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Clegg looks at targeted migration

added on 2010-01-17 16:31:02 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg tells the BBC he is considering a plan to channel immigration to certain areas of the UK. ...more.

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Average Muscovites Shortsighted, Depressed and Dominant

added on 2010-01-15 15:31:47 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)

In the end of 2009, statisticians, psychologists and sociologists derived a portrait of a contemporary Muscovite. The image of an average Muscovite looks like this: tall, with long limbs, early bolding 39-year-old man who has sex twice a week. Muscovites are nearsighted; they suffer from depression, gets sick often and risk their lives more than any other Russians. All this does not prevent them from living on average four years longer than other Russians. ...more.

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Calderwood offered Kilmarnock job

added on 2010-01-14 05:01:57 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

Jimmy Calderwood looks poised to become Kilmarnock's new manager after the club also talk to George Burley, Gordon Chisholm and Tommy McLean. ...more.

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Chinooks ready after long delay

added on 2010-01-13 18:00:44 (BBC News - News Front Page)

The first of the Chinook Mk 3 helicopters bound for Afghanistan arrive at a military base in Hampshire after an eight-year delay. ...more.

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Record profit for US central bank

added on 2010-01-12 19:01:03 (BBC News - News Front Page)

The Federal Reserve books huge profits of $52.1bn (£84bn) in 2009, allowing the US central bank to pay a record to the Treasury. ...more.

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Obama speechwriter Ben Rhodes is penning a different script for the world stage

added on 2010-01-12 09:32:03 (Washington Post - Politics)

In a scene from a recent HBO documentary about the Obama campaign, the candidate's chief speechwriter, Jon Favreau, looks exhausted after churning out a victory address following the last Democratic primary. ...more.

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Sen. Reid and son Rory each considered a burden for the other's campaign in Nevada

added on 2010-01-12 09:31:59 (Washington Post - Politics)

LAS VEGAS -- As if Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) didn't have enough problems, say hello to Rory Reid, his eldest son. Looks just like him. He's running for governor of Nevada. ...more.

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Page turners

added on 2010-01-10 04:00:48 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Electronic books cannot end our love affair with print ...more.

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The North Dakota Model for Capitalizing Community Banks

added on 2010-01-08 15:02:18 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)

Where can our floundering community banks get the capital to make room on their books for substantial new loans? An innovative answer is provided by the state of North Dakota. The savings and loan model collapsed completely in the 1980s. Since then, all banks have been allowed to create credit as needed just by writing it as loans on their books, a system called �fractional reserve� lending. Banks can do this up to a certain limit, which used to be capped by a �reserve requirement� of 10%. ...more.

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