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When Double Dippers become economic party poopers
WASHINGTON, They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. They're the Double Dippers - the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions.
Wall Street Journal This Weekend July 31, 2010
07-31-2010 - Is it better to have money or momentum for a political campaign, when it is ok to celebrate an oil spill and what goes into a green BBQ.
NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN - English News at 21:01 (JST), July 31
Pakistan spy scraps UK talks after PM's comments
LONDON, A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated Saturday after Pakistan's spy chief canceled a visit to London following comments by the British leader suggesting Pakistan exports terrorism.
Poles hope deadly knights will now bring some good
KWIDZYN, Poland, They were bloody medieval warriors who spread Catholicism by the sword and seized Polish lands with great cruelty. But that's not stopping the Polish city of Kwidzyn from capitalizing on the aura surrounding the Teutonic Knights.
3 dead as building collapses in Italy
ROME, An apartment building has collapsed in southern Italy, and rescue workers say they have pulled the bodies of three people from the wreckage, including a little girl. Police said the building fell apart after 1 a.m. (2300 GMT) Saturday in Afragola, a small town near Naples. The victims include a married couple and a girl, according to the poli ...
NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN - English News at 19:01 (JST), July 31
Obama decries GOP over small business lending bill
WASHINGTON, President Barack Obama said Saturday that the GOP stance on a small business lending bill is proof the country 'can't afford the do-nothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us backward.'
Weekly Address: Good News on Autos, Obstruction on Small Business
President Obama praises the successes of the auto industry restructuring as good news for our economy, and calls on Republican leaders in the Senate to "stop holding America’s small businesses hostage to politics" by blocking a vote to help them create jobs.