S&P downgrade of US credit rating sends clear message to Congress: shape up
Christian Science Monitor
S&P, one of the three major credit-rating firms, downgraded its rating for US debt Friday night – a move that has the potential to further spook global markets and drive up borrowing costs in the US. The reason for the downgrade, S&P said, ...
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Christian Science Monitor
S&P to the US: Your credit is no good
Salon
Only one ratings agency downgraded the USA which means it's a Wall St. signal to Boner, McConnell and that little rodent Cantor your game is up.......Make a deal that works to get things right or kiss your Reepuke arse goodbye. ...
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The real U.S. debt crisis is still to come
Vancouver Sun
Nonetheless, Canada and the world are fixated on America. This is understandable as the US is the world superpower and the largest economy with an approximately $15 trillion GDP, or about 25 per cent of world GDP. Moreover, it is seen as the safest ...
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ado stage race: America's Tour de France
Vail Daily News
The top three finishers in this year's Tour de France will be racing in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, alongside some of the best European riders and the very bestAmerican riders, Lueck said. The time trial, which is the third stage of the race, ...
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S&P and the USA
New York Times (blog)
More than that, everything I've heard about S&P's demands suggests that it's talking nonsense about the US fiscal situation. The agency has suggested that the downgrade depended on the size of agreed deficit reduction over the next decade,...
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Obama: 'We are going to get through this'
Telegraph.co.uk
US President Barack Obama has praised the latest jobs growth in the US, saying the economic situation will improve over time. The US President Barack Obama has hailed better-than-expected US jobs figures but added that more job growth was needed. ...
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Al Jazeera English launches in New York City
Arab American News
"In the United States of America, there were myths and misconceptions that needed to be tackled about what Al Jazeera stood for and what Al Jazeera English stood for and stands for." These days, Anstey said, "that myths and misconceptions element is ...
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How the US media marginalizes dissent
OpEdNews
Here's some of what Peter Coy of Business Week magazine had to say about the same issue: "There is a comforting story about the debt ceiling that goes like this: Back in the 1990s, the US was shrinking its national debt at a rapid pace. ...
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