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The Kenguru electric vehicle designed to be driven in a wheelchair The first Kenguru—the small, yellow electric vehicle designed to be driven in a wheelchair—was

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US ambassador Alan Solomont wrote: ‘[Spain] has unfortunately failed to finish the job for political reasons, to the detriment of the reputation and economy of

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By Chris Hedges Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in the Southern U.S. District Court in New York City

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By Ellen Brown Neither rain nor sleet nor snow may have stopped the Pony Express, but the nation’s oldest and second largest employer is now

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By The Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients about a potential mix-up between powerful prescription pain drugs and common over-the-counter medications

By Corinne Gretler Stocks in Switzerland (SMI) dropped as the Swiss National Bank President Philipp Hildebrand resigned after a currency purchase by his wife last

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By Tyler Durden Curious how the US, on a state by state basis, stacks up against the rest of the world, in terms of economic

By Gregor Macdonald 2011 was an abysmal year for the global insurance industry, which had to cover yet another enormous increase in damages from natural

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By Clare Chapman A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing “sexual services” at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment

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By jturbin The latest Fed minutes, a recap of the December 2011 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, revealed that the U.S. central bank is

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Reductions are expected in the program for the F-35 fighter jet. By Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker Washington — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is

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By Robin Wigglesworth in London Almost $6.3 trillion was erased from global stock markets this year as the euro zone financial crisis reverberated across the

By Peter J. Wallison Peter Wallison has published his Dissent from the Majority Report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. It’s a must read for

By David B. Collum Precious metals were in a Utopian bull market for almost a decade. The early bulls lounged poolside, taking the occasional dip

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By Reuters Beijing (Reuters) – China took a further step on Tuesday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services

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By Scot Paltrow Four years after the banking system nearly collapsed from reckless mortgage lending, federal prosecutors have stayed on the sidelines, even as judges

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By Joseph E. Stiglitz It has now been almost five years since the bursting of the housing bubble, and four years since the onset of

By Reuters CME Group Inc., operator of the world’s leading energy, grains and precious metals markets, is in talks with China’s securities regulator to enter

By Peter Hitchens TT: What is the major failure of Christian education in the modern West? PH: Its lack of poetry. The abandonment of the great

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By Ryan Grim Washington — A month ago, Google lobbyist Katherine Oyama absorbed one of the more unusual congressional tongue-lashings in years when she appeared

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By Vincent Graff Admittedly, it sounds like the most foolhardy of criminal capers, and one of the cheekiest, too. Outside the police station in the

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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron By Gonzalo Vina and Rebecca Christie Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain refused to sacrifice sovereignty to save the euro,

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By Christopher Elias (UK) (Business Law Currents) A legal loophole in international brokerage regulations means that few, if any, clients of MF Global are likely to get

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By Herald Online Thousands of Americans will be finding guns in their Christmas stockings this year, after the biggest one-day buy-up on record. Black Friday

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