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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...Tags: Intel Corp., Family, Parties and Movements, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Renewable Energy
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Full text of Obama's State of the Union address
Tribune wire reportHere is the complete text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, as prepared for delivery on Tuesday: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber...Tags: Intel Corp., War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Renewable Energy, Employment Opportunities, IBM
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Unions are not the answer
I take issue with much of Lane Windham's recent commentary ("If not labor unions, then what?" Jan. 29) beginning with the fundamental premise that it was the unions that provided us with economic redistribution. Like many other academicians, Ms. Windham...Tags: Agriculture, Collective Contract, Steroids, Career and Workplace, Unions
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Investors say U.S. fiscal woes pose biggest risk to global economy
WASHINGTON -- Investors around the world say the fiscal woes of the U.S. -- highlighted by the ongoing fight over the debt limit -- pose the biggest risk to the global economy this year, according to poll results released Wednesday. More than a third of...
Tags: George W. Bush, White House, Federal Reserve, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress
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World Economic Forum poll shows improved confidence ahead of Davos
WASHINGTON -- As major financial figures prepare to gather in Davos, Switzerland, this week, experts are a bit more optimistic about the state of the global economy, according to a survey released Monday by the World Economic Forum. The group's Economic...
Tags: Government, Heads of State, Google+, Politics, Fiscal Cliff
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U.S. trade deficit jumps to seven-month high
WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday. One immediate implication of the unexpectedly big...Tags: Imports, Computer Hardware, Consumers, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Politics
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College still matters
Young people and their parents are rightly nervous these days about the economy. Many wonder whether their investment in a college education will pay off. Such worries are overblown. College graduates continue to do far better, even in this difficult...
Tags: Science, Employment, Invention and Innovation, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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MarksJarvis: Stocks climb more than 13 percent in 2012 despite a lackluster economy
You had perfectly good reasons for being cowardly about the stock market in 2012, but caution didn't serve you well. Despite the fear that a eurozone breakup and a European bank infection would set off another global financial crisis ... despite the...
Tags: Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Spain, Ben Bernanke
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Unions Losing Power In Global Economy
The Hartford CourantFor all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan this week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state, birthplace of the United Auto Workers, royalty of the American working class, became...Tags: Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Unemployment, United Auto Workers, Career and Workplace
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Globalization in retreat
WASHINGTON -- One fateful question for 2013 is this: What happens to globalization? For decades, growing volumes of cross-border trade and money flows have fueled strong economic growth. But something remarkable is happening; trade and international money...
Tags: Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Mexico, Loans
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Bullish on agriculture - bearish on valuations
Wells Fargo economist Dr. Michael Swanson told the Minnesota Agri-Growth conference, “I'm bullish on the economic fundamentals of agriculture and the food industry, but I'm extremely concerned about valuations.” He said everyone wants to predict the...Tags: Food Industry, Money and Monetary Policy, Gasoline Industry, Biofuels, Renewable Energy
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OECD's global outlook dimmed by Eurozone crisis, U.S. 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON -- Saying that the global recovery hangs in the balance, a leading international economic group called for "decisive policy action" to ensure that the fiscal risks in the U.S. and the ongoing debt crisis in Europe do not plunge the world back...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Money and Monetary Policy, European Debt Crisis, Gross Domestic Product, Elisse Walter
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
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Dec 9, 2012
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Jan 1, 2013
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 31, 2012
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Dec 14, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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