Chinese inflation hit a 16-month high in February, leading to calls for the government to take measures to cool the economy.
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Anti-fraud law invalidates Puerto Rican birth certificates (Press of Atlantic City)
More than a million natives of Puerto Rico living in the United States – including thousands in southern New Jersey – will have invalid birth certificates July 1 under a law passed by the Puerto Rican government to battle birth certificate fraud.
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Market lull continues as inventories fall and sales rise (Denver Post)
Scant buying lifted stocks for a second day Wednesday after the government reported a drop in companies’ inventories.
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Video providers want feds to intervene in fee disputes. (Denver Post)
Cable TV, satellite and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money conflicts that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire.
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Palestinians: No indirect talks until Jerusalem housing shelved – Monsters and Critics.com
Palestinians: No indirect talks until Jerusalem housing shelved Monsters and Critics.com Ramallah – Palestinians will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless the Israeli government annul a decision to build 1600 houses in East Jerusalem, …
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Japan’s economic growth rate cut
Japan’s economy grew by less than first estimated in the final quarter of 2009, revised government figures show.
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Paul Abrams: Middle Class Bailout: Celebrating Harry Hopkins’ 120th Birthday with 4 Million Jobs by August 17th.
The middle class needs a bailout for the same reason the banks needed a bailout–long-term systemic risk.
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High-speed rail line plan awaited
Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are to be published by the government later.
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Bank of Korea’s Lee Keeps Rate Unchanged at His Final Meeting (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) — Bank of Korea Governor Lee Seong Tae kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at his final meeting as the government pressed for low borrowing costs to spur investment and cut unemployment.
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Chris Weigant: Banning Earmarks
While all of Washington is in a frenzy over ex-Representative Eric Massa’s groping and tickling, some actual news (and actual progress, one would like to hope) is being made on the subject of ethics in Congress. Sure, it’s more fun to watch Massa’s implosion on nationwide television, or to come up with headlines that just write themselves (how about: “Weapon of Massa Self-Destruction”?), but we shouldn’t allow this sideshow to distract us from what could shape up this year as a contest between Democrats and Republicans over who can denounce earmarks the loudest. And not just denounce — but actually ban the practice