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America avoids Europe's austerity nightmare
As the global economic crisis grinds into its fourth year, we now have a clearer sense of which countries responded appropriately to the crisis and those that perpetuated or aggravated their situation. That discussion must begin with a comparison of the...
Tags: Italy, Europe, U.S. Elections, Finance, European Union
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Uncertain year ahead for U.S. stocks
Investors had plenty to keep them jittery in 2011. There were the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, economic woes in Europe, and, here at home, politically tinged fiscal showdowns in Washington over deep government spending cuts.
Still, the stock market...Tags: Barack Obama, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Labor Markets, Federal Reserve
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A better way of measuring progress in Maryland
As the 99 percent becomes more aware of America's scourge of income inequality and its adverse effects, the nation is awakening to the idea that the status quo favoring the wealthy and corporations isn't in our best interest.
The notion that "a rising...Tags: Prince George's County, Productivity, Standards
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Political number games
The information age is in full bloom. Rapid developments in technology let us store, retrieve and analyze data — available, literally, at our fingertips — at an unprecedented rate. Academic journals in all disciplines, newspapers, websites and...Tags: Barack Obama, Television, Loyola University Maryland, Bill Clinton, Budgets and Budgeting
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Inviting war through weakness?
One of the memorable slogans from the Reagan administration was "peace through strength." President Ronald Reagan believed a strong defense was a safeguard against enemy attacks and the best hope of victory should America go to war.
President Barack...Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Osama bin Laden, NATO
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Baltimore bars prep for rush of Ravens fans
The Ravens have a game plan going into Sunday's matchup against the New England Patriots — and so do many Baltimore-area bars.
This week, bar owners have pre-ordered hundreds of extra pounds of chicken wings, rolled in more kegs of beer, and hooked...Tags: Media Industry, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Media Industry, New England Patriots
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The decline of the idea of "public good"
Meryl Streep's eerie reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" brings to mind Ms. Thatcher's most famous quip, "There is no such thing as 'society.'" None of the dwindling herd of Republican candidates has quoted her yet, but they might as...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mitt Romney, Health Insurance Cost, Parties and Movements, Finance
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Mr. Obama, you're no Ronald Reagan
5.1, 9.3, 8.1, 8.5, 8, 7.1 and 3.9.
While that might sound like a controversial series of Olympic curling scores, these numbers in fact add up to a grave problem for PresidentBarack Obama.
They are the quarterly percentage gains in gross domestic...Tags: James Carville, Labor Markets, Democratic Party, Federal Reserve, Harry Reid
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Inequality of wealth is contributing to Social Security's problems
It's unfortunate that an economist such as Peter Morici ("Yes, Social Security is a Ponzi scheme," Sept. 22) would take a partisan political position on Social Security and spread needless alarm about its future by baselessly calling it a Ponzi scheme....Tags: Social Security, Fraud, Demographics, Corporate Crime, Inflation and Deflation
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Early surveys show robust sales increases on Black Friday
Shoppers packed stores and spent money in record numbers on Black Friday, early surveys show, a phenomenon that analysts call a hopeful sign for the U.S economy after months of up-and-down consumer spending.
Black Friday sales were up 6.6 percent over...Tags: FTI Consulting Inc., Best Buy Company Inc., E-Commerce Industry, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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European shares fall to 11-month closing low
European shares hit their lowest close in 11 months on Tuesday as weak global growth replaced the U.S. debt ceiling row as investors' main concern and banks fell on worries about the euro zone peripheral debt crisis. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 (....Tags: Non Ferrous Metal, Europe, Italy, Earnings Forecasts, Mutual Funds
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