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Models present creations with faces of Republican presidential candidate Romney and U.S. President Obama, at the Katya Leonovich Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week

Obama Widens Narrow Lead Over Romney: Reuters/Ipsos Poll

With both the Democratic and Republican national conventions now history, the former party's incumbent Barack Obama has widened his narrow lead over the latter party's challenger Mitt Romney in the U.S. presidential-election race, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll results released Saturday.
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Coke, GE Step In As Ex-Pariah Myanmar Opens To Foreign Investment

After breaking from decades of military rule, Myanmar's parliament ratified legislation promoting foreign investment on Friday, opening the southeast Asian country to investment from companies like MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA), the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE).
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Another Weak Jobs Report Keeps Election Close

With both nominating conventions over, the release on Friday of a lackluster August jobs report underscores the dynamic underpinning a week's worth of lofty speechifying: this is either man's race.
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Barack Obama's DNC Speech: What He Left Out

The speech was curiously lacking in specifics about Obama's record to date, sticking instead to a vague framework for a potential second term. Here are a few of the things the president left out.
Barack Obama’s Speech At DNC 2012 Sets Twitter Record; 52,757 Tweets Per Minute

Barack Obama's Speech At DNC 2012 Sets Twitter Record; 52,757 Tweets Per Minute

Obama's speech at the National Democratic Convention (DNC) 2012 in Charlotte Thursday not only instigated rounds of applause, but also broke a few Twitter records for political events. The speech was wildly popular on the social networking site, eliciting 52,757 tweets per minute, which was a new Twitter record for politics.
Eva Longoria at DNC

Eva Longoria's 2012 DNC Speech [VIDEO and FULL TEXT]

Actress Eva Longoria spoke briefly at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday evening. The brief speech was one of the most unique of the evening, and we have video and the full text of the speech for you to check out if you were unable to watch it the first time around.
Scarlett Johannson Speaks At DNC

Scarlett Johansonn's 2012 DNC Speech Video And Full Text Transcript

Actress Scarlett Johansson spoke briefly at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday evening. The speech was one of the most unique of the evening, and we have video and the full text of the speech for you to check out if you were unable to watch it the first time around.
Bulls, Bears, and the Ballot Box

Do Democratic Presidents Historically Pull Nation Out Of Fiscal Rut?

The 2012 campaign has focused on a myriad of social and ideological issues, with some smatterings of tax policy and truckloads of mudslinging. A new book argues voters should look past the obfuscation and consider what is best for their wallet. Its authors claim history has proven one thing: when it comes to economic success, the left has had the upper hand.

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