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The financial crisis has made econ classes more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, and they are suddenly paying closer attention in school. New York University junior George Schwartz dropped macroeconomics the first time...
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The raft of gloomy figures this week fuelled further debate on official figures and spin and the Office for National Statistics came under particular scrutiny. First up is news from the ONS that government borrowing in the first seven months of 2008-09...
US President George W Bush has met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Peru on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit. The two discussed North Korea's nuclear programme and the global financial crisis, a White House spokeswoman said. Leaders...
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More than seven years after the opening of Guantanamo Bay jail, a US judge Thursday for the first time acknowledged that some of its inmates were illegally detained and ordered their release. In yet another blow to the administration of President George...
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The election of Barack Obama has delivered a decisive victory to "fair traders," mainly Democrats and their allies who for years have contended that the free-trade policies of past administrations were recipes for American job losses and environmental...
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Russell Howard @ King George's Hall, Blackburn 12:08pm Monday 17th November 2008 HE’S one of the rising stars of British comedy and last night Russell Howard proved just why he’s become one of the most in-demand performers on the circuit. There’s an...
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Obama also said that despite congressional reluctance to move ahead with government help for the auto companies, he was urging management and labor to work with suppliers and lenders to come up with a plan that could provide a "bridge loan" for a "sustainable"...
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White House officials said President Bush and other leaders had achieved five key objectives, stating they reached a common understanding of the root causes of the crisis; reviewed actions to be taken to strengthen growth; agreed on principles for financial...
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The leaders of the world's industrial powers have concluded a hasty summit on a global economic crisis with a commitment to strengthen regulation of financial markets, bolster international monetary funds and avert any new trade barriers in the face of...
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If Prince George's and Baltimore, the only two school systems on the list, can make adequate yearly progress -- known as "AYP" -- again this school year, they will be removed from the list. "We're very, very pleased," Prince George's Superintendent John...
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