Wisconsin recall: A test for Obama's reelection bid?
CBS News
The gubernatorial recall vote in Wisconsin highlights Tuesday's elections. Five other states are conducting presidential primaries, although Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama already have collected enough delegates to win their parties'
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MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin recall elections are being called an "epic battle," a [...]
JP Morgan Chase Faces Risk In Managing Derivative Trades
Wall Street
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is the new Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS)! Jamie Dimon now has a huge trading scandal on his hands. Worse, the losses from one stupid hedging play could offset gains in other big divisions
WASHINGTON — Regulators are looking into the $2-billion trading loss by JPMorgan Chase & Co., the head of the [...]
Diamond dog food salmonella recall expands
CBS News
Entertainment News from AP CDC officials said the affected dog food was manufactured at a facility in South Carolina, but the illness has been detected in nine states. (Source: CNN) Sick days are rough for a parent, especially if you have to miss work
Entertainment News from AP CDC officials said the affected dog food was [...]
Shelving Austerity For Growth Poses Big Risks In Europe
Fox Business
ROME – Several candidates opposed to austerity measures were making a strong showing Monday in partial results from Italy's local elections — the first nationwide test for Premier Mario Monti since he was named to save Italy from its debt crisis.
ATHENS/PARIS (Reuters) – An anti-austerity backlash by voters in Greece and France shook the euro [...]
Is austerity on the ropes?
CNN Internat
Greeks turned their backs on the main two parties to vote for fringe anti-bailout groups such as the Left Coalition.
(CNN) – With the election of Francois Hollande as the president of France and a Greek poll dealing a major blow to the coalition government in Athens, voters in Europe are pushing back on austerity. "I [...]
Greek Vote Delivers Rejection Of Incumbents, Austerity
Wall Street
Greek voters look set to set to say a resounding 'no' to the tough austerity imposed by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Early estimates from exit polls in Sunday's elections show that only between 31% and 37% of the electorate
Ryan Avent writes what I've been meaning to write about the backlash against [...]
Socialists oust Sarkozy in French election
National Pos
By Matt Robinson and Aleksandar Vasovic | BELGRADE (Reuters) – The Socialist Party of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic held the key to power in Serbia on Monday after tied elections in which voters angry about the country's economic woes roundly
Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France's presidential election on Sunday in a swing to [...]