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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Veterans Affairs Department on Friday to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents whose personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, might have been disclosed when its computer systems were hacked. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Sen. Cornyn didn’t vote for the Violence Against Women Act, but he still wants credit for it
Posted by admin on March 11th, 2013
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Politicians look for credit in a rising economy
Posted by admin on March 9th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit? Tweet This Post
In a rising economy, politicians look for credit
Posted by admin on March 9th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit? Tweet This Post
Credit checks cause one in 10 unemployed people to be denied a job
Posted by admin on March 9th, 2013
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TEXT-S&P says Singapore budget surplus supports AAA credit rating
Posted by admin on February 26th, 2013
SINGAPORE, Feb 26 (Reuters) – (The following statement wasreleased by the rating agency) Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today thatSingapore’s projected budget surpluses for the next two fiscalyears continue to support the sovereign’s creditworthiness (unsolicited ratings AAA/Stable/A-1+; axAAA/ax-1+). The government estimates a surplus of Singapore dollars (S$ )3.9 billion (1.1% of GDP) for the [...]
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No Comments »Regulators ease key bank rule to spur credit
Posted by admin on January 7th, 2013
BASEL, Switzerland/LONDON (Reuters) – Global regulators gave banks four more years and greater flexibility on Sunday to build up cash buffers so they can use some of their reserves to help struggling economies grow. The pull-back from a draconian earlier draft of new global bank liquidity rules, which aim to help prevent another financial crisis, [...]
UK’s Cameron plays down status of top credit rating
Posted by admin on January 6th, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said the credibility of his deficit-cutting policy was more important than the judgment of credit rating agencies, as the threat of third recession since the financial crisis looms. Britain has held onto its top triple-A credit rating while the United States and France have suffered downgrades, but [...]
Belarus urges IMF to clear way for credit program
Posted by admin on November 27th, 2012
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko urged the International Monetary Fund to stop playing politics to clear the way for a new $ 3.5 billion credit program. The former Soviet republic, recovering from a balance-of-payments crisis and a subsequent devaluation of the Belarussian rouble, faces a foreign debt repayment crunch in 2013. … Politics [...]
Tax credit for wind farms blown into “fiscal cliff” debate
Posted by admin on November 13th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley said he is hopeful Congress will renew a tax credit for wind energy but acknowledged that its fate depends on sweeping negotiations over tax and spending issues in coming weeks. Grassley, instigator of a 22-year-old production tax credit that has driven expansion of wind farms and related [...]
