Machinery Sales Jump 11% at Caterpillar
Date: 19 June 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Caterpillar, the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, said retail sales of machinery measured over three months rose for the first time in almost two years.
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$3.4. Billion Guarantee for New Nuclear Plant
Date: 19 June 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Southern Company, the giant utility owner, agreed to a $3.4 billion federal loan guarantee to build the country’s first nuclear power plant in three decades.
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Making Sure the Check Is Not in the Mail
Date: 19 June 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
President Obama ordered federal agencies on Friday to create a uniform “do not pay list” to reduce some of the $110 billion in improper or erroneous payments made by the government last year.
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Kooky Politics Make for Entertaining Races
Date: 20 June 2010
By Albert R. Hunt
Albert Hunt
Elections in South Carolina and Nevada have been marked by charges of hypocrisy, sexual peccadilloes and candidates who face felony charges and express out-of-the-mainstream views.
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What’s Murdoch’s Aim With Latest Deal?
Date: 20 June 2010
By Eric Pfanner
Eric Pfanner
As News Corp. proposed its biggest deal yet, the acquisition of all of British Sky, the possibilities for Murdoch-watchers were intriguing.
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Does It Matter if Obama Loses the Pundits?
Date: 19 June 2010
By Adam Nagourney
Adam Nagourney
The commentators were merciless: the president’s speech about the oil spill was a dud. But did anyone take their word for it?
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A Third Filipino Journalist Is Killed
Date: 20 June 2010
By Carlos H. Conde
Carlos Conde
Less than a week after the killings of two broadcasters, a newspaper reporter in the southern Philippines was shot.
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Anti-Hate-Crime Video Offers Unsettling Lesson
Date: 19 June 2010
By James Warren
James Warren
Winners of an online video contest offer an unsettling view of the world, but that is no reason not to watch them and learn from them.
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Obama Hopes ‘Recovery Summer’ Will Warm Voters to the Stimulus
Date: 19 June 2010
By Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
Stimulus-financed construction is finally getting under way, and the administration hopes that the jobs provided will offset concerns about too much spending.
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Kyrgyz Officials Order Uzbeks to Remove Barriers
Date: 19 June 2010
By Clifford J. Levy
Clifford Levy
Kyrgyz authorities demanded that makeshift roadblocks in Osh be removed, setting up a confrontation with ethnic Uzbeks that could lead to more bloodshed.
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