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Obama quietly signs bill easing air travel delays
ReutersBy Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Without comment or fanfare, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed legislation sparing U.S. air travel from the effects of across-the-board spending cuts that had caused delays and stirred public ire....Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Congress, Air Transportation Delays, Trips and Vacations, Barack Obama
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LETTER: Should Criticize Obama As Well As Bush
In the column "Library Celebrates Nice Man, Lame Leader" [April 28, Opinion], writer Bill Press asserts that George W. Bush's "presidency was a disaster." Press described Bush's presidency in this fashion because he made decisions that damaged the...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics
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Chicago Public Schools raises questions with $162 million capital budget
Chicago Public Schools released a proposed $162 million capital budget for its 2014 fiscal year Wednesday that officials said will focus only on the "most urgent needs and educational facilities," in light of a projected $1 billion budget deficit. The...
Tags: Government Debt, Chicago Public Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics
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TREASURIES OUTLOOK-Yields near four-month lows as Fed stays the course
Reuters* Yields rise from four-month lows after Fed statement * Friday's payroll number next market focus * Treasury may reduce note, bond issuance on falling deficit * Treasury will benchmark floating rate-notes against 3-month T-bills By Karen Brettell NEW...Tags: Auction Service, Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Employment
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U.S. may reduce borrowing as budget gap shrinks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department said on Wednesday it might be able to sell less long-term debt in the future if the budget deficit continues to come down. In its quarterly debt refunding announcement, the Treasury did hold the sizes of its...Tags: Auction Service, Government Debt, Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Government
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Federal education cuts via 'sequester' will hurt Lincoln County's students
ben@theinteriorjournal.comIt's a television scene familiar to most of us over 20 years old: Wile E. Coyote buys himself an ACME catapult and assembles it, aiming a huge, red rock to land on a black "X" where he anticipates the elusive Roadrunner will pass by. As Coyote lies in...Tags: Lobbying, U.S. Congress, Harold Rogers, Budgets and Budgeting, Mitch McConnell
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Now on the table: Entitlements
At a Republican presidential debate in 2011, all eight candidates on the stage said they would reject a budget deal that raised taxes even if it had $10 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases. At Tuesday's protest, I put the reverse question...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Gun Control, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Bankruptcy, Personal Weapon Control
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Italy's Letta faces early squeeze over anti-austerity drive
Reuters* Letta vows end to austerity and promises to meet debt targets * Government tensions over call to scrap unpopular housing tax * No detail on how to pay for tax cuts By James Mackenzie ROME, May 1 (Reuters) - Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Government Debt, Francois Hollande, Finance, Government
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Obama says too soon to declare demise of his domestic agenda
Reuters* Obama quotes Mark Twain on premature talk of his demise * Says optimistic on immigration reform; budget talks continue By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - With his fight for tighter gun control measures defeated and prospects for a deficit...Tags: Elections, Immigration, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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PREVIEW-Rebound in U.S. job growth eyed, but momentum still slow
Reuters* Nonfarm payrolls seen having risen 145,000 in April * Unemployment rate seen steady at 7.6 percent * Average hourly earnings seen up 0.2 percent * Average work week seen unchanged at 34.6 hours By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - U....Tags: Career and Workplace, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Unemployment, Government Debt, Federal Reserve
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Chained thinking on the federal deficit
Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Bananas, Customs and Tradition, Economic Indicator, Congressional Budget Office
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India may sweeten rate cut with lower reserve ratio, dovish talk
ReutersMUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India may sweeten its expected 25 basis point interest rate cut on Friday with a similar reduction in the cash reserve ratio to ease tight market liquidity conditions as increasingly benign inflation gives it room to...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Central Bank, Finance, Economic Indicator, Sports
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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