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6 international organizations that support jobs and businesses
Many organizations, both in the United States and abroad, seek to help entrepreneurial individuals and small businesses through microfinance and other means. Here are six organizations that support job creation and new businesses around the world.
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Miss USA 2013: Top 6 Questions & Answers (+video)
The Miss USA pageant doesn't ask contestants to perform a talent or support a charity. But it does ask some challenging questions of its contestants. What did the celebrity judges ask the final six contestants – and how did the women answer?
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Top 10 states for clean tech
Clean Edge, a clean-tech research and advisory firm based in San Francisco and Portland, has ranked states for their leadership in clean tech. Here are its Top 10 picks:
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Top 10 places to buy a foreclosed home
Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas to buy a foreclosed home, according to RealtyTrac:
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Top 10 metros for job growth
Some metropolitan areas have a booming jobs market, thanks to energy, manufacturing, or sometimes just the right mix of highly diversified industries. Here's a look at the 10 metros that have seen the largest percentage increase in jobs over the past 12 months:
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Republican governors urge Romney to be 'big and bold'
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana said Sunday that Mitt Romney needs to do more than fire rhetorical shots across Obama’s bow, urging Romney to be 'big and bold' with a plan to reform government.
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Decoder Wire Obama on the private sector being 'fine:' Was he right? Wrong?
It was easy to target Obama's statement Friday on the the private sector 'doing fine,' and his critics wasted little time doing so. But in the full context of his remarks, his point is easier to defend.
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Romney raises $76 million to Obama's $60 million (+video)
This is the first time the Republican candidate has beaten his opponent in fundraising.
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Bernanke says Fed will do 'whatever necessary' if euro crisis spreads (+video)
Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed is ready to make emergency loans to solvent banks to prevent financial panic. The Fed may also consider a new round of quantitative easing, he added.
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The Daily Reckoning Floating to Japan on a sea of bad debt
The Daily Reckoning's got nothing against Japan. But the Japanese economy has gone essentially nowhere in the last 22 years. And now, it has the largest pile of debt in the entire world. Who would want to emulate that?
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Wisconsin recall: a big deal for GOP conservatives, not just Scott Walker (+video)
For the conservative wing of the Republican Party, the Wisconsin recall election on Tuesday is a test of core GOP doctrine. Of course, Gov. Scott Walker's career hangs in the balance, too.
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Decoder Wire Obama ad attacks Mitt Romney's record on jobs as governor: risky strategy? (+video)
For an incumbent president, negative ads always carry risks. But attacking Mitt Romney over his record on job creation while governor of Massachusetts may be Obama's only play right now.
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Gas prices drop nationally as economy slows
Gas prices have dropped more than 30 cents a gallon in most parts of the US, resulting from a steep plunge in oil prices. The national average for gas prices is $3.59, down five cents from last week.
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Romney, Obama send out troops to spin the bad news on jobs
The latest news on US employment is grim – fewer jobs created than expected and an unemployment rate that ticked up to 8.2 percent. On Sunday, the Obama and Romney campaigns sent surrogates to spin the news on TV talk shows.
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The economy and Obama's 'grumpy voter' problem
As the US economy recovers at a snail's pace, President Obama is urging Congress to act on his 'to-do' list for creating more jobs. Republicans focus on the dangers of tax increases when tax cuts expire in January. Come November, who will voters believe?
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Robert Reich America's high wire act: The economic recovery stalls
According to today's jobs report, the nation is perilously close to falling into another recession as the unemployment rate rises for the first time in almost a year and the latest payroll survey shows minimal growth.
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Obama's take on gloomy jobs report: Congress hasn't done enough
Following the politically damaging jobs report, Obama spoke at an event near Minneapolis promoting jobs for veterans. His message to Congress: 'Now's not the time to sit on your hands.'
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The Entrepreneurial Mind April showers bring May flowers, not entrepreneurial growth
While a new crop of May flowers may be blooming in Dr. Cornwall's garden, our entrepreneurial expert is less than sunny about the recent lack of growth shown by US small businesses, as measured by a variety of indices.
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Donald Marron Two heavyweights of economic statistics released this week
The two heavyweights of economic statistics are released this week, but the with both the job market stats and numbers on economic growth, competing systems of data collection and presentation can sometimes create confusion.
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US economy weakens, unemployment rate rises to 8.2 percent (+video)
US employers added just 69,000 jobs in May, the lowest number in a year. The economic slowdown is bad news for President Barack Obama ahead of the November elections.
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Team Obama takes attacks to Romney's home turf
Obama strategist David Axelrod shouted over protesters at the Massachusetts State House as he attacked Romney's record as governor. Romney countered at California's shuttered Solyndra plant.
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Stefan Karlsson Economic growth, or a slowdown in US productivity?
Economic growth, or a slow down in overall productivity? Analyst Karlsson argues that what many economists had announced as an uptick in employment growth late last year and early this year was actually a slowing of US productivity.
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The Daily Reckoning New signs of global slowdown darken analyst's economic outlook
Data released this week may show new signs of a global slowdown. But one analyst isn't surprised. From the tech bubble burst to the housing collapse to the resurgence of gold, he's been (mostly) right. Not that he's saying 'I told you so.'
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Focus Next week's Wisconsin recall: a test drive of themes for Election 2012
Wisconsin recall election between Gov. Scott Walker (R) and Tom Barrett (D) enters its last furious week. It is a proving ground for the themes and players of the national election in November, analysts say.
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A jobless boom for female firms
Women are creating new businesses faster than the national average, but they're hiring far fewer workers. One solution: better networks for women.
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Romney's former rivals gloss over earlier anti-Romney remarks
One by one — with the exception of holdout Ron Paul — the GOP also-rans have coughed up endorsements of their onetime rival.
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Obama "vampire" ads target Romney on economy (+video)
The President's re-election campaign is making a full-court press including TV ads, web video and media appearances.
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Stocks break losing streak. Barely.
The Dow rose 19 points to close at 12885 Thursday, just barely ending its longest losing streak since August.
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Decoder Wire What does Mitt Romney's new ad say about his strategy? (+video)
Don't look for Mitt Romney in his new ad, 'Silence.' It's all about being jobless and 'suffering in silence.' The Romney team wants to keep the focus on 'the Obama economy.'
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Wisconsin recall: Why Democrats think Barrett can beat Walker this time
Democrats in Wisconsin chose Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee, to challenge Gov. Scott Walker (R) in a recall election next month. It's a reprise of their 2010 contest, but now Walker has a record to defend.
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