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Joseph Schuman

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A former writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, Joseph has been based in Paris, Washington, New York, Brussels and California.

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It's a Man's World, Business Study Finds

posted: 15 hours 45 minutes ago

(March 17) -- In most of the world, discrimination against women in business isn't just a bad idea -- it's the law. A World Bank study of business laws related to women in 128 countries found that on ...

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As Red River Rises, US Braces for Spring Floods

posted: 1 day 3 hours ago

(March 17) -- Officials and volunteers in Minnesota and North Dakota built up levees and filled sandbags today against a rapidly rising Red River, even as the federal government predicted potentially ...

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Fed: High Unemployment Means Cheap Borrowing

posted: 1 day 21 hours ago

(March 16) -- The Federal Reserve signaled it will keep the cost of borrowed money historically low for months to come because of persistently high unemployment and scant signs of inflation on the ho ...

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Girding for the Wall Street Vs. Main Street Fight

posted: 2 days 22 hours ago

(March 15) -- Shielding Americans from shady credit card fees, protecting taxpayers from financial bailouts, saving banks from becoming "too big to fail," policing hedge funds, and safeguarding the c ...

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America's Solid Credit Rating Gets Shaken

posted: 2 days 20 hours ago

(March 15) -- Could the federal balance sheet become so strained that the U.S. can't pay its debts? The short answer is not now or anytime soon. But a quarterly look at the government's financial sit ...

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Why Health Care End Game Is Hijacking Washington

posted: 5 days 19 hours ago

(March 12) -- Health care reform or bust. After stalemate followed stalemate for roughly a year of lawmaking and politics, the fight to change national health care rules and insure millions more Ame ...

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US Slams China on Human Rights Record

posted: 6 days 4 hours ago

(March 11) -- The United States has taken a fresh swing at China's human rights record at a time when the Obama administration is wooing Beijing for support against Iran, highlighting the tension bet ...

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US Puts Squeeze on Iran Amid Calls for UN Sanctions

posted: 7 days 13 hours ago

(March 10) -- The United States is intensifying pressure on Iran commercially and diplomatically amid the push for new international sanctions targeting Tehran's nuclear program. President Barack Oba ...

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Taming Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction

posted: 8 days 14 hours ago

(March 9) -- The campaign to rein in a type of risky investment villainized in the economic crisis and blamed for the government bailout of AIG and the financial collapse of Greece is gaining momentu ...

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US Can't Track Its Own Exports to Iran

posted: 12 days 21 hours ago

(March 5) -- Even as the U.S. pushes for tougher international sanctions aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program, a government investigation suggests Washington is doing a lousy job policing the sanc ...

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