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Budget hawks propose commission to control debt
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 18 hours ago
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Senate budget hawks on Wednesday unveiled a proposal that aims to get the national debt under control by forming a bipartisan commission to make tough decisions that they do not trust Congress to make on its own. The 18-member commission proposed by...
Tags: Senate Budget Committee, Congress, task force, Judd Gregg, senator budget, Kent Conrad, Iraq, Baghdad, Politics, Kent Conrad, Business Finance, United States public debt, Presidency of Barack Obama, Government debt, Debt, United States federal budget, Barack Obama, Economy of the United States, Social Issues, George W. Bush, Evan Bayh, the United States, United States Senate, John Boehner, Judd Gregg
What's up with retirement plans in Congress?
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility Several bills are pending in Congress regarding retirement plans. Business consultant Towers Perrin looked at some of them recently. Here's a brief summary: The Associated Press Several bills are pending in Congress regarding retirement plans. Business...
Tags: retirement plans, Congress, Seattle, Social Issues, Pension, Labor, 401, United States Congress, Internal Revenue Code, Business Finance, Retirement, Annuity, Personal finance, Employment compensation, Financial services, Investment
The Teacher’s Union That Stole Christmas
Columbia :: SC :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility The program has helped many disadvantaged D.C. are kids get a better and safer education than they would have gotten in the violence plagued public schools system. But Democratic lawmakers in Congress have continually announced their lack of support for...
Tags: teacher union, Washington D.C, NEA, Congress, better education, Columbia, Education, School voucher, Education economics, National Education Association, Education policy, Charter school, Alternative education, Voucher, Labor, Education in the United States
New and improved 401(k) a possibility in 2010
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility When the stock market hit its all-time high in October 2007, few investors questioned the merits of their 401(k) plan...As many investors continue to nurse the wounds of losing more than a third of their retirement savings, many question if there isn't...
Tags: retirement savings, investment advice, Congress, White House, stock market, Los Angeles, Institutional investors, Funds, Business Finance, Financial services, Investment, Collective investment scheme, Mutual fund
Madoff victims ask Congress to recover their funds
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility Victims of Bernard Madoff's epic scam urged Congress on Wednesday to change laws so that all investors of such frauds will be compensated should they lose their investments. At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing, Madoff victims described how the...
Tags: Bernard Madoff, Congress, Washington, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Confidence tricksters, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Business Finance, economics, Madoff, Madoff investment scandal, NASDAQ, Securities fraud
Liberhan report generates heat in RS; Cong, SP blame BJP
New Delhi :: India | about 20 hours ago
Credibility The Liberhan Commission report on demolition of Babri Masjid today generated heat in the Rajya Sabha with Congress and SP squarely blaming the BJP for the demolition of the historic structure while the main opposition debunked the report. After enough...
Tags: BJP, Liberhan Commission, Congress, Arun Jaitley, Rajya Sabha, commission report, liberhan report, India, New Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindutva, Prime Ministers of India, Ayodhya, Ayodhya debate, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Politics, Sushma Swaraj, Lok Sabha, Kapil Sibal, Lal Krishna Advani, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Babri Mosque, Parliament of India, Sindhi people, Kalyan Singh, Rajnath Singh, Law Crime
Mayor accused in Philippines massacre
Manila :: Philippines | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Philippines police say that at least two people who were at the scene of last month's massacre in the country's south have implicated a mayor as being involved in the killings, state media reported Thursday. The two are among 161 suspects in the November...
Tags: martial law, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Maguindanao, joint session, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines, Didagen Dilangalen, Congress, president gloria, Mrs. Arroyo, Manila, Politics, Politics of the Philippines, Scouting in the Philippines, War Conflict, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Datu Saudi-Ampatuan Maguindanao, House of Representatives of the Philippines, Datu, Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, the Philippines, Shariff Aguak Maguindanao, Datu Unsay Maguindanao, Prospero Nograles, Public finance, Department of National Defense, Islam in the Philippines, Ampatuan Maguindanao, Philippines charter change, Law Crime, Hello Garci scandal
Texas' Brown gets raise to $5M
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Texas coach Mack Brown is a $5 million man, not just this season, but for the life of his contract. With the Longhorns playing for their second BCS national championship in five years, school officials yesterday agreed to raise Brown's annual salary...
Tags: Mack Brown, college football, Texas, national championship, Louisville, Congress, hired strong, louisville hired, annual salary, John Barrow, Washington, allnews, College football bowls, Bowl Championship Series, BCS National Championship Game, Nick Saban, Bobby Bowden, Steve Kragthorpe, Texas Longhorns football, Texas Longhorns, BCS controversies, Florida State Seminoles football, Will Muschamp, Gator Bowl, NCAA Division I FBS football season, NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship, 2007￢ﾀﾓ08 NCAA football bowl games, Ivy League, Tommy Bowden, Bill Belichick, Sugar Bowl
Obama announces $600M for med projects
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility President Barack Obama Wednesday announced nearly $600 million in stimulus bill funding for healthcare projects at 85 community health centers. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will be used to help health center networks install electronic...
Tags: community health center, health care, health centers, healthcare, community health, Barack Obama, president barack, used health, Congress, Washington, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, United States National Health Care Act, Health economics, Politics, Health care system, Healthcare reform, Health care in the United States, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare, Punahou School alumni, Publicly-funded health care, Healthcare in the United States, Health policy, Uninsured in the United States, Healthcare in Canada, Presidency of Barack Obama, Health insurance, Labor
Congress made a weak... - By Sonia Singh
Mumbai :: India | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Similarly he may not be aware of upgradation of air strips along the Indian border by Chinese not one but in dozens...Even weak countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka protest against border difference with India. It is a matter of concern that Congress...
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