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View economy through our time machine
Staring at the daily cascade of economic reports has become the latest American addiction. Unemployment claims, durable goods orders, the Case-Shiller Index, housing starts, consumer confidence ratings, GDP, the trade gap… Add in an overload of Bloomberg TV, and you’re as crazed as Mad Money ’s Jim Cramer.
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Obama to Pick Former Ohio Attorney General for Consumer Post
President Barack Obama said he will nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which opens this week amid continuing political fights about its scope.
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Connecticut School District Achieves Budget Surplus in First Year After Privatizing School Bus Service
One year after Regional School District 17 , which serves the towns of Haddam and Killingworth, Conn. chose to outsource its school bus service to Student Transportation of America , the school district has achieved a budget surplus that allows it to assign savings in operational expenses and 7,530 from the sale of its bus fleet to reduce town tax assessments and school budget costs.
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“The hungry do not build five-star hotels”: Israel Today
At night and on Friday morning, July 8 at Ben Gurion Airport was silent and calm. Part of the police, strapped to prevent “left-wing provocation” dismissed to their homes, said, “Yediot Aharonot”.
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