Schwarzenegger: We're '100 Percent' Behind Obama On Stimulus
Obama To States: Don't 'Waste And Abuse' Stimulus Money
GOP House Candidate: 'Rush Is Meaningless To Me'
Obama To States: Don't 'Waste And Abuse' Stimulus Money
GOP House Candidate: 'Rush Is Meaningless To Me'
Working Families Party to show tourists AIG office, executives' homes.
Post office closing offices, cutting jobs
McCain speaks up for Geithner
Blackwater sued over Iraq coverup
AIG, Countrywide sue each other
Intelligence made it clear Saddam was not a threat, diplomat tells MPs -- Government left 'paper trail' in build-up to war A former diplomat at the centre of events in the run-up to the Iraq war revealed yesterday that the government has a "paper trail" that could reveal new information about the legality of the invasion. Carne Ross, who was a first secretary at the United Nations in New York for the Foreign Office until 2004, told MPs: "A lot of facts about the run-up to this war have yet to come to light which should come to light and which the public deserves to know..." He told the inquiry that the intelligence made it "very clear" that Saddam Hussein did not pose a significant threat to the UK, as was being claimed at the time by ministers, and that tougher enforcement of sanctions could have brought his regime down.
Jobless rate at 11.2% for veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan --Army records show the service has hit 152% of its re-enlistment goal this year. The economic downturn is hitting Iraq and Afghanistan veterans harder than other workers -- one in nine are now out of work -- and may be encouraging some troops to remain in the service, according to Labor Department records and military officials. The 11.2% jobless rate for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and who are 18 and older rose 4 percentage points in the past year.
U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies, a member of the panel said on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the dollar. Currency specialist Avinash Persaud, a member of the panel of experts, told a Reuters Funds Summit in Luxembourg that the proposal was to create something like the old Ecu, or European currency unit, that was a hard-traded, weighted basket.
Wal-Mart Giving Workers $933M In Bonuses Retail giant Wal-Mart will hand out its largest annual award -- $2 billion -- which includes bonuses to every part-time and full-time hourly employee. The $2 billion includes 401k contributions, about $1 billion in profit-sharing, millions of dollars in merchandise discounts and $933 million in bonuses. The average cash bonus for employees will be $667.
USPS to close 2 New England district offices U.S. Postal Service district administrative offices in North Reading and in Manchester, N..H. will be among the six to be closed across the nation under the postal service cutbacks announced today. The USPS office in Manchester serves both New Hampshire and Vermont and its operations will be transferred to the office in Portland, Maine.
WITCH HUNTERY! — A great exchange on CNBC between the anchor and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), one of the few elected voices of reason during the financial crisis:
Conyers suggests probe of ACORN
Judge blocks Bush concealed gun ruleCalls okay of loaded guns in national parks 'astoundingly flawed.'
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