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Losing High-Profile Moderate Republicans
The GOP may be set to lose at least 3 high profile Republicans very soon. Obama picked the very moderate NY Congressman John McHugh as Secretary of the Army. The White House claims:
John is committed to keeping America’s Army the best-trained, the best-equipped and the best-led land force the world has ever seen
Re-creating the big-tent Republican Party
7:47 pm, May 19th, 2009 on GOP
Michael Steele, the new GOP Chairman, feels that the Republican Party is ready to turn a corner under his recently re-energized leadership. He feels that following his 3 fluffy ideas will help the Grand Old Party return to majority status:
1. Becoming the party of “new ideas”
2. Opposing Obama
3. Seizing the momentum of his so-called resurgence among GOP supporters across the country.
It is not quite that simple, Mr. Steele. Read on »
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WSJ- J.P. Morgan Struggles to Unwind Huge Bets 4: 20 am, May 19, 2012J.P. Morgan is struggling to extricate itself from disastrous wagers by traders such as the "London whale." Losses would grow if the banking company sells its positions into a market that has turned against its positions. […]
- SpaceX's Pioneering Flight Plans 3: 51 am, May 19, 2012Space Exploration Technologies is set to launch the first private spacecraft seeking to dock with the International Space Station, carrying with it the aspirations of scores of other commercial space ventures. […]
- China: Solar-Panel Tariff May Backfire 3: 23 am, May 19, 2012China unleashed a storm of protest criticizing the U.S. decision to impose a 31% antidumping tariff on Chinese solar-panel makers. […]
- Dewey Moves Closer to Bankruptcy Filing 2: 48 am, May 19, 2012Dewey & LeBoeuf is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered New York law firm. […]
- Chesapeake Cuts Pay, Jet Travel for Board 1: 44 am, May 19, 2012Chesapeake Energy said board members will take a 20% pay cut and no longer have personal use of company aircraft, the latest move by the embattled natural-gas company to placate critics. […]
- Orange Juice Feels Supply-Demand Squeeze 12: 33 am, May 19, 2012Orange-juice futures dropped below $1 a pound in intraday trading for the first time in 2½ years. […]
- Winnebago Gets Offer 12: 10 am, May 19, 2012Winnebago Industries received a $322 million takeover offer from a private-equity firm that wants to bring foreign car and truck assembly to the recreational vehicles maker. […]
- For Gupta Trial, Tension and Tips 12: 01 am, May 19, 2012Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta say he was estranged from convicted hedge-fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam at the time of some alleged tips. Prosecutors say the friendship broke down much later. […]
- MF Global Trustee Collects $168 Million 11: 53 pm, May 18, 2012J.P. Morgan agreed to hand over $168 million to a bankruptcy trustee representing customers of MF Global. […]
- Dow Swoons for Sixth Day 11: 17 pm, May 18, 2012A day billed as Facebook's coming-out party ended up marking a much gloomier event: the stock market's worst week in six months. […]
- J.P. Morgan Struggles to Unwind Huge Bets 4: 20 am, May 19, 2012
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- VIDEO: UN monitors targeted by Aleppo protests 4: 35 am, May 19, 2012Two weeks ago four students were killed when government troops stormed the campus of Aleppo University, sparking wider demonstrations in Syria's main commercial centre, which had been relatively quiet. […]
- VIDEO: G8 leaders gather as Greek tragedy looms 4: 27 am, May 19, 2012Opening the talks at Camp David, President Obama said sorting out the problem was a matter of extraordinary importance. […]
- Eurozone set to dominate G8 talks 4: 18 am, May 19, 2012US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday's agenda. […]
- VIDEO: One-minute World News 4: 09 am, May 19, 2012Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. […]
- Sri Lanka marks war anniversary 4: 06 am, May 19, 2012Sri Lanka marks three years since the end of its civil war with a military parade, as critics say more should be done to remember civilian deaths. […]
- Cameron joins talks over eurozone 3: 42 am, May 19, 2012UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached. […]
- Seven dissident suspects charged 2: 29 am, May 19, 2012Six men and one woman in Northern Ireland are charged with a series of terrorist offences, including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions. […]
- Quebec in emergency protest law 2: 18 am, May 19, 2012The government of Quebec passes an emergency bill in an effort to quell the most sustained student protests in Canadian history. […]
- Armed forces to march for Jubilee 2: 14 am, May 19, 2012Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force are to take part in a parade and flypast for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. […]
- US baby boomers in Hep C warning 2: 02 am, May 19, 2012US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives. […]
- Olympic torch relay to set off 1: 29 am, May 19, 2012The Olympic flame will begin its 70-day tour of the UK later on in the build up to the London 2012 games. […]
- VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Dita Von Teese 1: 03 am, May 19, 2012Burlesque star Dita Von Teese talks to Matthew Stadlen about why she does what she does, the art of striptease, her personal style and fitness regimes and why she is not anti-feminist. […]
- Private spaceship set for launch 12: 44 am, May 19, 2012California's SpaceX company is preparing to launch to the space station - the first resupply mission to the orbiting outpost by a private company. […]
- VIDEO: Concordia salvage details revealed 12: 41 am, May 19, 2012The operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be the biggest of its kind, at a cost reported to be at least $300m, according to salvage firms and the ship's owners. […]
- Al-Qaeda's hidden war in Yemen 12: 38 am, May 19, 2012Yemeni forces strike at al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula […]
- VIDEO: UN monitors targeted by Aleppo protests 4: 35 am, May 19, 2012
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