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- School board continues to make severe cuts Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:51PMThat’s the budget crisis the Jackson County School System is facing with its proposed 2010-2011 budget. For district employees, there’ll be six furlough days next school year, and the elimination of at least four and a half teaching positions, along with a central office position.
- Share Your Thoughts Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:51PMWASHINGTON — Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.
- Administration Nears a Crossroads on Trade Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:50PMThe question is whether the U.S. is prepared to lead or whether protectionist pressures will make it impossible to engage fully with trading partners.
- China faces new pressure to let currency rise Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:21PMChina faces mounting pressure from trading partners to loosen currency controls and is giving signs it might raise the value of the yuan to ease strains on its fast-growing economy.
- Aussie Losing to Loonie Shows Canada’s Banks Trumping China Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:20PMMarch 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar is being overtaken by the Canadian dollar among commodity currencies as the safety of Canada’s banking system and ties with the U.S. economy spur investors to buy the loonie.
- Aussie Losing to Loonie Shows Canada’s Banks Trumping China Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:20PMThe Australian dollar is being overtaken by the Canadian dollar among commodity currencies as the safety of Canada’s banking system and ties with the U.S. economy spurs investors to buy the loonie.
- Balance finances sooner, says CBI Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:17PMThe CBI is urging ministers to deliver a "convincing" plan for balancing public finances by 2016, earlier than planned.
- GOP shows true colors Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:15PMObama as The Joker, big donors as "Ego-driven", saving America from "socialism" -- a revealing Republican strategy memo
- Japan PM in a bind as upper house election looms Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:12PMTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, his party flagging in polls ahead of a mid-year election, promised on Monday to find a way to regain public backing but said he was not considering a cabinet reshuffle now.
- Icelanders reject full repayment to British, Dutch caught in bank collapse Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:12PMLONDON -- Icelanders this weekend resoundingly rejected a plan to reimburse overseas depositors after the failure of an online Icelandic bank, a rare public referendum on the repayment of a foreign liability that could fuel further concerns over debt problems in Europe.
