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How to Add Value to the G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
The G20 Agriculture Ministers will gather together for their first ever meeting next week in Paris (June 22-23) to discuss potential measures for the G20 governments to endorse regarding …
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The White House Needs a Real Jobs Plan
This was originally published on Monday, June 13. Today the President met with business leaders on his “jobs and competitiveness council,” who suggested more public-private partnerships to …
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Bachmann Calls for Huge Corporate Tax Cut Alongside Tax Increase for the Working Poor
Several of the 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls have laid out economic platforms that would include huge cuts in the corporate tax rate. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) called …
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Syrian Unrest Stirs New Fear of Deeper Sectarian Divide
The Syrian government's retaking of a town this weekend that had teetered beyond its control is sharpening sectarian tensions along one of the country's most explosive fault lines: relations …
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Time to Challenge Convention at the IMF
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) I suspect that an endorsement from me may be the kiss of death — but, anyway, Stan Fischer, …
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Job Growth Is Theme of Obama’s North Carolina Visit
President Barack Obama visited the Triangle on Monday with some of the nation's leading corporate executives in tow, pledging to find ways to accelerate job growth in an economy …
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How the Military and the Civilian Are Blurring in Washington
President Barack Obama after being introduced by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, on Friday December 3, …
Ralph Nader: Koch Brothers Led Fight to Defend Formaldehyde Despite Carcinogenic Evidence
A Lasio hair treatment, which releases harmful fumes, is performed by Merita Selmani at Mark Garrison Salon in New York on October 29, 2010. At Garrison's, the procedure, called …
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A Distant Sound of Churning
In my last dream of a febrile night, I put my flat-screen TV on top of an old house in town and watched it crash onto the street. There …
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Washington Post Wants Endless War
The Pentagon Washington Post has yet to mention Section 1034 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2012, but you can expect it — if it passes the Senate — …