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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will call for quick action on a fiscal stimulus package in a speech on Thursday aimed at reassuring Americans that he is determined to stem the economic crisis.
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick is representing Massachusetts at a major economic address being delivered by President-elect Barack Obama.
NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A fresh wave of profit warnings and job cuts soured investor sentiment on Thursday after an employment report suggested U.S. job losses in December could be the worst in almost 60 years.
BANGKOK, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- The incoming United States administration under Barack Obama has been told by experts on US-Asia relationship to sign the long-overdue Asean Treaty of Amity of Cooperation (TAC) if it wants to have greater engagement with southeast Asian countries.
One year ago, I wrote a feature on free trade and the agricultural climate in our globalized economy. It was written in January — pre-$8 corn; pre-$17 soybeans; pre-$20 wheat. It was before crude oil slipped past $100 a barrel.
(RTTNews) - The US dollar pared the gains it posted in early Thursday Asian trading against most major currencies towards the end of the session. The dollar thus slipped to a 3-day low against the yen. Meanwhile, the dollar remained higher against the pound during this time.
With the government already $1.2 trillion in the hole, winning support for stimulus gets tougher.
VietNamNet Bridge – According to Credit Suisse, MobiFone’s equitisation consulter, this mobile network’s value is estimated at approximately $2 billion. The detailed equitisation plan for MobiFone is now under compilation.
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Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see," President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs -- even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy.
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