December 19, 2011
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]
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July 26, 2011
President Barack Obama speaks in a prime-time address to the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The United States edged closer on Tuesday to a devastating default as Republicans and Democrats deadlocked over competing plans to raise the debt ceiling, one week before a deadline to act. President Barack Obama, [...]
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July 25, 2011
A street sign is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange. The White House and top lawmakers scrambled on Monday to reach a deal to save the world’s richest country from a disastrous default on its debt, amid fears that inaction could affect markets around the globe. With global financial markets on edge, [...]
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March 2, 2011
President Barack Obama responds to a question during a news conference at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011. The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend government funding for two more weeks, a move that would avert a federal shutdown but do nothing to resolve a bitter debate over the federal budget. [...]
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December 15, 2010
President Barack Obama makes a statement about the senate vote on middle class tax cuts in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, December 13, 2010. President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to extend expiring tax cuts for millions of Americans headed for overwhelming passage in the Senate on Wednesday, putting the [...]
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January 21, 2010
After favorably taking into account Le Cong Dinh’s sincere declaration and repentance, plus his good record, the judgment council sentenced the former lawyer to five years’ imprisonment. Le Cong Dinh and Le Thang Long at the court. Meanwhile, the court sentenced Tran Huynh Duy Thuc to 16 years, Nguyen Tien Trung 7 years and Le Thang [...]
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December 16, 2009
U.S. Senate passed on Sunday a 1.1-trillion-U.S. dollars spending package for fiscal year 2010, except for the Defense Department. The Democratic-controlled Senate approved the bill at a vote of57-35. The year-end package that covers about half of all federal programs, now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. The 1,000-plus-page bill brings together six [...]
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December 8, 2009
Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana has won Romania’s presidential run-off on Sunday, according to the first exit poll announced as voting ended at 9:00 p.m. ( 1900 GMT). Romanian Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana (C) celebrates his victory at the Social Democratic Party’s headquarters in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Dec. 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Agerpres) Geoana captured [...]
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November 23, 2009
The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday night to move an overhaul health care reform bill forward, removing the first procedural hurdle for the bill to be passed in the chamber. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (C)(D-NV) speaks as Tom Harkin (L)(D-IA) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) listen after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on [...]
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November 4, 2009
Barack Obama’s party is faced up with another test on Tuesday as a handful of local elections are held in states and cities. A voting guide is posted outside a polling station in New York Nov. 3, 2009. Citizens of New York City went to polls on Tuesday for the general election of the city. [...]
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CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]
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