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European Leaders Agree On Crucial Plan To Reduce Greece's Debts

AP | GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and DON MELVIN | Posted 12.26.2011

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BRUSSELS — European leaders agreed Thursday morning on a crucial plan to reduce Greece's debts and provide it with more rescue loans so that the...

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Warranties & Reps in Risk Allocation in Business Sales, Part 2 of 3

Jim Thomas | Posted 12.19.2011

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No law requires a seller to make any representation or warranty when selling a company; it's purely a matter of negotiations. Custom and relative bargaining power drive those negotiations.

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U.S. Credit Rating Downgrades Are a Surprise? Forget AA+

Simon Dixon | Posted 10.08.2011

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When did a credit rating stop becoming a credit rating? So the world and our politicians seem to be surprised with the announcement that Standard and...

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Mayor: 'I Had Way Too Much To Drink' Before I Signed Deal

AP | Posted 10.04.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Mexico border town mayor and congressional candidate Martin Resendiz was drunk when he signed nine contracts with a California co...

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The Real Debt Deal

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 09.17.2011

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We need leadership to say that this world will not be a lowest common denominator fight over satisfying old debts that cannot be satisfied, with no environmental, labor, or consumer protections.

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Friday Talking Points -- Obama 2.0?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2011

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In the midst of the debt ceiling frenzy, nobody seems to have noticed that Obama is negotiating in a markedly different way than what we've seen from him in the past. He is at the absolute center of the showdown.

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The Big Debt Ceiling Stall

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.10.2011

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There's an old bumpersticker saying that "if it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done," which bears repeating right now. But this time around, it will be by design.

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Obama's Ultimatum: What the President Should Say to America, and Republicans

Sally Kohn | Posted 09.10.2011

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As President of the United States of America, I have put the economic needs of our entire nation ahead of the political agenda of my party. At times of great urgency, that is what great leaders do.

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GoDaddy Could Sell For $2.5 Billion

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 08.24.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Go Daddy, the domain-name registration company known for its racy Super Bowl ads, is close to being bought by two private invest...

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Weekly Mulch: Cost-Cutting at the Environment's Peril

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.15.2011

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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger In Washington, the environment is under attack. The cost-cutting deal that the House passed yesterday strip...

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Weekly Audit: Government Shutdown Averted, But At What Cost?

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.12.2011

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama reached an eleventh hour budget deal on Friday night,...

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Head Of Influential GOP Committee Opposes Budget Deal

AP | Posted 06.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — The head of an influential House Republican panel says he'll oppose the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to a...

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Two Reluctant Bargainers

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.06.2011

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With the possibility of a government shutdown looming, it's hard not to see how uncomfortable both Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Barack Obama are at this sort of bare-knuckles game.

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HuffPo AOL Deal is A Gigantic Step Forward for Social Media

Jason Pollock | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Huffington Post has been dramatically ahead of the curve in modifying their site to fit with the latest social trends. Last night they were rewarded handsomely for their brilliance.

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New Governor: Jailing Drug Addicts Is 'Draining To Our State'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newly-elected Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) announced Monday in his inaugural address that putting drug addicts and abusers in jail was placing an ...

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Friday Talking Points [149] -- Making Holiday Sausage

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The holidays are just around the corner, and the preparatory legislative sausage-making on Capitol Hill is in full swing. What a happy, happy time of...

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The Art of the Deal

Jonathan Schmock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google's Evil Plan

Joe Torres | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the news media have been obsessed by the lack of bipartisanship in Washington, one story they have missed is how corporate campaign contributions have united the parties to work against an open Internet.

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Good News for the Whales - IWC Delays Whaling "Compromise"

Taryn Kiekow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every day marine mammals face new attacks from entanglement, ship strikes, ocean noise pollution, bioaccumulation of toxins, and climate change.

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Dine Out With a Deal -- And Respect Yourself in the Morning

Divya Gugnani | Posted 05.25.2011

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No need to feel ashamed if you're taking a deal to dine out. You're not a compulsive coupon clipper, so you don't have to act like one. Here is the Cl...

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Nathan Deal Ethics Report Finds Ex-Georgia Congressman Guilty Of Wrongdoing

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Office of Congressional Ethics released a report Monday alleging that recently-retired Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) was guilty of violating House rule...

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Smoke, Fire

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deal rumor reporting recently hit a new high -- or is it low? -- a few weeks back when the Wall Street Journal put out a story on what it called "The Big One."

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World Trade Center Responder Settlement: Up To $657 Million Deal For Sick Ground Zero Workers

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — In the years after the 9/11 terror attacks, 10,000 people who helped clear mountains of debris from Lower Manhattan filed lawsuits bl...

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Copenhagen Deal Achieves 'Meaningful Breakthrough,' Obama Says

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama declared Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached among the U.S., China and thr...

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"Ghetto Grandmothers" Remark Draws Apology From Rep. Nathan Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — A Georgia GOP congressman is apologizing for using the term "ghetto grandmothers" while talking about citizenship verification legisla...

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