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At poker World Series, which prevails? Skill or luck?
O, by the WayThe stock question regarding poker is: Luck or skill, which is it? Well, given a reasonable field, skill seems to still come in handy.The first event of the 39th World Series of Poker over the weekend was a $10,000 buy-in......Tags: Casino and Gambling, Major League Baseball, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Baseball
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Electoral College: Fixing it, maybe not
The Swampby Mark Silva The only thing worse than the Electoral College, it seems, may be attempting to improve on the Electoral College. Even after the disputed 2000 presidential election -- when George W. Bush won the White House with a......Tags: White House, Political Candidates, Colleges and Universities, George W. Bush, U.S. Elections
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Obama trades ideas with labor leaders
The Swampby Michael Finnegan PITTSBURGH--Barack Obama traded ideas on energy, healthcare and schools with business, labor and academic leaders on Thursday at a campaign forum in Pittsburgh. The group included the chief executive officers of General Motors and...Tags: Automotive Equipment, John McCain, James Jones (football), National Government, Government
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MIT Study Shows the Way Forward for Cars
KickingTiresA study on how to cut fuel consumption in half in 25 years may seem highly relevant after the summer of $4 gas, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began the study five years ago, when gas cost......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Gasoline Industry, Ethanol, Vehicles
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Big woes need big thinking
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley and Christi Parsons Last in a series, United States of Anxiety America's financial system has crashed around us over the past two months, draining retirement funds, forcing job cuts, inflaming fears of a deep recession and......Tags: Retirement, Biology, Government, National Government, Political Systems
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Voter turnout best in a long time
The Swampby Frank James Curtis Gans, director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University, warned early on Election Day that figuring out just how many of the eligible voters went to the polls wouldn't be......Tags: John F. Kennedy, George Mason, Colleges and Universities, Richard Nixon, Demographics
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Obama presser: The econ team
Spin CycleObama just announced, as expected, NY Fed official Tim Geithner (left) as Treasury Secretary and Larry Summers (right), former Treasury secretary and Harvard president, as the chief White House economic advisor. Their relative status? He described...Tags: International Relations, Woodrow Wilson, Money and Monetary Policy, National Government, Government
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Obama 'Gores' Bush on science
The Swampby Frank James If politics were a beach, President-elect Barack Obama would be kicking a little Al Gore sand onto President Bush today. In his Saturday web address to the nation, the next president, in announcing the completion of......Tags: White House, Health Organizations, Government, National Government, Al Gore
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Will banks get $1 trn to clean up books?
The Swampby Frank James First there was 2008's $152 stimulus package (remember those rebate checks?) Then there was last fall's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. Now Congress is considering another economic stimulus of upwards of $800 billion. And the...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Newspapers, Federal Reserve, Prices, Timothy Geithner
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Will Obama get tough on banks?
The Swampby Frank James Simon Johnson, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist whose Baseline Scenario blog is one of the best-read on economics, asks a key question regarding Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to revive the credit markets....Tags: Democratic Party, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Government, National Government
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Geithner's financial-rescue plan, take two
The Swampby Frank James If at first you don't succeed quelling global investor doubts with your financial-rescue outline, wait a month and then deliver a much more detailed plan. That's the strategy being followed by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner who will......Tags: Newspapers, The New York Times, Government, National Government, Corporate Officers
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Break up the banks: economist
The Swampby Frank James Now that President Barack Obama has had his first taste of CEO blood via the sacking of GM's Rick Wagoner, maybe he will go after others, particularly in the financial services sector. That would be just fine......Tags: Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Nationalization, Government, National Government, United States
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