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If the 2012 contest were between Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Soros said that “there isn’t that much difference..."

MF Global’s chief risk officer is set to tell Congress on Thursday that he did not sound the alarms about the firm’s risky wagers on European sovereign debt

Mr. Obama’s proposal is intended to force the mortgage giants to inject more competition into the refinancing market

“Portugal’s debt is sustainable, and we do not see the need” for emergency negotiations between Lisbon and private bondholders, he said.

And who was it who argued that the government ought to let the carmakers fail? Mitt Romney.

Mr. Cornelius stopped hosting the show in 1993, and “Soul Train” ceased production in 2006.

“My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity,” Romney Declared.

“My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity,” Romney Declared.

“So getting exactly to what the French bottom line is hasn’t been easy for them, much less for us.”

The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297: II. Largo

“Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have been informed that the European Commission today has decided to prohibit their proposed business combination.”

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) may hire Richard “Jake” Siewert Jr., a former counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

Macromavens' Pomboy points out the rising tide of Fed liquidity no longer is lifting all so-called risk assets together.

“Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.”

“Fifteen years ago, AOL was the Internet to most people, five years ago it was Google, now Facebook is the Internet.”

Sound tax policy calls for raising the capital gains tax, which, at 15 percent, is the lowest since the Great Depression.

“The proportional nature of the upcoming contests essentially guarantees that no candidate will secure the nomination any time soon.”

“Futures customers — including farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers — have been suspended in excruciating limbo, wondering when they will receive their funds.”

“I am concerned as a citizen,” he said. “And on the other side as an investor, I see the opportunity of a lifetime.”

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