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LETTERS: NCT, Feb. 28, 2012
North County Times
Mike Malone (Feb. 11) expounds on "personal responsibility" over free birth control for women. Nice thought, Mike, if your lofty position simply discounts most unwed mothers and teenage pregnancies in the US and ignores theworld population explosion ...
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In 2015, Gilead's GS-7977 Plus Ribavirin Will Earn Decision Resources ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, based on clinical data and the opinions of interviewed thought leaders, ...
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Politics live: February 28, 2012
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
6.05pm: And with Angelina Jolie's leg at the Oscars proving a world-wide interwebs sensation, here is Team Julia. And like you will never see them again. Because you all deserve it, prepare to end the day in politics with a laugh.
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For the Treatment of Crohn's Disease, Current and Emerging Therapies Have No ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed US gastroenterologists and managed care organization (MCO) ...
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Tuesday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories ...
FinFacts Ireland
Today, the Irish Independent pieces together material filed in courts around the world on which the bank is basing its claims that key assets are being stripped of their value. In the documents, the IBRC lays out the complex web of financial ...
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Lajollacooks4u Marks 100 Trip Advisor 5-Star Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Number One Ranked Tour in La Jolla, CA San Diego, CA (PRWEB)February 28, 2012 Lajollacooks4u, a San Diego, CA cooking and dining experience, celebrated the achievement of its 100th review by guests who post to the world's largest peer-review ...
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Born This Way Foundation Launch Event to Stream Live From Harvard University ...
Sacramento Bee
By Lady Gaga / The Born This Way Foundation LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28,2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) launch event featuring Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, at Harvard University will be streamed live to the BTWF ...
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Global Growth for Marketing-as-a-Service Surges, UBM Studios Capitalizes on ...
Sacramento Bee
By UBM Studios CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Studios, the world leader in digital events, environments and communities, is capitalizing on the rapid growth in Marketing-as-a-Service (MaaS). According to the BtoB "Marketing Services: ...
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Silverstein: The Vermont Yankee debate: A window into our democracy
vtdigger.org
by Opinion | February 28, 2012 Editor's note: This op-ed is by Gerry Silverstein of South Burlington, who taught at the University of Vermont from 1985-2007. The late Charles Kuralt wrote a much beloved essay entitled “Town Meeting Day” that depicted ...
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Lookin' for Love: Safeties
Pats Pulpit
by Alec Shane on Feb 28, 2012 11:00 AM EST in Opinion/Analysis I think I've established, more times than any man probably should, that I'm no expert on relationships. My understanding of the opposite sex is about as broad as Keanu Reeve's acting range.
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All Three Home Price Composites End 2011 at New Lows According to the S&P/Case...
Sacramento Bee
28, 2012 -- NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Data through December 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller[1] Home Price Indices, the leading measure of US home prices, showed that all three headline composites ended 2011 at ...
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Iran dispute: more than a war of words
Al-Arabiya
By Linda S. Heard Just about every political pundit and politician in the world is mulling the advisability of an all-out US/Israel war with Iran. Opinions vary widely. Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin recently predicted that to strike Iran's ...
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InMobi Releases First Wave of Mobile Media Consumption Q4 2011 Survey Results
Sacramento Bee
By InMobi SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- InMobi, the largest independent mobile ad network, has announced the results of its comprehensive global Mobile Media Consumption Q4 2011 Survey. On any given day, mobile web users spend 27% ...
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Fenway at 100: 'The Blessing of the Bambino'
Tucson Citizen
by Seth Livingstone on Feb. 28, 2012, under USA Today Sports On July 9, 1914, the Boston Red Sox purchased the contracts of Ernie Shore, Ben Egan and George Herman “Babe” Ruth from the minor league Baltimore Orioles. The deal was struck two days after ...
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CardioInsight Announces Addition of Jim Hassett to Senior Management Team
Sacramento Bee
By CardioInsight Technologies Inc. CLEVELAND, Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CardioInsight Technologies Inc., the leading developer of non-invasive electrocardiographic mapping technology, announced today the appointment of Jim Hassett as ...
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HFA Wins Prestigious 2012 Telly Award for its Living with Grief® Program
Sacramento Bee
By Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) has been awarded a prestigious Telly Award for its Spirituality and End-of-Life Care program, a 2.5 hour video produced in 2011 as ...
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Steelcase Introduces Dialogue to Unlock Human Promise at TED
Sacramento Bee
By Steelcase, Inc. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of its centennial anniversary this year, Steelcase is exploring the future of work by inviting leading thinkers to participate in a dialogue and dream about how ...
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Holding On To The Memories: A Review Of The New Javy Lopez Autobiography
Talking Chop
by Atlanta_Chris on Feb 28, 2012 10:54 AM EST There's little doubt that every season since the 2005 season has been a bit of a struggle for Braves fans. With every passing year, the feats of the team that won 14 straight division championships fade a ...
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Fox is making the most of a extra February with extra American Idol
A.V. Club
by Erik Adams February 28, 2012 Here's what's up in the worldof TV for Tuesday, February 28. All times are Eastern. American Idol (Fox, 8 pm): Undaunted by American Idol's slipping numbers and The Voice's usurping of the singing-competition throne, ...
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A.V. Club
Drilling at Wheeler River Intersects 25.8% eU3O8 Over 4.9 Metres and Expands ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Denison Mines Corp. (TOR:CA:DML) (ASE:DNN) ("Denison" or the "Company") is pleased to report results from the first 11 drill holes of the 2012 winter drill program on its 60% owned Wheeler River ...
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Top 20 Cities For New Ideas
PSFK
By Piers Fawkes on February 28, 2012 Hub Culture is one of the most interesting under-the-radar communities out there. Established by Stan Stalnaker, it's part social network, part co-working space, part digital currency eco-system.
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PSFK
Santorum: High gas prices caused recession
CBS News
Rebecca Kaplan covers the 2012 presidential campaign for CBS News and National Journal. by KPeters_from_UK February 28, 2012 12:21 PM EST Ohhh, I know you! You have a writing style that I can easily recognize. You seem to change your name a lot.
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Republic Day celebrations should be reformed
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Letters | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 In the interest of national unity and the well-being of the citizens of Guyana, there is need for a comprehensive reform of Republic Day celebrations in Guyana.
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Standard Issue
Slate Magazine
By Jeff Turrentine|Posted Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, at 7:45 AM ET The latest album by Paul McCartney, a collection of pop standards by the likes of Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, and Frank Loesser, was released three weeks ago today to ...
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Slate Magazine
Ellsbury hopes to build off super season
The Westerly Sun
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:00 am | Updated: 11:00 am, Tue Feb 28, 2012. FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury's offseason was pretty routine. He did the same things he usually does. Except that this time the Boston outfielder was enjoying ...
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Review: Past Tense by Nick Marsh | Book Lovers Inc.
By Marlene
Romance Novel Reviews, Author Interviews, Commentary. Home · The Book... Release Date: October 28, 2010. Number of ... Alan Reece, an unassuming animal doctor from the West Country, was surprised to discover that he had become the link between reality and the strange worldbeyond. Unfortunately ... Alan's already saved the world once, he thought he could go back to his normal, boring life as a small animal vet. If Past Tense.... Lesley D on New Releases: Feb. 27 - Mar.
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My thoughts on the Peter Gleick/Heartland Institute Scandal | The ...
By TyHamilton
The world's best thinkers on business intelligence & data analytics ... Mythoughts on the Peter Gleick/Heartland Institute Scandal. Like it? 0. PostedFebruary 282012 with 264 reads. comments. 0. This story has had plenty of coverage in the U.S., so this is more for Canadian readers. If I was to ask Peter Gleick one question, I'd ask why he decided to verify the anonymous documents himself? He could just as easily let someone else — the media, perhaps — do the dirty work and ...
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Homework: Adults' thinking « 6SS@NIST
By Mr. Sam
Homework: Adults' thinking. February 282012 Mr. Sam Leave a comment Go to comments ... My Mum said that everything was made in Australia but now she knows that there's a world around her, not just Australia. :D ;). Yasmin. February 28 ...
6SS@NIST
Today's Agriculture and Food Security Headlines - Global Food for ...
By Global Food for Thought
February 28 By Sung Lee Scientists: Cassava Will Thrive in Climate Change, MSNBC, February 27 Calling cassava "the Rambo of food crops," scientists said the long-neglected root becomes even more productive in hotter temperatures and could be the best bet for African farmers threatened by climate change. Cassava is the second ... Global Food for Thought ...Tuesday, February 282012 ... A World Bank for a New WorldOpinion, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate, February 24 ...
Global Food for Thought
By Ken Levine: Final Oscar thoughts
By Ken Levine
Tuesday, February 282012. Final Oscar thoughts. Wow! People have strong opinions when it comes to the Oscars. Thanks to everyone for yourcomments on my review yesterday – even the ones who disagreed with me (and left their names). So let me respond to your responses. ... In other words -- all the areas you were considering Not to mention, some movie stars are so self-absorbed and take themselves so seriously that they couldn't be funny if it ended world hunger. Good luck ...
By Ken Levine
Greene County Daily World: Local News: Eastern's successful ...
Eastern's successful Scabble squad preparing for another state, national competition. Tuesday, February 282012. By Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor. At Eastern Greene School, basketball is still king, but another successful school group has ...
Greene County Daily World Headlines
Why does America lead the world in school shootings? – Global ...
By Amar C. Bakshi
February 282012 at 10:38 am |. Falconi. @Jay – See Switzerland for more information on gun access. Here's a hint: The Swiss model was what our founding fathers based the Second Amendment upon. My opinion: The problem starts in the home. Not only with .... It is so pathetic anymore, say anything that counters the right wing thought process and points out obvious defects in their non thinkiing and they immediately go to the one line come back, "Class Warfare". Most of these ...
Global Public Square
Adam Davidson Praises Economic Exploitation « naked capitalism
By Yves Smith
51 Comments: Paul Walker says: February 282012 at 4:04 am. Some folks will always try and outdo Archie Bunker's pontificatation about what it means to be black or an aspiring female professional in America and transfer those generalizations to any ... Can you imagine a world where we'd all accept that's it's ultimately random (I hesitate to write capricious, since randomness is not bad or good per se) and we have much less – if any – control over our lives than we now think we do?
naked capitalism
Balloon Juice » Hair, no. Pants, yes.
By Betty Cracker
Egg Berry - February 282012 | 11:07 am · Link ... There was a quote from Mitt a while back wherein he said that he hadn't really thought about running for president until his wife suggested it a couple of years ago. ... That he's “not willing to light his hair on fire to get support” with incendiary commentswould be one of the most admirable, positive things Mitt Romney has said, that is if only he really meant that and had actually demonstrated it in his own campaign behavior as a matter of ...
Balloon Juice
Compressed Thoughts (02/28/2012) – The No-Look Pass
By Rey-Rey
Compressed Thoughts (02/28/2012). Tuesday, February 282012. by Rey-Rey. Usually on Mondays, I have... compressed thoughts about the NBA in this compressed schedule. But since we had the All-Star Break, I'm doing this on a Tuesday. Check out the five nuggets that stuck out to me this week. 1. Here They Stay- Sacramento has ... And since we live in a Twitter worldwhere we can see everyone's opinions... I wonder if it has really gotten into his head. Let's wait 'til the playoffs.
The No-Look Pass
Voice of the People, Feb. 28
February 28, 2012. Sanctimonious ... I thought we were electing a president, not a pope. ... We hope that China can remove those missiles so as to further improve cross-strait relations and world harmony. ... Currently there are no comments.
www.chicagotribune.com/.../ct-vp-0228voicelettersbriefs-201...
LETTERS: NCT, Feb. 28, 2012
Nice thought, Mike, if your lofty position simply discounts most unwed mothers and teenage pregnancies in the US and ignores the worldpopulation explosion ...
www.nctimes.com/.../article_1341e9be-e53a-5465-b008-3144...
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 28, 2012 | Bill Mullins ...
Jump to Comments. Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 28, 2012... rip DVDs, make Hitler whine about your first world problems, and much more in the ...
billmullins.wordpress.com/.../tech-thoughts-daily-net-news-feb...
Ottawa man gets probation for stealing from 95-year-old woman ...
By George Diepenbrock — Lawrence Journal-World ... February 28, 2012 · 49 comments; Kansas panel mulls cutting remedial course funds February 28, 2012 ...
www2.ljworld.com/.../ottawa-man-gets-probation-stealing-95-...
Gas driller: Pipe leak worse than first thought | pennlive.com
Find the latest national, world and local PA news from the Associated Press. Get top news ... Gas driller: Pipe leak worse than first thought. Feb. 28, 2012, 5:37 a.m. EST. AP ... DA: No charges to be filed over onlinecomments Feb. 28, 2012 ...
www.pennlive.com/.../9fdc84e2ae324a2bb88857e8dbdfa4b0
Today's Agriculture and Food Security Headlines - Global Food for ...
February 28 By Sung Lee Scientists: Cassava Will Thrive in Climate Change, MSNBC, ... Global Food for Thought ... Tuesday, February 28, 2012 ... A World Bank for a New World, Opinion, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate, February 24 ...
globalfoodforthought.typepad.com/.../todays-agriculture-and-...
Gossip Girl Review: World War Waldorf - TV Fanatic
Come along for a review! ... February 27th, 2012 10:01 PM by Steve Marsi. Tag: Reviews ... Dan (not Humphrey, but Dan) has won the heart of the girl he's longed for, who he never thought would reciprocate. .... February 28th, 2012 10 58 AM ...
www.tvfanatic.com/.../gossip-girl-review-world-war-waldorf/
Adam Davidson Praises Economic Exploitation « naked capitalism
Links 2/28/12 - 02/28/2012 - Yves Smith; Adam Davidson Praises Economic... and Agnes Wold, “Nepotism and Gender Bias in Peer-Review,” determined that ..... but to shut off well thought alternate views, opinionsand maybe even facts is ...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/.../adam-davidson-praises-economi...
World Record Paper Airplane Throw Video
I once got a paper airplane to fly across my living room and thought that was awesome. This guy ... World Record For Climbing Stairs With Head ...28, 2012 by ...
www.break.com/.../world-record-paper-airplane-throw-23046...
Thought for Today, February 28, 2012 - MyRecordJournal.com ...
Thought for Today, February 28, 2012 0 comments. “If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by ...
www.myrecordjournal.com/.../article_40ff1c42-6186-11e1-b5
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IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, Feb 28, 2012

Euro leaders delay decision on bigger bailout fund
The Olympian
The decision was highly anticipated as there are concerns that the eurozone's safety nets - which have already rescued Greece, Ireland andPortugal - are too weak to support large struggling countries like Italy orSpain. The European Commission - the ...
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CitiDirect(R) BE Mobile Processes over $1 Billion of Transactions
MarketWatch (press release)
BARCELONA, Spain & NEW YORK, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citi today announced that its CitiDirect(R) BE Mobile service developed by the Global Transaction Services unit, has reached a significant milestone, processing over $1 billion in total ...
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Rovi Enters Agreement With Dixons Retail for First Ever Rovi Entertainment ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 28, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- - Mobile World Congress 2012 - Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ:ROVI) today announced that Dixons Retail, one of Europe's largest specialist electrical retailer and services companies, has licensed ...
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Euro leaders delay decision on boosting bailout fund amid disagreements
CanadianBusiness.com
The decision was highly anticipated as there are concerns that the eurozone's safety nets — which have already rescued Greece, Ireland andPortugal — are too weak to support large struggling countries like Italy orSpain. The European Commission ...
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What to make of Greece's rescue package
Interactive Investor
By Willem Sels of HSBC Private Bank | Tue, 28/02/2012 - 12:58 Markets rallied ahead of the European summit in the anticipation of a Greek rescue package, but after the agreement was struck, the positive momentum faded and markets were more mixed: the ...
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Interactive Investor
Greece may well live to default another day
Winnipeg Free Press
The bond deal and the latest budget cuts are designed to achieve this, paving the way for a second financing package that would enable Greece to repay a 14.5-billion-euro bond on March 20. But even the greater austerity and larger losses to lenders ...
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Merkel wins vote n Greek bailout plan
Regina Leader-Post
By Stephen Brown And Hans-Edzard Busemann, Reuters February 28,2012 German Chancellor Angela Merkel scraped through a parliamentary vote endorsing a second bailout for Greece on Monday but faced a growing backbench revolt against pouring in more money ...
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Avoid government bonds – here's why
MoneyWeek
By MoneyWeek Editor John Stepek Feb 28, 2012 Mario Draghi and chums are set to pump another load of free money into the European banking system tomorrow. This is happening via the ECB's answer to quantitative easing (QE) – the LTRO (long-term ...
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What is 'LTRO' and how does it work?
Citywire.co.uk
We explain the European Central Bank (ECB)'s plan to bolster the region's banks, known as the long term refinancing operation (LTRO). by Caelainn Barr on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:17 The long term refinancing operation (LTRO) is a cheap loan scheme for ...
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Buzz kill: Lebanon weighing ban of dangerous caffeine-alcohol drinks
The Daily Star
In fact, according to information provided by Lebanon's Economy Ministry, CABs are banned in Italy, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden as well as a few states in the United States. In Australia as well as 26 states in the US, efforts are afoot ...
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The Daily Star
Waiting for LTRO: A Play in Two Acts
Forex Pros
By Macro and Cheese | Market Overview | Feb 28, 2012 09:05AM GMT Yesterday's US stock markets went their own separate way, parting company with Europe's bourses, our own treasury markets, the euro, and even crude oil. Some pundits pointed to Germany's ...
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UK house prices drop as the European market slows
Property Wire
UK house price declines slowed during 2011 as the overall European housing market remained subdued, according to the new European Housing Review 2012 published today (28 February) by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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Property Wire
Del Bosque mulls 'false nine' option
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
MALAGA, Spain, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Fernando Torres's Spainteam mates are convinced the overlooked Chelsea forward will win back his place in the national team but with so many superb ball players to call on coach Vicente del Bosque has the option of ...
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Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Sweden friendly is acid test for Ireland, says Bilic
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
ZAGREB, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Croatia's friendly with Sweden on Wednesday will be a good rehearsal for their Euro 2012 opener against Ireland, coach Slaven Bilic said on Tuesday. "The Swedes are not identical to Ireland but they have many things in common ...
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The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
One need only look to Greece as an example of state-sponsored profligacy with catastrophic consequences – a nation guardedly watched by Italy,Portugal Spain and Ireland (the PIIGS) – and of course by France and Germany, which are still bailing out ...
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Economic policy
Europolitics.info
By Sarah Collins | Tuesday 28 February 2012 European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has offered reassurances to a group of 12 EU leaders that the Union has a “clear strategy” to boost growth. In a letter sent to the governments of Spain, ...
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US Politics | AMERICAblog News: There are three Europe stories ...
By Gaius Publius
US Politics | AMERICAblog News ... Tuesday, February 282012 ... The first problem is, How do the struggling European economies — the GIPSIs, meaning GreeceIrelandPortugalSpain, and Italy — right themselves economically?
US Politics | AMERICAblog News
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