Federal Reserve board of governors. |
Obama To Ask For $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase
Business Insider Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:58 AM PST
President Barack Obama is once again asking for an increase to the debt limit, though this time there should be few fireworks. Under the deal reached in August, lawmakers forced Obama to raise the limit in stages, and each time give Congress the ability to "disapprove" of the raise. |
Morning Business Memo
ABC News Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:54 AM PST
Is China a currency manipulator? No, says the Obama administration, after recent increases in the value of the yuan compared to the dollar. The decision angered some manufacturing groups. They accuse China of artificially holding down the value of its currency. A cheaper yuan makes... |
Wartorn
The Gazette Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:52 AM PST
 CEDAR RAPIDS â€" It remains to be seen if the cost of the recently concluded war in Iraq was too high, according to those who bore a disproportionate share of that cost â€" the loved ones of the killed and wounded troops. In general, they would agree with President Barack Obama’s statement issued after [...] |
GINGRICH GOES NEGATIVE: Says Ron Paul Is Worse Than Obama
Business Insider Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:27 AM PST
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich unloaded on Rep. Ron Paul in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer yesterday, calling him worse for the country than President Barack Obama. |
Yemen's leader causes headaches in Washington
Laramie Boomerang Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:22 AM PST
The Obama administration is weighing an unprecedented diplomatic act _ whether to bar a friendly president from U.S. soil. American officials were evaluating on Tuesday an awkward request from Yemeni strongman and longtime U.S. counterterrorism partner Ali Abdullah Saleh. |
Antiviral Drugs Sparkle In The Race To End AIDS
WNYC New York Public Radio Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:15 AM PST
2011 has been a momentous year in the 30-year-old AIDS pandemic. The big breakthrough was the discovery that antiviral drugs can prevent someone who's infected with HIV from passing the virus to others. It's nearly 100 percent effective. That led President Obama to declare earlier this month that the U.S. will expand HIV treatment in hard-hit countries by 50 percent. As recently as last year ... |
50 most memorable moments of the year: 2011 in pictures
Arabian Business Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:09 AM PST
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House May 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama later announced that the United States had killed Bin Laden in an operation led by U.S. Special Forces at a compound in Abbottabad ... |
Obama and Gingrich differ on embryonic stem cell research
News-Medical-Net Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:04 AM PST
Research!America's new national voter education initiative, Your Candidates-Your Health, features responses from President Obama and Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on important health research and prevention issues. |
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