Archive for January, 2010

Germany aims to take on no more debt from 2017-paper

BERLIN, Jan 31 – Germany is considering not taking on any more debt from 2017, a German weekly wrote on Sunday, citing preliminary discussions within the finance...

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Leumi appointment panel OKs Maor as director-report

JERUSALEM, Jan 31 – The appointments committee of Bank Leumi, Israel’s largest bank, has recommended making Chief Executive Officer Galia Maor a director...

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"I have some juicy dirt about the Tea Party Express"

The other day I received an email from a friend who had heard some false and malicious attacks against the Tea Party Express. He was concerned and wrote me to ask...

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ABC6 RAW: Steve Laffey’s Rumored Run at (RI) Governor Seat has Viewers Talking

Former Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey back in the spotlight last night rolling out his 10 point plan to a Tea Party event in North Kingstown. Pretty interesting move...

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Bank Sues Victim To Avoid Replacing $200k In Stolen Funds

What constitutes adequate security for a bank? PlainsCapital Bank in Lubbock, Texas says what it currently has is enough, and if after all that some crooks still...

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Scientists say crack HIV/AIDS puzzle for drugs

* Study solves puzzle that eluded scientists for 20 years * Finding should help development of new HIV/AIDS medicines * Allows scientists to see how Merck and Gilead...

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Iran to Unveil Major Defensive Projects in February

A senior Iranian commander announced on Tuesday that the country is slated to unveil several major defensive projects in the next few days. Brigadier General Masoud...

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Idaho Church Group Arrested in Haiti With 33 Orphaned Children

Haitian police yesterday arrested 10American Baptist Church members as they tried to bus 33 orphanedchildren across the border into the Dominican Republic allegedlywithout...

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Seeds star in small-budget rice production scheme

—The Department of Agriculture is betting its rice production program this year on varieties that can cope with climate change. Frisco M. Malabanan, director of...

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Buy, Sell or Hold: McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) Is Undervalued and Offers Exceptional Upside

I first recommended McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) to Money Morning readers on Feb. 23, 2009. A few weeks later the stock bottomed out at $50.44. It then took...

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Are Precious Metals Melting or Firming Up

Jan 31, 2010 The past two months have been tough on the precious metals sector. We saw precious metals lead the market higher all of last year until December 2009...

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Global co-operation on financial reforms needed -IMF

By Steven Scheer HERZILIYA, Israel, Jan 31 – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Sunday urged the United States, Britain...

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