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Obama slams GOP leadership, economic policies – CNN

Washington Post Obama slams GOP leadership, economic policies CNN By The CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — President Obama opened the post-Labor Day stretch of the midterm campaign in the perennial swing state of Ohio on Wednesday, accusing the GOP of pushing bankrupt economic policies and putting politics ahead of national … Obama blasts continued tax cuts for the rich Los Angeles Times Obama Lays Out Economic Proposals and Assails GOP New York Times Obama defends opposition to tax cuts for rich Americans BBC News FOXNews  - Christian Science Monitor  - Wall Street Journal all 6,187 news articles »

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Democrats to the president: Get a clear message

From union activists to Democratic members of Congress, the message to the White House is clear: They want President Obama to present a clearer, more coherent message about his plans to turn around the economy.

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Obama: $200B tax cut for business

In another move aimed at stabilizing the still-shaky economy, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will introduce a new $200 billion tax cut giving businesses across the country an incentive to buy new equipment in the short term, according to a senior administration official.

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President mulls new measures to spark economy

On this Labor Day, the White House will put its focus squarely back on the economy, following a week where the Obama administration concentrated on Middle East peace talks and the end of America’s combat role in Iraq.

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Bernanke cites "sadness" in letting Lehman fail (Reuters)

Reuters – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday he could not have legally saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy and the firm’s catastrophic failure in 2008 was a source of sadness.

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Obama: Combat mission in Iraq ends

President Barack Obama declared that “the American combat mission in Iraq has ended” in his prime-time address Tuesday. As the U.S. mission in Iraq winds down “our most urgent task is to restore our economy.”

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Greek FinMin: markets still assessing reforms (AP)

AP – The international bond markets will likely wait until the end of the year before passing judgment on Greece’s efforts to overhaul its economy and pull itself out of a debt crisis that nearly led to the country’s bankruptcy earlier this year, the finance minister said Monday.

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Slimmed-down Pacific Lifestyle Homes emerges from bankruptcy after 22 months

Just as in earlier reorganizations by Portland-area developers, few emerged unscathed in the Pacific Lifestyle bankruptcy.

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