Wall Street did a bit of a U-turn yesterday and thank goodness it did. We don't know exactly what it's going to do today. But we're waiting to see. And that's coming up for us in just about 29 minutes from now. But the Dow closed up 429 points yester

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The news the economy lost another 467, 000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 9.5% drew comments from President Obama today. Speaking at the White House Rose Garden, the president said he understands why people are deeply concerned th

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The Labor Department reports first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week by 16,000. Four hundred fifty-three thousand people filed claims. That's fewer than experts expected. But economis

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President Obama's spending the last two days of his Asia tour in Japan, shoring up trade support at a regional summit after suffering a few setbacks. Earlier at the G20 meeting in Seoul, the president was unable to secure a free trade pact with South

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President Obama is calling for improving the economic climate for the nation's small businesses today. Danielle Karson reports Mr. Obama plans to roll out a package of measures next week he says will boost economic growth. President Obama stood with

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Authorities are leaving no stone unturned in searching for all the explosives sent from Yemen in cargo planes. White House security adviser John Brennan says the investigation is going on all around the world. NPR's Carrie Johnson has more. US law en

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Several Afghan soldiers are dead as a result of friendly fire by German forces in Afghanistan. Brigadier-General Eric Tremblay says the troops were mistaken for insurgents. A German patrol became under contact, probably under a very complex attack by

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President Obama is meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in the aftermath of the central bank's decision to offer extremely low interest rates for two more years, though the announcement caused the market to rally yesterday. By the day, all that wen

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Emergency White House talks to try to end a budget stalemate and avert a government shutdown had ended and without agreement. A shutdown could have real effects on everyday Americans. That means that small business owners who are counting on that loa

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Under nightfall, demonstrations show no signs of abating in Egypt. In the largest demonstration yet since the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak started over a week ago, hundreds of thousands of people have flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square. They w

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I'm Laura Rich, and I'm the Editorial Director of Inc.com and Fastcompany.com. We decided about a year and a half ago that we really wanted to look at where are the next jobs coming from. We decided o

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AS IT IS 2015-12-11 Rise in Immigrant Population Affecting US Elections 移民人口增长影响美国大选 Between 1990 and 2000, immigration to the United States increased greatly. The immigrant population increased by 11.3 million to 31.1 million

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AS IT IS 2015-11-09 Facebook Launches More Mobile App Facebook推出更多移动应用程序 Facebook is launching a news mobile app called Notify with subscription content from media partners like the Washington Post and Vogue. The Notify app lets u

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英国军事介入叙利亚 British warplanes are already conducting airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq. Prime Minister David Cameron told British lawmakers that operation must be extended to the groups heartland in Syria. 英国已经开始了

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Swiss bank UBS has now begun an internal investigation into the failure of its risk systems. This follows revelations that a rogue equities trader has cost the company some 2.3 billion US dollars. UBS says David Sidwell, the former chief financial of

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Analysts say that president obama and the israeli prime minister have different world views. 分析者称奥巴马总统和以色列总理有不同的世界观 For example,netanyahu says that dress on the internet as blue and black.A different way to

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Is America Safer Four Years after September 11th? 911过去四年,美国是否更安全了? In last year’s national radio address marking the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Pre

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And hello I'm Brooke Baldwin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Heres a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Bleak day on Wall Street as Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy. The storied investment bank spent the weekend looking for suitors, but whe

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Business 商业 Transport in Japan 日本的交通 Bullet v budget 票战vs站票 Can low-cost airlines beat bullet trains? 低成本航空公司能击败子弹头列车吗? THE world's busiest train route, and one of the busiest air routes, is bet

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Technology IPOs: 科技公司上市潮: Betting the farm 押宝开心农场(美版) Zynga may be a good business, but the tech bubble is expanding Zynga可能是一家好企业,但是科技泡沫却正愈演愈烈 Jun 30th 2011 | from the p

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