U.K. Offers London as Base for China#39;s 200 Bln Fund (Update3)
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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown
offered London as an overseas base for China Investment Corp.,
the nations $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, aiming to
encourage the worlds fastest-growing major economy to invest in
Britain.
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Spurned by Feds Meritage Wineries Get Respect for Their Blends
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Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — California winemakers once scoffed at
the idea of blending their big, tannic cabernet sauvignons with
less prestigious grapes. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, heavily
oaked “killer cabs that could “blow your doors off were
routine, and the California style was built on [...]
Selling Roads Proves Last Resort as Taxes Dwindle (Update2)
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Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) — The widening budget deficits across
the U.S. are forcing California, New York and other big states
to consider the once unthinkable decision to sell their roads
and lotteries for cash that no one wants to raise with new
taxes.
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Clinton Obama Spouses Join the Fight for South Carolina Voters
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Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
clash head-on in their quest for the Democratic nomination,
their spouses have opened a second front: the war of the
pronouns.
Campaigning in South Carolina [...]
Democrats Not Bush Best to Counter a Recession Poll Says
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Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — Americans increasingly expect a
recession this year and theyre looking to Democrats more than
President George W. Bush for a solution, according to a
Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times survey.
The pessimism was [...]
Bush Tells Congress to Act on Economy Tackle Unfinished Work
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush urged
Congress to set aside election-year politics to quickly approve
an economic stimulus plan and finish work on education and
national security proposals as time runs out on his presidency.
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Fees on 401(k) Plans Rock Boomers Deceived by Flawed Disclosure
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — For the 12 years Jerry Schneider has
invested in the 401(k) retirement plan offered by his employer,
Portland, Oregon-based engineering firm Elcon Associates Inc.,
he has battled to learn how much he pays in fees and then has
tried to get Elcon to [...]
German SPD Head Beck Bids to Break Deadlock in Hesse (Update2)
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Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — German Social Democrat leader Kurt
Beck reached out to his partys potential coalition partners in
Hesse in a bid to break a political deadlock following state
elections in the countrys financial heartland.
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Bush Tells Congress to Put Economy Ahead of Politics (Update1)
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Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush, delivering
his final State of the Union address, urged Congress to set aside
election-year politics and act quickly on an economic stimulus
plan and other measures he said the country needs.
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Fees on 401(k)s Rock Boomers Facing Flawed Disclosure (Update2)
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — For the 12 years Jerry Schneider has
invested in the 401(k) retirement plan offered by his employer,
Portland, Oregon-based engineering firm Elcon Associates Inc.,
he has battled to learn how much he pays in fees and then has
tried to get Elcon to [...]
