Indexes End 3-Day Swoon On Upbeat Economic Data
Date: 15 December 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
U.S. stocks rose after FedEx beat earnings expectations and initial claims for unemployment benefits fell. European stocks also gained, but global economic worries led to losses in Asia.
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News From Ireland
Date: 15 December 2011
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
All fine, except for the people.
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Obama Names Two to Serve on Labor Board
Date: 15 December 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sharon Block, the deputy assistant for Congressional affairs at the Labor Department, and Richard Griffin, general counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers, were tapped to fill vacancies.
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W.T.O. Reaches Deal on Public Procurement — Minus China
Date: 15 December 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The agreement will open up government contracts worth as much as $100 billion to more foreign competition, but China will not join the agreement this year.
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Live Blogging the Fox News Debate in Iowa
Date: 15 December 2011
By The New York Times
Seven candidates take the stage tonight in Sioux City, Iowa, for the final debate before the Jan. 3 caucuses.
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Have You Heard the Bad News?
Date: 15 December 2011
By Andrew Rosenthal
Andrew Rosenthal
Links to stories that will get you down. Enjoy!
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New Deal Divides Amanpour’s Time, and Her Audience
Date: 15 December 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Upon leaving as host of “This Week” on ABC, she will appear in the United States (almost) exclusively on ABC; outside the United States, she will be (almost) exclusive to CNN.
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Times of London Cancels Comedy Podcast That Mocked Murdoch
Date: 14 December 2011
By J. David Goodman
J. Goodman
The Bugle podcast, which co-stars John Oliver of “The Daily Show,” ruthlessly mocked its own corporate owners over the phone hacking scandal.
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Is James Murdoch Running Out of Denials?
Date: 14 December 2011
By David Carr
David Carr
James Murdoch has maintained he wasn’t looped in on how widespread phone hacking was at the newspaper he supervised. Now it is a matter of record that he was, though he says he did not focus on the e-mails that conveyed this information.
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CBS Is Reviving ‘Person to Person,’ Made Famous by Murrow
Date: 15 December 2011
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
In the 1950s version, a “softer” Edward R. Murrow visited celebrities, politicians and other stars in their homes; the new version, which will air occasionally in prime time, will be co-hosted by Charlie Rose and Lara Logan.
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