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Dubai's Debt Reckoning

How one bursting bubble could feed the next one. The credit problems of a unit of Dubai's state-owned investment company have given financial markets a scare, but put us down as thinking the event is left-over business from the...

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Internet gambling rules delayed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- U.S banks have another six months to comply with regulations aimed at preventing Internet gambling, federal officials said Friday. The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve postponed...

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Property Owners Get Dunked On

Another victory for the powerful over property rights. New York judges served up what basketball fans call a facial on Tuesday, when an appellate court ruled that the state may seize homes and small businesses in Brooklyn for...

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China Stimulus Stays Through 2010

By ANDREW BATSON BEIJING -- The ruling Politburo of China's Communist Party met Friday to discuss economic policy for next year, and decided it will "maintain the continuity and stability of economic policies, and continue to...

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Markets Hang In After Dubai

Markets Hang In After Dubai Wall Street Journal On their own, Dubai World's credit problems amount to a relatively minor event. But they are a reminder of the credit risks that still lurk in the global financial system, posing...

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Party Crashers Cause a Hangover

Party Crashers Cause a Hangover Wall Street Journal AP Michaele and Tareq Salahi arrived at a state dinner Tuesday hosted by President Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House. WASHINGTON -- President...

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Tiger Woods Suffers Injuries in Car Accident

Tiger Woods Suffers Injuries in Car Accident Wall Street Journal ORLANDO, Fla.—Golf superstar Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident early Friday after driving into a fire hydrant and a tree around the corner from his...

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Senators Expecting Many Amendments To Massive Health Reform Bill

Senators Expecting Many Amendments To Massive Health Reform Bill Kaiser Health News The Senate is scheduled to begin debate Monday on health care, and according to some news organizations, they have their work cut out for...

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EU Antitrust Chief, Other Posts Picked

EU Antitrust Chief, Other Posts Picked Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS -- The European Commission's president proposed a Spanish socialist, Joaquín Almunia, to be the body's new antitrust chief, and a center-right Belgian, Karel...

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Can the SC AG Prosecute Gov. Mark Sanford? He Says He Can

Can the SC AG Prosecute Gov. Mark Sanford? He Says He Can Wall Street Journal (blog) There's been plenty of turmoil involving Mark Sanford, the South Carolina governor who needed to clear his thoughts on the Appalach…er, we...

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