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...Obama inauguration: Top stories of 2009 By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Related: Photos | Economy, Obama inauguration: Top stories of 2009 More News The convoluted American economy - restoring windfalls to a lucky few while leaving millions jobless and distraught...
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KansasCity.com
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...is going to happen overnight." Asked what he would have to do in the next three years to consider his presidency successful, Obama said, "I've got to get, number one, the economy back on track, and I think that we have been successful in averting disaster." "Economic...
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The Post Chronicle
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...now the difference between running for the presidency and serving in the presidency." Besides Afghanistan and the economy, Mr. Obama also has other domestic concerns to consider - immigration policy, climate change legislation, and creating jobs in the clean...
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Voice of America
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...— President Barack Obama set out fresh plans today to reinvigorate the U.S. economy, focusing on incentives to small businesses and hiring to bring down what he called the "staggering" 10 percent unemployment rate. Obama said he wants to push money left over...
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Boston Herald
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...efforts aimed at economy's long-term health By WILL LESTER Associated Press Writer Rich Schultz President Barack Obama waves goodbye as he boards Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover, Pa, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Obama address More...
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KansasCity.com
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...currently stands at 10.2 percent. Currently, there is a 7 million to 8 million job gap to achieve full employment in the economy, stated Obama. Today the Labor Department is expected to release the unemployment and jobless rate for the previous month. The...
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24x7updates
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...more debt on the shoulders of our children and grandchildren." Pence said Mr. Obama and the Democratic Congress have taken the economy "from bad to worse with their failed economic agenda and big government plans" and now want the government to take over the...
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CBS News
http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsPCAnswer/~3/s54CQb8Y9t0/main5786235.shtml
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Obama and GOP differ over recipe for jobs, economy By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press Writer Alex Brandon President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/1594978.html
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...stands at a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, overshadowing more upbeat indicators such as a return in growth of the overall economy. Obama told reporters that his Cabinet discussion included matters of national security and the upcoming budget, but the emphasis...
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GOPUSA
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Obama: G20 brought economy back from brink By TOM RAUM and EMMA VANDORE Associated Press Writers Related: Photos | Obama: G20 brought economy back from brink G-20 leaders push global economic reforms Friday Obama: G20 brought economy back from brink
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KansasCity.com
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...similar shift at the World Bank. European countries, particularly France and Britain, have been resisting such changes. Said Obama: “We brought the global economy back from the brink. We laid the groundwork today for long term prosperity.” “Pittsburgh was...
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The Sharon Herald
http://www.sharonherald.com/business/local_story_268205832.html
President Barack Obama says the world's leading economic powers have made progress in stabilizing the global financial system but much work remains to produce needed jobs and growth. (Sept. 19
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a 2,700-word speech on the economy, and the Dow climbed 236 points. President Barack Obama gave a 6,100 word speech, and the Dow dropped 80 points. Bernanke for president!
President Barack Obama heads to
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Miami Herald
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...after teetering Wall Street giants sparked global panic, President Barack Obama has said. President Barack Obama says the US economy is recovering from recession Speaking to union leaders on the US holiday of Labor Day, Obama told the crowd in Cincinnati,...
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Sky News
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...won't be satisfied until jobs are much more plentiful. Shortly after taking the oath, Obama confronted a rapidly deteriorating economy, a clogged credit system, failing or ailing banks and a a shaky stock market. He used his speech here to tick off a host...
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FOX News
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...they should be pushing for more stimulus ... Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package. Biden: We 'Misread the Economy' blogs.abcnews.com 7/5/2009 — Big admission from Vice...
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Beltway Blips
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...Rose Garden after new figures showed the jobless rate slipped to a better than expected 9.4 percent in July. Obama says US economy Oh, has he now? Well, I am relieved to know that. We are all rescued. I would believe that if it were not a few incontinent...
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Associated Content
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...lowest since his inauguration. The Quinnipiac University poll found 2,409 registered voters nationwide disapproved 49-45 per cent of the way Obama was handling the economy, and disapproved 52-39 per cent on stewardship of healthcare reform. - AFP/yt ...
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Channel News Asia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/447621/1/.html
The President discusses the state of the economy amidst positive signs from the GDP. Making clear that this is little comfort to those struggling, he notes that we appear to have averted an even worse disaster and offers hope for the time ahead. August 1, 2009. (Public Domain)
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President Obama spent his first six months in office arguing that the government needed to move as fast as possible to save the economy. But now, while he still favors aggressive government action, he is increasingly emphasizing the politics of
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U.S. News & World Report
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...pet projects, the ones they have been dreaming of. One thing not in the bill was anything that stimulated the economy. Obama told us that within 14 days of the bill there would be shovels hitting the ground. Then when that did not happen he said it was to...
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Big Dogs Weblog
http://www.onebigdog.net/obama-lied-the-economy-died/
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...accept,” he said to applause. “I love these folks who helped get us in this mess. And then suddenly say, ‘Oh, this is Obama’s economy.’ That’s fine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems—not to stand on the sidelines and carp and gripe. So I welcome the...
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Say Anything
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...worst unemployment in the nation. "I love these folks who helped get us in this mess and then suddenly say, 'Well, this is Obama's economy,'" the president said in a pointed deviation from his prepared text. "That's fine. Give it to me!" It was a defiant moment,...
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KansasCity.com
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...of turning around the economy. "I love the folks who helped get us in this mess and then suddenly say, 'Well, this is Obama's economy,'" the president told an outdoor crowd at Macomb Community College. "That's fine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems,...
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Taiwan News
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...of the jobs that have been lost in the auto industry and elsewhere won't be coming back. They are casualties of a changing economy," Obama said, adding that "even before this recession hit, we were faced with an economy that was simply not creating or sustaining...
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KTVU
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...opportunity to argue that Obama's economic stimulus plan was expensive and ineffective. "Simply put, this is now President Obama's economy and the American people are beginning to question whether his policies are working," Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the...
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CBS2 Chicago
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...you can understand how some people have these beliefs because it doesn’t seem like Obama has any logical reason to hate the economy so much. It would be understandable if he had some bad history with the economy and was scarred by it in the past, but Obama...
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Pajamas Media
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Why Are Obama's Polls Slipping?
politics.theatlantic.com 8 days ago — Today's presidential press conference was supposed to be held in the Rose Garden, but it got canceled because of the heat. I suspect this was less a tender concern about the press
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Beltway Blips
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... In many ways, their hopes have been fulfilled. For instance, American foreign policy has markedly improved under President Obama. However, the economy continues to steadily deteriorate despite the optimistic chatter we've heard from Obama and the media. In...
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The Rocky Mountain Collegian
http://www.collegian.com/news/2009/06/24/Opinion/Is.Pres.Obama.Seeing.The.Economy.Clearly-3748906.shtml
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...health insurance premiums were doubling every seven years -- putting a heavy burden on Americans and weighing down the economy. Obama said the public plan was "wise policy and right thing." The health system overhaul faces strong headwinds in Congress, where...
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WGRZ | Buffalo, NY
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=67966
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...dilemma that Obama and his policymakers now face. With consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of the US economy, Obama is mindful that reviving it depends a lot on restoring confidence. So he's been trying to put the most positive spin on any...
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Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Analysis-Obama-offers-split-verdict-on-economy/articleshow/4680978.cms
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...depression of the 1930s had been "overwhelmed by the speed, scope and sophistication of a 21st century global economy." The Obama plan would give new powers to the Federal Reserve to oversee the entire financial system and would also create a new consumer...
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KTVU
http://www.ktvu.com/politics/19777896/detail.html
Rush Limbaugh monologue from his June 8, 2009 show.
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...consumer confidence nearing pre-crisis levels, and the banking crisis now in the rear-view mirror, the economy is Obama's to own. If we'd just kept going down and down, then it'd still be on Bush, and anything bad that happaned could be laid at the feet of...
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Clusterstock
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...stabilizing after suffering the worst economic crisis in decades, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. “When you look at the economy right now, I think it's safe to say we have stepped back from the brink, that there is some calm that didn't exist before,”...
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China Post
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...and planned to return to Washington early Thursday. Before flying to Los Angeles on Wednesday, he held an event on the economy and energy near Las Vegas. While many Obama supporters waved and cheered as his motorcade approached the Beverly Hilton, some protesters...
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Long Beach Press-Telegram
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...(AP) -- President Barack Obama refocused on the economy Wednesday after devoting several days to his Supreme Court nominee and the sticky issue of what to do with detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Not surprisingly, Obama said his $787 billion stimulus bill is...
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KSDK | St. Louis
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...Oregon at 12 percent, South Carolina at 11.5 percent and Rhode Island at 11.1 percent. The liberal spin? Obama inherited this economy from Bush. It was eight years of failed policy that brought us to this point. Blah. Blah. Blah. Maybe it’s not fair to...
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Say Anything
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...will President Barack Obama own the economy? Bad economic news does not faze the president. He’s not gleeful about job loss reports and anemic growth numbers, but he does not shy away from them. He confidently announces the latest sign of bad times and clearly...
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The Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22480.html
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...my opinion True enough. But it is also true that Obama’s economic policies have had little if any impact on the American economy… yet. Those monstrous federal deficits, on the other hand, portend some pretty serious inflation down the road, and that WILL...
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Say Anything
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...big, important part of our economy, just as it was in the '70s and the '80s," he said. "It just won't be half of our economy." Obama said he expects that government efforts to fix the economy will cause long-term changes. "What I think will change, what I...
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CBS2 Chicago
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...big, important part of our economy, just as it was in the '70s and the '80s," he said. "It just won't be half of our economy." Obama said he expects that government efforts to fix the economy will cause long-term changes. "What I think will change, what I...
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WCCO
http://wcco.com/business/obama.economy.wall.2.1000319.html
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...up a smaller part of the U.S. economy in the future as new regulations clamp down on massive risk-taking, President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday. Obama, whose young administration has spearheaded a raft of reforms in the banking...
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Khaleej Times
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...the government faces massive deficits into the future. "We can't go back to an economy that's built on a pile of sand," said Obama, who promised to push investments in renewable energy, new regulations for Wall Street and new rules for credit cards. In response...
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Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/29/obama-hundred-days-business-washington-economy.html?feed=rss_news
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...excerpts of his opening statement in advance. Obama said he is content with his administration's progress to fix a staggering economy. But he said big problems remain: the slow flow of credit, the struggling auto industry, the projected long-term deficits...
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KARE | Minneapolis & St. Paul
http://www.kare11.com/news/national/national_article.aspx?storyid=660782
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...excerpts of his opening statement in advance. Obama said he is content with his administration's progress to fix a staggering economy. But he said big problems remain: the slow flow of credit, the struggling auto industry, the projected long-term deficits...
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KARE | Minneapolis & St. Paul
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=660782
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...as many as 9 million homeowners avoid foreclosure. At the same time, Obama is expected to underline the continuing problems in the economy. "Millions of Americans are still without jobs and homes, and more will be lost before this recession is over," Obama...
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CNN/Money
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/l8uJu0ajCZ4/index.htm
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...socialism would be the model, with cradle-to-grave government programs the order of the day. And all of this because the economy shows signs of a rebound even if the stimulus and Obama budgets have nothing to do with the recovery. After all, how does anyone...
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NewsMax
http://www.newsmax.com/john_leboutillier/Obama_economy_Congress/2009/03/02/187331.html?utm_medium=RSS
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...in the future." Only a tiny portion of stimulus spending has gotten into the economy's arteries so far, Blinder says. But the Obama tax cuts started kicking in on April 1. They should provide a boost to the economy. As for the forecast of 3 million jobs created...
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NPR
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...in." But he adds that the president is seeking a balance between calling attention to the positives and admitting that the economy is very sick and will take time to recover. Obama wants to show that he remains intensely focused on the domestic economy—voters'...
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U.S. News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/4/20/behind-obamas-tough-balancing-act-on-the-economy.html?s_cid=rss:behind-obamas-tough-balancing-act-on-the-economy
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