With France now officially in a recession ad the global markets reeling, this revelation from a French bank that it lost 600 million euros in a derivatives trading incident last week couldn't have come at a worse...
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"It looks like the financial crisis will claim its first big victim this week in the shape of Lehman Brothers, unless ‘a miracle occurs’ in the words of one observer. Meanwhile, shares in Merrill Lynch plunged 50 per cent last week on fears over its viability; American...
"CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A new study from Oregon State University shows that when it comes to reducing dependence on foreign oil, other methods, such as raising the gas tax, cost up to 28 times less than using...
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"President Bush's press conference gives new support to those that see a war with Iran brewing in the White House's strategy of an Iraqi "surge." Despite an impending fight with Congressional Democrats over the...
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"Water For People Uses Innovative Positioning Technologies to Monitor International Development Efforts
(Denver, Colo.)—September 25, 2006—Water For People recently launched a pilot monitoring and evaluation...
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"WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan commission, under pressure to offer a U.S. exit strategy for the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, has reached a consensus and will announce its recommendations next week, the group's co-chairman said Wednesday.
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton,...