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U.S., Romania arrest more than 100 for cyber scams

U.S. and Romanian police have arrested more than 100 people in a year-long effort to stop Internet fraud schemes that have cost Americans more than $100 million, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

Obama, Republicans trade demands for debt plan

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President Barack Obama and Republicans traded demands for a serious deficit plan on Friday, as an acrimonious stalemate deepened in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. government default.

Ex-trader pleads innocent to Ponzi scheme charges

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A former currency trader extradited from Peru pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to criminal fraud charges stemming from a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors said lured some 400 investors into losing at least $5 million.
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.

Bachmann Leaves Church Accused of Anti-Catholicism

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, and a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party's presidential nomination, has officially quit her home church in Minnesota that has been accused of holding anti-Catholic views.
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Wall Street ends higher, helped by Google

Google's blowout quarter led the Nasdaq higher on Friday, but mounting uncertainty about the government's ability to reach a debt-reduction deal may keep investors at bay in the coming week.
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Centerbridge vows to fight Lehman bankruptcy plan

The Centerbridge hedge fund does not think Lehman Brothers Holding Inc's plan to exit bankruptcy can be confirmed by a judge and it plans to mount a fight against it, according to court documents.
U.S. President Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Obama: Americans Back Me, Not GOP, on Debt Deal

Score Day 6 of the debt talks a wash: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said President Barack Obama, D-Ill., hasn't presented a real deficit reduction plan, but Obama countered that he not only has, but that the American people support his plan, which includes both revenue increases as well as spending cuts.
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Americans Downbeat About Economy, U.S. Debt

Consumer sentiment dropped to its lowest reading since the Great recession, amid high unemployment and the federal government's inability to deal with its debt problem as a deadline to raise the debt ceiling looms.
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Gloomy consumers cast dark cloud over economy

U.S. consumer confidence hit a near 2-1/2 year low in early July and manufacturing output stalled in June, further frustrating expectations of a quick economic growth rebound in the second half of the year.
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July consumer sentiment worst since March 2009

Consumer sentiment deteriorated in early July to the lowest level since March 2009 on increasing pessimism over falling income and rising unemployment, a survey released on Friday showed.
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Instant view: Consumer sentiment slumps in July

Consumer sentiment deteriorated in early July to the lowest level since March 2009 on increasing pessimism over falling income and rising unemployment, a survey released on Friday showed.
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Obama warns default would increase interest rates

President Barack Obama and Republicans traded demands for a serious deficit plan on Friday, underscoring the lack of progress and acrimony plaguing negotiations to avert a looming government default.
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Republicans say White House has no debt plan

The top Republican on Friday said President Barack Obama and Democrats had still not put a serious deficit plan on the table, underscoring the acrimony plaguing negotiations to avert a government default.

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