Posts Tagged ‘prospects’
Payroll tax bill faces uncertain House prospects (AP)
AP – The Senate-approved bill temporarily preventing a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-term unemployed faces uncertain prospects in the House, where many rank-and-file GOP lawmakers have told their leaders they are ready to reject the measure.
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Lawrence: NBA draft prospects get defensive
The autograph hounds standing outside the Westin Hotel on 8th Avenue Wednesday afternoon told you that there were NBA players in the area. In fact, the cream of the rookie class of 2011 was assembled upstairs in a fifth-floor ballroom, the players taking turns defending their basketball skills.
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Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects (AP)
AP – With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.
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Dems’ prospects threatened by economic woes (AP)
AP – Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that’s jeopardizing the party’s chances in Ohio and all across the country in November’s elections.
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Nation’s economic woes jeopardize Dems’ prospects (AP)
AP – Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that’s jeopardizing the party’s chances in Ohio and all across the country in November’s elections.
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Asia assesses prospects as world recovery stumbles (AP)
AP – Talk of the global economic recovery fizzling doesn’t faze Cho Byung-cheol, president of a small South Korean technology company that has already set up a branch in China and plans one soon in the United States.
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Health bill’s prospects abruptly improve; Obama delays trip (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama delayed next week’s Asian trip on Friday to seize on suddenly improved prospects for his sweeping health care legislation, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forecast final passage of the overhaul in days.
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