The clock is ticking on one of President Bush’s most controversial legacies. The tax cut packages enacted in 2001 and 2003 will soon expire. In a new series, NPR lays out the policy and politics behind the debate to extend them, and looks at how taxes affect individuals, corporations and states. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged 2003-will, a-new-series, and-looks, and-states-, how-taxes, lays-out, president-bush, soon-expire-, the-policyWe bought a toxic asset full of mortgages gone bad. Then we went to Florida to find some of the people behind the mortgages. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-toxic-asset, behind-the-mortgages, del-icio-us, find-some, florida, mortgages, mortgages-gone, people, the-people, toxic-assetRising retail sales in China have been a powerful force behind the country’s unprecedented economic growth over the past two decades. As a result, America’s leverage over China has diminished dramatically. President Obama departed Thursday for a multi-stop tour of Asia. The Obama administration is anxious to obtain key concessions but it won’t be an easy adjustment for U.S. officials. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-powerful-force, china, country, have-been, over-the, over-the-past, powerful-force, president-obamaRussia’s defense minister says the Arctic Sea’s 15 crew members, last heard from July 28, were alive and now aboard a Russian naval frigate off the coast of West Africa. But the story behind the ship’s vanishing act remains foggy. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged africa, and-now, arctic, behind-the-ship, crew-members, remains-foggy-, russian, says-the, storyLawmakers are months behind the original goal of making sweeping changes to the nation’s financial regulations. Leaders agree that changes are needed, but they just don’t see eye to eye on what those changes might be. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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