Threatened Mexico police boss quits: The slayings were a sign that criminal gangs are determined to control the police force of the biggest Mexican border city, with a population of 1.3 million people south of El Paso, Texas. Up to 120,000 protest in recession-hit Ireland: Up to 120,000 protesters brought Dublin city centre to a standstill on Saturday over government austerity measures aimed at stabilising the once high-flying economy now wracked by recession. Obama wants to cut U.S. deficit in half by 2013: President Barack Obama will use his first budget, due to be unveiled next week, to put the United States on track towards cutting its ballooning deficit in half by 2013, an administration official said on Saturday. Regulators Shut Silver Falls Bank, 14th Seized in 2009: Oregon regulators seized Silver Falls Bank, the 14th U.S. bank shuttered this year, as the worst financial crisis in a more than half a century further tightens access to credit and pushes foreclosures higher. Bank Shares Topple on Talk Of Possible U.S. Takeover: White House Has Shunned Nationalization, but Falling Prices Could Force Issue Big Pharma Quietly Hikes Drug Prices 100 Percent or More: "There's no simple explanation," said Stephen Schondelmeyer of the University of Minnesota. "Some companies seem to figure no one is watching so they can get away with it."
Monday, 23 February 2009
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