Survey: Obama's ratings drop as gas price soar -
Monday, March 12, 2012
(Fox News) A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy -- with a record number who "disapprove strongly" -- amid soaring gas prices and an uncertain fiscal future, a new Washington Post-ABC News survey out Monday found.
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Dozens of Syrian civilians killed in Homs -
Monday, March 12, 2012
(Reuters) - Dozens of civilians were killed in cold blood in the Syrian city of Homs, opposition activists and Syrian state media said on Monday, although they disputed responsibility for what both sides called a massacre.
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Greece Deal Triggers $3B in Default Swaps: ISDA -
Friday, March 09, 2012
(Bloomberg) Greece’s use of collective action clauses forcing investors to take losses under the nation’s debt restructuring will trigger payouts on $3 billion of default insurance, the International Swaps & Derivatives Association said.
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US faces increasing threat of cyberattacks -
Friday, March 09, 2012
(Fox News) An eventual full-scale cyberattack on the U.S. by a terrorist organization is "a certitude," a former senior intelligence official told Fox News, and "cyberterrorists" already are making criminal use of the technology to steal money and move it around to finance their operations.
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Greece averts immediate default, markets skeptical -
Friday, March 09, 2012
(Reuters) - Greece averted the immediate risk of an uncontrolled default on Friday, winning strong acceptance from its private creditors for a bond swap deal which will eat into its mountainous public debt and clear the way for a new international bailout.
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Panetta: US preparing military options for Iran -
Thursday, March 08, 2012
(Fox News) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in an interview Thursday that the Pentagon "absolutely" is preparing possible military options for a strike on Iran, in a rare public acknowledgment shortly after President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Obama Faces Swing State Anger Over Gas Prices -
Thursday, March 08, 2012
(Bloomberg) Voters in some U.S. swing states are feeling the pinch of rising gasoline prices more than those in states that tend to vote Democrat, posing a challenge to President Barack Obama’s re-election, according to a report.
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