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Pawlenty Admits Debate Mistake

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took to his Twitter account, and later in an interview on Fox News, to fix the score on what many considered a missed opportunity to go after fellow presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, during the Republican primary debate earlier this week.

Nearly 28 pct American firms using cloud computing

Visitors watch a presentation about cloud computing at an IBM booth
Illinois based computer hardware and software supplier, in a poll conducted last month, confirmed that nearly 28 percent of all US organizations are using cloud computing and another 73 percent reported that their first access to cloud was through a single cloud application

Republican Governors Fight to Reduce Medicaid Funding

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Seeking to contain ballooning costs, Republican governors are pressuring the Obama administration to relax federal requirements dictating how many poor and disabled people states must provide healthcare through Medicaid.
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Romney Defends His Healthcare Law, Blasts Obama 'Power Grab'

Mitt Romney said he would respect each state's rights if elected President, defending the Massachusetts healthcare law he supported as governor while blasting the Obama Administration's power grab to require all states to adopt the health same policy, vowing to repeal the federal government's 2010 healthcare overhaul.
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Fistful of Dollars: How the Federal Reserve destroyed America

The United States does not have a capitalist system. We have a corporate fascist economic system where a small cartel of bankers, military weapons suppliers, and mega-corporations set the agenda for the country through their complete capture of politicians and the mainstream corporate media.

Health Spending is Key in U.S. Budget Impasse

The biggest difference between President Barack Obama and Republican plans on spending and over the next decade or so is in healthcare, although smaller, but significant spending differences remain in other categories. The U.S. debt, currently at $14.3 billion will grow by trillions of dollars under budget plans from both sides.

Boehner: 2012 Budget Leads Where Obama Failed

House Speaker John Boehner on Monday said that the Republican proposal for the 2012 budget leads where the Obama administration failed by taking on challenges facing healthcare, retirement and energy to create jobs.
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Entrepreneurs powering Cleveland makeover

Aaron LeMieux grew up hearing his native Cleveland used as the punchline for jokes such as the mistake on the lake. But the city is attempting to shake its downtrodden image - enhanced by a history of sporting futility - and entrepreneurs like LeMieux are leading the charge.
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Tenet Healthcare Stock Hit New High On Q4 Results

Shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) touched a new 52-week high of $7.27 on Monday. The company said Friday that its fourth quarter earnings more than tripled as patient visits improved signaling better consumer confidence.
Bahraini Shi'ite men shout anti-government slogans as they protest outside the parliament in Bahraini capital of Manama

Bahraini protesters move to parliament building

Bahrainis campaigning for democratic reforms in the Gulf Arab state staged a protest outside the U.S. ally's parliament building on Monday, demanding that all its members resign over protester deaths.
A man leans against a wall to read his newspaper before entering the subway in Grand Central Station in New York

Manhattan loses jobs as outer boroughs grow: study

Manhattan lost nearly 110,000 jobs from 2000 to 2009 while its outer boroughs were gaining jobs, thanks to the growth of two sectors, education and healthcare, a think tank's report said on Wednesday.
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France's Publicis faces $100 million gender bias lawsuit

A former public relations employee has sued Publicis Groupe SA for $100 million, saying the French advertising company discriminates against women in pay and promotions. Women make up 70 percent of the company's public relations staff but hold only about 15 percent of leadership positions, the lawsuit says.
Protestors fill the rotunda outside of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's office in Madison

Americans oppose taking away union bargaining: poll

Most Americans oppose laws that would take away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, as in a proposal in Wisconsin that has sparked mass protests, as well as Ohio and other states, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released on Wednesday.
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5 Most Promising Careers in Healthcare

Exploring a few prominent occupations in the healthcare industry that are expected to grow at some of the fastest rates over the years leading up to 2018, as predicted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Bahrain protesters occupy square as Libyans bury dead

Protesters in Bahrain appeared to gain the initiative on Saturday and mourners buried their dead in western Libya as the wave of protest washing across the Arab world tested more of the region's longtime rulers.

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