Posts Tagged ‘drop’
US stocks drop as debt talks near collapse (AP)
AP – Stocks are taking a sharp fall in early trading Monday amid reports that a congressional committee will fail to agree on a plan to cut the U.S. government’s budget deficit. The Dow Jones industrial average is down more than 200 points.
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Unemployment aid applications drop to 7-month low (AP)
AP – The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since early April, a sign that layoffs are easing and hiring may pick up.
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Defiant Cain says he won’t drop out of GOP race (AP)
AP – Under rising pressure from fellow Republicans, presidential hopeful Herman Cain sought to muddy the reputation of one accuser, forcefully denied any and all allegations of sexual impropriety and vowed Tuesday the growing controversy would not drive him from the race for the White House.
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Cain says he won’t drop out of GOP race (AP)
AP – A defiant Herman Cain declared Tuesday he would not drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the face of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. “Ain’t gonna happen,” Cain said at a news conference a day after a fourth woman accused him of unwanted sexual advances.
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Rangers drop season opener in OT
The Rangers had it. They had the Kings backed into a corner in the third period of their season opener in Sweden. But Michael Del Zotto was beaten on a late Mike Richards goal to send the game to overtime, and Ryan McDonagh’s holding penalty in the extra frame led to a Los Angeles power-play goal and a 3-2 Blueshirts defeat at the Ericsson Globe.
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Obama, Europeans press Palestinians to drop UN bid (AP)
AP – Furiously scrambling to head off a U.N. showdown, the United States warned world leaders Wednesday that trying to create a Palestinian nation by simple decree instead of through hard negotiations is bound to fail as a shortcut to peace with Israel. Europeans pressed to defuse the dispute, too, France urging new talks within a month.
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Perry’s poll numbers drop after ‘Ponzi’ gaffe
Republican Rick Perry is learning a valuable lesson about a golden rule of presidential politics: Don’t mess with Social Security. The Texas governor’s poll ratings slipped since he called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” last week.
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