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• IANS Top Stories at 6

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  NATIONALDeal in Copenhagen likely, India under more pressure: Pachauri - Moved at 1504Obama calls Manmohan Singh on Afghanistan - Moved at 1229Sibal slams IIMs, orders probe over CAT glitch - Moved at 1418CAT troubles continues for day four, aspirants flay IIMs ‘laxity’ - Moved at 1408Illegal migration from ...
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• Regulator may let BT raise charges to reduce £9.4bn pension deficit

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  BT, Britains former state telecoms company, could be allowed to increase fees it charges telecom rivals such as BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse in its push to reduce its gaping pensions deficit.
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• Trade deficit drops to $57.3 bn on lower imports

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) India’s trade deficit for the period April-October dropped to $57.31 billion owing to a 15 percent fall in imports and a lower decline in exports.The country’s merchandise exports fell for the 13th straight month in October to $13.19 billion from $14.13 billion in the corresponding month ...
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• American Voters Are Very Angry at the Federal Government.

  
  American Elephants — Authority: 136
  Rasmussen Reports that 71 percent of Americans are Angry at the federal government.  That figure includes 46 percent who are Very Angry.The latest national telephone survey finds that only 27 percent are Not Angry about the government’s policies, including 10 percent who are Not at All Angry.Men are angrier than ...
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• Album Review: Wale – Attention Deficit

  
  onethirtybpm.com — Authority: 521
  Wale Attention Deficit [Interscope; 2009] Links: Wale | Interscope | Purchase on Insound Posted by Aidan Galea on 01 December 2009 The hip-hop game has certainly changed since the days of Biggie and Shakur. It doesn’t take a critic to tell you that, but the question that needs to be ...
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• Is the President Too Good for ObamaCare?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  By John W. Lillpop President Obama has made it clear that enactment of health care reform is a make or break proposition for his presidency. He has even indicated that his passion for universal health care is so strong that he might forego ambitions for reelection rather than back down. He and other liberal ...
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• Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  A must read from The Market Oracle : Run on the U.S. Dollar ….Soon Porter Stansberry writes: It’s one of those numbers that’s so unbelievable you have to actually think about it for a while… Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt. And that’s ...
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• I read this comment on a message board, and just started laughing, and couldn’t stop

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Biggy I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, government health care, real estate prices, the stock market, the federal deficit, Iraq, Afghanistan, global warming, my savings, Social Security, and the credit card debate. I called the Suicide Hotline. I got a call center in Pakistan. I told them I ...
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• Run on the U.S. Dollar ….Soon

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Porter Stansberry writes: Its one of those numbers thats so unbelievable you have to actually think about it for a while... Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt. And thats not counting any additional deficit spending, which is estimated to be around $1.5 ...
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• As Sarah Palin Returns, Barack Obama Hits New Lows In Polls

  
  USA | Barack Obama News — Authority: 142
  conservativenewmedia.com (11.24.09) — Sarah Palin soars, and her return seems to have contributed to a new low in public opinion towards Barack Obama. Get ready for the pending 2012 showdown….Post from: USA | Barack Obama News Post from: USA | Barack Obama News
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• The Collapse of Finance

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 597
  “Dubai sends markets into turmoil,” begins The Financial Times . Dubai is a financial center, built on sand. Probably a good thing US markets were closed for Thanksgiving when this news came out. In Europe, the Dubai affair caused the biggest drop in 7 months. European banks have lent $40 billion to Dubai. Jim ...
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• US Dollar is “Likely Source” of Next Financial Crisis

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 597
  Despite recent Dubai concerns and the moderate flight to safety in the US dollar, the currency remains near 15-month lows versus the euro. The weakness stems mainly from the US’ extraordinarily high debt level, $12 trillion or “12, followed by 12 zeros,” according to the Telegraph. There are numerous other ...
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• If you believe ObamaCare will be deficit neutral …

  
  James Pethokoukis — Authority: 558
  ….  then you must believe all of the following (via The Health Care Blog ): Health reform adds a heap of new cost saving political obligations on Congress. A partial list: 1)that Congress not extend the five-year shelter for states from their share of the cost of a 15 million person Medicaid expansion (e.g. ...
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• The Dububble Pops

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 597
  “This is the apocalypse now,” read a one-line e-mail sent to us in the very early hours of Thanksgiving Day. The author was Peter Cooper, our contact in Dubai… so much for the usual quiet holiday weekend. The Dubai government’s primary investment vehicle, Dubai World, asked its creditors for a “standstill ...
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• Can Congress Step Up To The Jobs Challenge?

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 750
  This week, the White House is convening a “ jobs forum ” to look at various job creating proposals, as Democrats in Congress prepare a jobs package that is slated for debate early next year . House Democrats are reportedly looking at a variety of measures to spur job growth, including “ a tax credit for new ...
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• Chart of the Day: Who is to blame for FY 2009 deficits?

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 562
  Dan Mitchell points out that the deficits from FY 2009 are almost entirely on George W. Bush, not Barack Obama. According to Mitchell, spending added by Obama only increased the budget by “amounted to just a tiny percentage of the FY2009 total – about $140 billion out of a $3.5 trillion budget.”
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• Currencies Recover from Friday Sell Off

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 597
  Front and center on the currencies this morning, we have the fears of a default in Dubai, fading, and that brings the risk takers back out… So, we had one day of bloodletting on Friday, and come Monday, the tourniquet had been applied, and things are back on track. The Big Dog, euro ( EUR ) is off the porch, chasing ...
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• Katie Couric Rips Obama In What Newsmax Describes As ‘A Turning Point’

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 474
  Can someone give me an “Amen”? Or maybe you can figure out how to sing the following story to the tune of “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” from The Wizard of Oz . Turning Point: Couric Rips Obama Sunday, November 29, 2009 By: Special From Newsmax’ Most Informed Sources Katie Couric may be best known ...
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• Niall Ferguson Nails the Deficit Dilemma

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 638
  “My prediction is that politicians will eventually be tempted to resolve the [fiscal] crisis the way irresponsible governments usually do: by printing money, both to pay current bills and to inflate away debt. And as that temptation becomes obvious, interest rates will soar.” - Paul...
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• Reduce the deficit AFTER the real recovery

  
  Why We Worry — Authority: 128
  First, I hope all of you real ‘Mmmmericans had a great Thanksgiving. I know I had enough Turkey to hold me over until November 2010. Second, now that you we’re back, it’s time for a dose of Vitamin-T, Matt Taibbi. Taibbi noticed that the Obama administration is promising to reduce the deficit, a.k.a. ...
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