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Bank of America reduces holding in Chinese bank - International Herald Tribune HONG KONG : The top U.S. lender Bank of America, raising cash to weather a dismal market at home, sold a $2.83 billion chunk of its holding in China Construction Bank on Wednesday, dragging Hong Kong-listed shares of the Chinese bank 5.84 percent ... Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint - KWCH.com WASHINGTON (AP) - For budget-conscious lawmakers, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a spoonful of sugar with his $775 billion dose of economic stimulus -- the promise of fiscal discipline in the future. Obama is eager to sign the stimulus ... Obama's Choice For CIA Drawing Criticism - Eflux Media Washington - President-elect Barack Obama's choice of former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the CIA has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans worried he is too inexperienced to take on the job. Panetta, a former congressman ... Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks - Seattle Times Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer. While Burris' paperwork was rejected at the opening of the ... Egypt floats truce plan, 42 killed in Gaza school - Reuters GAZA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas studied an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a U.N. school ... |
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