Showing posts with label Economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Economics. Show all posts

Senate leaders in agreement on trade deal votes

Post by Unknown on Friday, August 5, 2011

Three long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Columbia are moving closer to a vote after the Senate’s leaders announced that they had reached an agreement to bring the pacts up for consideration when Congress returns from recess in September.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also agreed to hold a vote on a program favored by Democrats, called Trade Adjustment Assistance, which provides aid and retraining to workers who have lost their jobs because work was sent overseas.
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DOW PLUMMETS MORE THAN 500 POINTS AMID FEARS OF NEW GLOBAL RECESSION

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Concerns of worsening economic turmoil in the United States and Europe trigger a broad-based retreat on global markets, as stocks plunge more than 4 percent. The Dow has closed down during nine of the past 10 sessions.
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Post by Unknown on Thursday, August 4, 2011

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