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China Once again Urges U.S. to Ratify IMF Reform Plan ASAP
Dec 18, 2015China once again urged the United States to ratify the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s 2010 quota and governance reform plan, which will grant emerging countries greater say in the institution, as soon as possible. According to media ...
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Congress Passes Bill to Fund Outdoor Spending
Dec 16, 2015Congress on Wednesday avoided a government shutdown by passing a bill that keeps the government running through mid-December, but leaves unresolved a divide over federal spending that threatens to resurface this winter with more perilous ...
Tags: Congress, Outdoor Spending
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Crude Futures Fall After Iea Warns Glut Will Persist Into 2016
Dec 15, 2015Crude futures fell Friday after the International Energy Agency said global oil markets will remain oversupplied at least through 2016. NYMEX January crude settled $1.14 lower at $35.62/b. ICE January Brent settled down $1.80 at $37.93/b. ...
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Mack Who Was Once Homeless Himself Is There to Help
Jan 20, 2014Kaiser Health News staff writer Anna Gorman, working in collaboration with USA Today, reports: "On a recent winter morning, health outreach worker Christopher Mack walked through the streets and alleys of the city's Skid Row, passing a man ...
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2014 Omnibus Spending Bill Contains ENA Priorities
Jan 18, 20142014 Omnibus Spending Bill Contains ENA Priorities The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) applauds the U.S. Senate for approving an omnibus spending bill that contains increased funding for programs important to emergency nurses. The ...
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A Mental Health Plan Pushed by President Obama Will Get Spending Bill Funds
Jan 16, 2014New details emerge about the cut to the health law's Prevention and Public Health Fund in the $1 trillion spending bill, but a jobless benefits extension in Congress stalls. In the meantime, a mental health plan pushed by President Obama ...
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Lawmakers Introduced Monday Cuts $1 Billion From The Health Law's Prevention
Jan 15, 2014The $1 trillion spending bill that lawmakers introduced Monday cuts $1 billion from the health law's Prevention and Public Health Fund and holds down funding for other health law programs to 2013 levels, but leaves it otherwise untouched. ...
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US Federal Government Has Shut Many Services After Failing to Pass a Spending Bill
Oct 15, 2013The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
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Oil Prices Dropped Monday
Sep 26, 2013Oil prices dropped Monday as investors paid close attention to speeches from Federal Reserve officials for clues on monetary policies. New York Fed President William Dudley on Monday defended the Fed's decision not to trim its massive ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Fed Tapering Fears
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Privacy and Digital Rights Groups Dug in for a Longer Fight Against Surveillance Programs
Aug 2, 2013Privacy and digital rights groups have dug in for a longer fight against massive surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, even after the House of Representatives voted last week against an amendment to curtail the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Apple Issued an Apology to Chinese Consumers
Apr 2, 2013APPLE has issued an apology to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website on Monday said the ...
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More Amendments to The Defense Bill Could Be Offered Tuesday
Dec 28, 2012An effort by three U.S. senators to add an Internet sales tax amendment to a military spending bill has failed, at least for now. Last week, Senators Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, and Lamar Alexander, ...
Tags: U.S.senators, nternet sales tax, spending bill, bill falls short
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The Measure Has Been Presented to President Barack Obama for His Expected Signature
Nov 28, 2012Author(s): Rob Mosher Author(s): Nicole Steele Transportation Reauthorization Approved After months of intense negotiations, on June 29th Congress cleared a bill (H.R. 4348) that will ensure funding for highway and mass transit projects ...
Tags: ransit projects, Transportation Reauthorization, Farm Bill
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Lights out for The Production of The Time-Tested 100-Watt Incandescent Light Bulbs
Jan 9, 2012With the start of the New Year, it was lights out in the U.S. for the production of the time-tested 100-watt incandescent light bulb, and over the next few years nearly all of the standard Edison filament bulbs will be phased out. A 2007 ...
Tags: Market View, incandescent bulb, led light, cfl
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Mandated Was Lights out for Production of Time-Tested 100-Watt Incandescent Light Bulb
Jan 9, 2012With the start of the New Year, it was lights out in the U.S. for the production of the time-tested 100-watt incandescent light bulb, and over the next few years nearly all of the standard Edison filament bulbs will be phased out. A ...
Tags: cfl, led light, incandescent bulb