| New ozone limits must be realisticDenver Post - 14 days agoThe Obama administration last week proposed the toughest ozone limits in history in an effort to clean up dirty air nationwide. While we support a push for cleaner air — who doesn't? — it's also clear to us that the standards being contemplated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be virtually impossible for Front Range counties to meet. States Want Delay on Emission Rules Wall Street Journal Stocks indecisive ahead of resultsCNN - 14 days agoNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Techs dipped and the broader market struggled near midday Monday as investors mulled a report showing a jump in Chinese exports, considered a weaker dollar and geared up for the start of the quarterly reporting period. The Dow Jones industrial average () was barely changed nearly 2-1/2 hours into the session. Stocks Dip as Earnings Loom TheStreet.com | |
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Massachusetts MysteryWall Street Journal - 14 days agoPeople trying to follow the suddenly hot Massachusetts race to fill the late Ted Kennedy's senate seat can be excused if they're getting poll whiplash. On Saturday, the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling announced a startling survey of 744 likely voters that found Republican Scott Brown taking a 48% to 47% lead over Democrat Martha Coakley. Coakley lead solid in Democratic poll Politico |
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Jets tame Bengals in AFC wild card gameReuters - 16 days agoCINCINNATI (Reuters) - Rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez and the NFL's top-ranked defense carried the New York Jets to a 24-14 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC wild card game on Saturday. Back in the playoffs for the first time since 2006, the Jets moved on to a divisional contest while the Bengals, who have not won a playoff contest since 1991, saw their drought continue for another year. Live Analysis: Jets 14, Bengals 7, Halftime New York Times U.S. household names hit by Venezuela devaluationReuters - 14 days agoCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. companies selling their goods in Venezuela will be pinched by the government's move to devalue its currency, as many of their products will cost more for consumers and their earnings will take a hit. Avon Products Inc and Colgate-Palmolive Co should feel the biggest pinch in the household and personal product sector as they derive a greater percentage of their total sales from Venezuela than their peers, analysts said. Venezuelan devaluation weighs on Telefonica MarketWatch |
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Croatia's softly spoken 'Mr Clean'UK Telegraph - 14 days agoIvo Josipovic, the social democrat who was elected Croatia's president on Sunday, capitalises on his image as a soft-spoken intellectual and a squeaky-clean political reputation. Voters, who were seemingly fed up with the graft scandals that engulfed Croatian politics over the past months, turned to Josipovic who had promised to usher in "the return of morals into politics". Jurist Josipovic wins Croatia presidential vote Reuters |
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White House plans more to trim joblessness: aideReuters - 15 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans more economic stimulus measures to bring down the high U.S. unemployment rate, while cutting the bulging budget is a longer-term challenge, a top White House economic aide said on Sunday. "We are ... talking about actions right now to jump-start job creation," White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer said on CNN's "State of the Union. Romer: Jobs Report Is Call to Action Wall Street Journal How David Miliband betrayed TibetUK Telegraph - 16 days agoLast week, I reported on the strange eagerness of our Foreign and Commonwealth Office to appease the murderous regime in Tehran. Another example of the FCO's willingness to kowtow to nasty regimes has been flagged up in another newspaper, where a columnist researching ahead of a recent visit to China came across a remarkable statement from the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, slipped out on the FCO website on October 29 2008, just before representatives of the Dalai Lama were due to hold talks in Beijing on the future of Tibet. China and Tibet Skirmish at a Film Festival New York Times |
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Risk-based pricing notices could cut mortgage fees and interest ratesLos Angeles Times - 15 days agoReporting from Washington - For mortgage applicants and home buyers, it's been a six-year wait, but the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve finally have come out with consumer credit protection rules first required by Congress in 2003. In late December, the two agencies published regulations designed to safeguard loan applicants from overcharges on interest rates caused by erroneous or outdated negative information in their national credit bureau files. Five common questions about credit scores Chicago Tribune |
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From Toshiba: 3-D 24/7New York Times - 14 days agoWhen attending a trade show, one quickly learns not to judge the quality of a product based on what you see on the show floor. At car shows, every vehicle is scratch free, looks stunning, and smells great. Do 3D films make you sick? UK Telegraph New Hotels of 2010: Hotel Slump? Don’t Tell ThemNew York Times - 15 days agoTO open a hotel in 2010 — when the industry is in its worst slump in decades — requires chutzpah. The Trump SoHo (), a 391-room hotel in Lower Manhattan, is expected to open this spring, towering over its low-rise neighbors with a lot of razzle-dazzle. Gossip Girl slept here CNN |
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Iranian Panel Ties Ally of Leader to Deaths of ProtestersNew York Times - 15 days agoAn Iranian parliamentary panel said Sunday that Tehran’s prosecutor, an ally of President , was responsible for the of three imprisoned protesters last summer, state news agencies reported. The panel’s investigative report said the prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, was responsible for the violence against protesters in the notorious Kahrizak detention center, where at least three young men, including the son of a senior former commander, were killed. Tables turned on Tehran prosecutor Politico |
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Great Lakes threatened by carp invasionUK Telegraph - 16 days agoThey are the voracious Asian invaders that have evaded poisoning, lock gates and hi-tech electronic barriers as they penetrated thousands of miles of American rivers and canals, devouring most of the food in their path. Now the silver and bighead carp, originally imported from Taiwan, face the might of the US Army in a last-ditch effort to prevent them from reaching the largest freshwater system in the world - the Great Lakes and their connecting rivers that straddle the Canadian border. Asian carp's controversial, even on the plate Chicago Tribune |
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McMoRan Exploration rockets on Gulf discoveryMarketWatch - 14 days agoNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of McMoRan Exploration Co. jumped as much as 40% on Monday, rallying as the company announced a "major" discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, while joint owner Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd. also scored major gains. McMoRan Exploration Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!mmr /quotes/nls/mmr ( 12.89 , +3.70 , +40.21% ) said it struck oil in the Davy Jones prospect about 10 miles south of Louisiana in 20 feet of water in a well drilled to a measured depth of 28,263 feet. Energy Winners: McMoRan, Energy XXI TheStreet.com China taps eSolar for massive power projectCNET - 14 days agoU.S. solar thermal power company , whose investors include Google, said it has reached a deal with a Chinese power equipment maker to build a 2,000-megawatt solar thermal power project in China over the next 10 years. The deal comes as the Chinese government aims to boost renewable energy generating capacity in the country, with plans to generate at least 10,000MW of and 20,000MW of wind power by 2020. U.S. solar thermal firm in deal for China power project Reuters |
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Bomber That Killed C.I.A. Officers Said to Be Shown in VideoNew York Times - 16 days agoAMMAN, Jordan — A man believed to be Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed seven Central Intelligence Agency operatives in Afghanistan last month, appeared in a video early Saturday, saying the attack was carried out in revenge for the 2009 killing of the Pakistani leader . An Al-Jazeera International video clip of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al- Balawi, right, explaining his reasons for blowing himself up at a U.S. base in Afghanistan. Video shows CIA suicide bomber saying act was revenge UK Telegraph |
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