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STEVE JOBS News, Aug 25, 2011



PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius With Steve Jobs stepping down as Apple's CEO, there's been a lot of talk about his legacy and what his departure means for the company. But what about those emails? In the past year or so, Jobs has been responding to emails from ...
See all stories on this topic » Authorized Steve Jobs biography will include resignation details
Apple Insider
By Katie Marsal The authorized biography of Steve Jobs is still on track for release this November, and the book include details on his resignation as Apple CEO from Jobs' perspective. Publisher Simon & Schuster told PC Magazine that the author of the ...
See all stories on this topic » Poll watchers: Rick Perry's GOP shuffle, economic gloom and Steve Jobs
Washington Post (blog)
Steve Jobs and Apple – Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs abruptly announced his retirement Wednesday. Jobs drew a high profile and high praise in the business world as a technology executive of an iconic and immensely profitable company. ...
See all stories on this topic » Stocks Fall After Buffett Makes $5B Bet On BofA, Steve Jobs Steps Down At Apple
Forbes
That was blown out of the water though when a pair of billionaires made much bigger headlines: Steve Jobs stepping down as CEO of Apple and Warren Buffett pumping $5 billion into Bank of America. The Apple news broke first, with Wednesday evening's ...
See all stories on this topic » Steve Jobs to Cube Rats: Don't Settle
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Rachel Emma Silverman AP Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple yesterday. In a 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, he reflected on life, death, love and his unconventional academic and career path. His speech serves as a powerful ...
See all stories on this topic » AEI's Nick Schulz: Washington could learn from Steve Jobs' epic failures
Washington Post (blog)
By Allen McDuffee What makes Steve Jobs a truly unique (and ultimately successful) entrepreneur isn't his triumphs, but his failures, writes American Enterprise Institute's Nick Schulz, following the news that Jobs has stepped down at Apple CEO. ...
See all stories on this topic » Why Millionaires Love Steve Jobs (and the iPad)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Robert Frank A new study finds that iPad use by millioniares has more than quadrupled over the past year. The study, by SpectremGroup, found that 20% of those with $1 million or more in investible assets, now have a tablet. ...
See all stories on this topic » iQuit? Top Steve Jobs Newspaper Front Pages
PC Magazine
The San Francisco Chronicle featured a large Apple logo with Jobs in shadow. "Steve Jobs steps down as CEO, leaving the tech world - and fans of the products he dreamed up - wondering what Apple will be without him," the paper mused. ...
See all stories on this topic » Steve Jobs: Smart Move Resigning Now
Forbes
You can also follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/djworking Like many investors, I wonder how Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple will affect my portfolio. But as someone who has written about succession planning — both in families and in ...
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Steve Jobs: The Most Famous Arab in the World
International Business Times
No, the number one Arab in the world is probably Steve Jobs, the iconic technological innovator who just resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL). Jobs' biological father is a man named Abdulfattah Jandali, a Syrian who was a political ...
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International Business Times
Morning Tech Wrap: Steve Jobs, Samsung, Facebook
Forbes
Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple to become company chairman. The co-founder of Apple and driving force behind several of the company's most successful products stepped down as CEO late Wednesday. Jobs has immediately been named chairman of the ...
See all stories on this topic » Nasdaq-100 Futures Decline After Jobs Resigns as Apple's CEO
San Francisco Chronicle
25 (Bloomberg) -- Nasdaq-100 Index futures declined after Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive officer of Apple Inc., the world's second-largest company by market value. Futures on the index, which gets 66 percent of its value from computer-related ...
See all stories on this topic » Why Leo Apotheker is No Steve Jobs - Too Bad for HP
Forbes
Now that Steve Jobs has officially resigned as CEO of Apple, he will be standard of comparison for many years – like Lou Gerstner and Jack Welch have been. So let's start right now – with a description of what's wrong with the CEO(s) at HP, ...
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CNN (blog)
Two business leaders react to the resignation of Steve Jobs. Also, we'll have the latest on where Hurricane Irene is heading, and more from Libya. Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know – from what happened ...
See all stories on this topic » DJIA Today: Steve Jobs Resigns, Buffett Gives BoA $5B, Gold Tumbles
International Business Times
Marisa Krystian | Aug 25, 2011 | 3min:03sec Stock futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street today, with futures for both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones rising 0.3 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.3 percent on news that Steve Jobs has stepped ...
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Here's How Steve Jobs Amazingly Weaved His Devices Into Our Identity
Business Insider
Here's an excerpt describing the Steve Jobs effect: The difference between Apple's success and Microsoft's lackluster performance can be summed up in one word - Leadership. It takes more than smart employees, good technology, and market dominance to ...
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Business Insider
How Steve Jobs and Apple Revolutionized Retail
Forbes
Steve Jobs announcement that he would be stepping down as CEO of Apple has caused a flurry of news items noting his and Apple's contribution to, well, the world. All these near eulogies are a little disturbing, but any retail reporter would be remiss...
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Apple Without Steve Jobs: How the New CEO Can 'Think Different'
Knowledge@Wharton
When people think of Apple, in addition to thinking of now-iconic products like the iPhone, iMac and iPad, they think of Steve Jobs, standing on a stage in his ubiquitous black turtleneck and jeans unveiling the latest in a string of innovative ...
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Knowledge@Wharton
Attention to Detail, Noted in 313 Patents
New York Times
By MIGUEL HELFT When people in the technology industry speak of Steven P.Jobs's knack for design, they often have Apple's iconic products in mind: the early all-in-one Macintosh computers, the first iMacs with their brightly colored and translucent ...
See all stories on this topic » Stocks: All eyes on Apple
CNN
By CNNMoney staff August 25, 2011: 8:46 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- US stocks were headed for a mixed open Thursday, with tech shares in the spotlight, as investors react to Apple CEO Steve Jobs' resignation. Investors also digested the latest news on ...
See all stories on this topic » Steve Jobs and His War on Google
Forbes
Steve Jobs is renowned for many reasons—serial extreme innovation, Pixar, nonconformity, black turtlenecks, making Apple the most highly valued company on the planet, design breakthroughs—but one of his less-celebrated achievements might turn out to ...
See all stories on this topic » US markets weakened by Jobs, Bernanke and rising jobless claims
AHN | All Headline News
Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO, speculation on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's upcoming economic stimulus plan and rising claims for jobless benefits has weakened the United States stock market during Thursday morning's trade. ...
See all stories on this topic » Thank you Steve Jobs
Gamasutra (blog)
by William Volk on 08/25/11 11:22:00 am Many of us wouldn't be doing what we do if it wasn't for Mr. Jobs. What's more, he has changed the world of gaming in a way that just being realized. From my first published game, coded the Apple II (Avalon Hill, ...
See all stories on this topic » Steve Jobs steps down; Irene watch; 'Jewish Indiana Jones' charged
Washington Post (blog)
According to Michael Rosenwald, Steve Jobs “almost single-handedly changed the way people around the world consume music, the Internet and even TV.” Read about his departure, and what it means for Apple, here. Two hugely influential media critics ...
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U.S. Stocks Dip Overall As Market Reacts to Steve Jobs' Resignation and Warren ...
ForexTV.com
In the wake of the announcement of Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO and Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in Bank of America, US stock markets tumbled in midday trading, although Apple and Bank of America shares remained strong. ...
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ForexTV.com
Steve Jobs Doesn't Have A Gold-Plated Retirement Package (AAPL)
San Francisco Chronicle
Steve Jobs does not have a lot of perks waiting for him after his retirement. According to Apple's last proxy statement, he has about 5.5 million Apple shares, which gives him a net worth of over $2 billion -- plenty for anything he ever wants to do. ...
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Steve Jobs patents
By Nathan Yau
Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple yesterday, and one of the reasons we actually care is because he had a hand in so many major products that we use every day. Shan Carter and Alan McLean, for The New York Times, ...
FlowingData
Steve Jobs Biography to Include Resignation Details, November ...
By Eric Slivka
PCMag.com reports that Steve Jobs' authorized biography, initially slated for a March 2012 release but recently bumped up to a November 21st...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
Steve Jobs reportedly worked on campus for his final day as CEO ...
By Steven Sande
For many of us who were surprised by yesterday's announcement that Steve Jobswas resigning as CEO of Apple, our immediate thought was that his health.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
A world without Steve Jobs | MediaFile
By John C Abell
At this point, as the dust on yesterday's inevitable announcement settles, my thoughts turn not to an Apple without Jobs but to a world without him. In a world where what's good for Apple is also usually good for America, that is one of ...
MediaFile
What Is The Legacy Of Steve Jobs?
By The Huffington Post News Editors
As the bombshell news about Steve Jobs' resignation broke on Wednesday night, it's fitting that millions around the world were reading it on their Macs, iPhones and iPads. The cheeky banner headline used by our Huffington Post ...
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Apple's Steve Jobs Reshaped Industries - NYTimes.com
By By DAVID POGUE
It's hard to imagine that we'll ever see another 15 years of blockbuster, culture-changing hits like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - from Apple or anyone else. And that's really, really sad.
Pogue's Posts
Freakonomics » Was Steve Jobs' Retirement Already Priced into ...
By Matthew Philips
When news broke last evening that Steve Jobs was stepping down as Apple CEO, shares of the company fell by more than 5% in after hours trading. By the opening bell this morning, they'd recovered half of those losses. ...
Freakonomics
Baligu: My one question for Steve Jobs in 2000
By Blogger
I've had two personal encounters in my life with Steve Jobs. The first was in 1997 when my parents forced me to stalk him after a Cirque du Solei show in San Francisco and I shook his hand. I wouldn't recommend doing this to any famous ...
Baligu
Damn You Auto Correct! » Steve Jobs' Autocorrect
By Jillian Madison
Steve may be resigning as the CEO of Apple, but this infamous autocorrect suggestion from earlier this year will always live on in our hearts: damn you auto correct funny iphone fails and blunders. [We salute Steve Jobs and are in awe ...
Damn You Auto Correct!
Steve Jobs Begins Godfather Duties | TechCrunch
By Devin Coldewey
Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. This, of course, means that the company has had its spirit broken, its intellect blunted, its worth gutted. Except it doesn't, quite. The Steve didn't nurture this company from near-collapse to ...
TechCrunch
7 Career Lessons We Can Take From Steve Jobs | TheGrindstone
By Meredith Lepore
Yesterday it was announced that iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post. The announcement was a surprise, but not unexpected as Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for a few years and took a leave of absence for a liver ...
TheGrindstone
How Steve Jobs Reshaped Industries - NYTimes.com
By By BITS EDITORS
It's hard to imagine that we'll ever see another 15 years of blockbuster, culture-changing hits like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, from Apple or anyone else, David Pogue writes on his blog, Pogue's Posts.
Bits
Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year...
www.reuters.com/.../08/.../us-apple-idUSTRE77N82K201108...
Steve Jobs biography release date pushed up - CSMonitor.com
Rumors abound as to the possible reason behind the earlier-than-expected release date of the new Steve Jobs biography.
www.csmonitor.com/.../Steve-Jobs-biography-release-date-pus...
Steve Jobs Resigns: Apple CEO Stepping Down
As Reuters reports and Apple has confirmed, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is stepping down from his leadership position. Apple's Board of Directors has named Tim ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../steve-jobs-resigns-apple-ceo_n_9...
Steve Jobs: From college dropout to tech visionary - CNN.com
As Steve Jobs steps down as CEO at Apple -- perhaps the world's most valuable and admired company -- business and tech pundits are showering him with ...
www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/08/25/.../index.html
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO - Deal Journal - WSJ
In a surprise move, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is stepping down from his post.
blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/08/.../steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ce...
Apple's Steve Jobs Reshaped Industries - NYTimes.com
It's hard to imagine that we'll ever see another 15 years of blockbuster, culture-changing hits like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - from Apple or anyone ...
pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/.../steve-jobs-reshaped-industri...
Apple's Steve Jobs Resigns : NPR
Steve Jobs is resigning as CEO of Apple. Jobs has engineered Apple's transformation of our relationship with our computers, phones and music.
www.npr.org/2011/08/24/.../apples-steve-jobs-resigns
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO but named company chairman ...
His relinquishing of daily control had been widely anticipated since he took an extended medical leave earlier this year. Jobs, 56, had a liver transplant ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-fi-apple-jobs-resigns-20110825,0,661...
Steve Jobs Hands Off To Tim Cook, Resigns As Apple CEO
Hopefully Steve Jobs is not gravely ill. But his health must be the reason for today's announcement that he's resigning as CEO. He's asked to remain as ...
searchengineland.com/steve-jobs-hands-off-to-tim-cook-resig...
Steve Jobs' resignation 'end of an era' - Computerworld
Steve Jobs' resignation as the CEO of Apple will not disrupt the company's product plans in the short-term, but it could dull Apple's ability to dazzle ...
www.computerworld.com/.../Steve_Jobs_resignation_end_of_...
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO | Popular Science
Steve Jobs, indisputably the most prominent technology CEO in the world, today announced ... Jobs has had, to say the least, a storied history with Apple, ...
www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/.../steve-jobs-resigns-apple-ce...
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple's CEO | Touch Arcade
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple's CEO:News is just coming out of Cupertino thatSteve Jobs has resigned as Apple's CEO per a letter to Apple's board of ...
toucharcade.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apples-ceo/

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USA News, Aug 25, 2011


Obama's vacation: A golfing trifecta
USA Today
Obama is scheduled to remain on the island until Saturday, then return toWashington for Sunday's dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National MallWhite House deputy spokesman Josh Earnest gets peppered with questions regularly ...
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USA Today
Contours of Obama jobs package coming into focus
Reuters
Obama may struggle to convince voters the new measures can help hiring. Though the White House contends the auto bailout and other steps saved jobs that would have otherwise been lost, many Americans are losing faith in Obama's economic abilities. ...
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Obama's 2009 stimulus is still boosting jobs
USA Today
Before entering the White House, Obama's economic advisers predicted a package they wanted to be even larger would hold unemployment below 8%, and it hasn't come close. Thirty months after the law was passed, it remains at 9.1%. ...
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USA Today
Obama on Libya: 'Difficult days ahead'
USA Today
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY President Obama has faith in the rebels on the verge of overthrowing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's government, but he knows tough times lie ahead for the North African nation. "There are difficult days ahead. ...
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USA Today
Obama's Red-Tape Relief Doesn't Cut It With Florida Chamber
Sunshine State News
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., agreed, telling USA Today, "The results are underwhelming." Sunstein asserted that the cost burden of new regulations under theObama administration was lower than in the last two years under George W. Bush, ...
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Sunshine State News
Other views: 'Dr. King would rejoice'
USA Today
Some holdouts remain bigots, but not enough to keep Barack Obama out of the White House, and overall, racism is considered as socially embarrassing as pedophilia. King could never have predicted that this would happen so quickly. ...
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Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Honored with Memorial
Voice of America
August 25, 2011 Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Honored with Memorial Chris Simkins |Washington, DC US President Barack Obama leads the nation this Sunday in honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. - with the dedication of a new ...
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Race relations: better or worse since Obama?
KETK
Tyler — New Gallup/USA Today poll has some interesting numbers when it comes to the question of race in this country and if race relations since President Obama took office have improved or no. The study shows: larger percentages of blacks and ...
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White House Business Council meets with Vt. business leaders
BurlingtonFreePress.com
"We are excited to have had the White House Business Council in Vermont," Vermont Chamber of Commerce President Betsy Bishop said in the news release. "This was a unique opportunity for some of Vermont's business leaders to share their ideas with Obama ...
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Can The U.S. Super Committee Solve The Debt Crisis?
San Francisco Chronicle
Also served on Obama's debt commission. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio (Republican): Former White House budget director in the Bush administration, and a member of Budget Committee. Rep. Xavier Becerra of California (Democrat): A senior member of the House ...
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August Is The Cruelest Month: Perry Usurps Romney's Front-Runner Status (The Note)
ABC News (blog)
Rick Perry and Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) -- has one or more super PACs dedicated solely to assisting his or her White House bid. A Democratic super PAC, Priorities USA Action, is raising money to help President Obama in his reelection effort. ...
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Michelle Obama Told to Pay Back $10 Million Holiday Money
Daily Squib (satire)
a White House aide told the ABC news network. "We did it!" Michelle Obama and her husband make a great team The First Lady usually travels with 70 friends as well as personal hairdressers, masseuse, fashion consultants, jeweller, teams of dieticians ...
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USA Could Be Just 3 States Away from ERA
Women's eNews
(WOMENSENEWS)--Nearly a century ago, women campaigning for the vote stood in the freezing snow, the blazing sun and the pelting rain outside the White House silently holding banners asking, "Mr. President, How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty? ...
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CEOs, Hollywood, and Corporations, Oh My! Meet the Super PAC Bankrollers
Mother Jones
Liberal super PACs raked in $7.6 million, with Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obamagroup started by two former Obama White House aides, raising $3.2 million. Other super PAC heavyweights include American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-inspired group that ...
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Mother Jones
Ed Henry's Media Diet
The Atlantic Wire
This is drawn from a conversation with Ed Henry, who recently left CNN to become the chief White House correspondent at Fox News. I find it's not just figuring out what sources to use to get information but which devices to use. ...
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Campaign Coverage in the Time of Twitter
American Journalism Review
Bill Burton, until last year a deputy press secretary in the Obama White House, runs Priorities USAand Priorities USA Action. The former is a nonprofit that fights on behalf of the middle class. The latter is a superPAC – a political action committee ...
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Poll: Race relations no better under Obama; new WH painting may explain why
Examiner.com
The bloom is off the rose when it comes to the perception of improved race relations under BarackObama, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The poll, jointly conducted by USA Today/Gallup organization, found that only 35% of Americans say they ...
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Photographing Gadhafi up close
CNN (blog)
I was just a few feet away from the podium where Obama was actually speaking. And I was surrounded back stage with all Obama's security guys, the White House Secret Service sniffer dogs, the medic teams. Hillary was there. Rahm Emanuel, Axelrod. ...
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2001-2011: A decade of civil liberties' erosion in America -- Part One
OpEdNews
According to July 2011 ACLU report "Establishing the New Normal," the current White House has not just failed to meaningfully follow through on its promises, but has also taken abusive policies, and, as shown in the case of targeted and interminable ...
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Did the stimulus work? What the studies tell us
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
That debate which tends to assume that because the White House already tried stimulus and the economy is still hurting, it's now "out of bullets," and can only propose more targeted job creation ideas. Not that what experts say tends to cut to much ...
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George W. Bush speaks about day of terrorist attacks
The Hill (blog)
“[Former White House Chief of Staff] Andy Card's Massachusetts accent was whispering in my ear, 'A second plane has hit the second tower. America is under attack.'” President Bush said he made the decision at that point to “project a sense of calm” ...
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Speak Out 8/25/11
Southeast Missourian
WHAT will it take? A Rasmussen Poll, USA Today and Standard & Poor's all agree, our political machinery is dysfunctional. President Obama said the same thing during his bus tour. If you agree that our political machinery is dysfunctional, why would you ...
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Four decades of the rising obesity epidemic
Exchange Morning Post (press release)
These include the UK's cross government strategy for obesity, marketing restrictions, and improving school food; and also the US White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, championed by US First Lady Michelle Obama. But the authors add that, ...
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The Obama administration love affair with GMOs is selling America down the ...
Axis of Logic
“It is frankly depressing that the top White House official for ecosystem recovery is hustling genetically altered soybeans on slivers of land set aside for wildlife,” said PEER Staff Counsel Kathryn Douglass concerning the GMO wildlife proposals in a ...
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Forbes Lists World's 100 Most Powerful Women
Newser
If you had the President of Brazil and Secretary of State Clinton in a meeting, Brazil would have more of a say, cause Clinton would have to pass her decisions/comments through the White House first. By Comments (NEWSER) - As if Barack Obama wasn't ...
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US asks UN to unfreeze $1.5 billion Libyan assets
Reuters UK
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said earlier that the Obama administration wanted to free up funds to provide humanitarian assistance and support to the Transitional National Council (TNC), the rebel government, which controls of most of Libya now ...
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Great news: Obama hit the golfing trifecta on vacation « Hot Air
By Ed Morrissey
Earlier this morning, USA Today's Richard Wolf reported with more than a little snark that BarackObama achieved an important milestone at Martha's Vineyard while the world turned, the Atlantic churned, and Tripoli burned: ... White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest gets peppered with questions regularly about whether Obama will cut short his trip, or interrupt it — say, to meet with his national security or economic team as he continues to monitor events in Libya ...
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NewsDaily: Contours of Obama jobs package coming into focus
By Laura MacInnis
The package, to be unveiled in early September, is Obama's chance to convince skeptical voters he can bring down the 9.1 percent unemployment rate and steer the United States away from another recession -- ahead of next year's election. ... Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, are broadly opposed to any big new spending and have argued Obama's previous stimulus spending stretched budget deficits and added to the national debt without making a dent in ...
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