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2015-06-14 U.S. Business


The Australian Financial Review
   
Obama applies pressure to Democrats ahead of new vote on stalled bill   
The Australian Financial Review
President Obama has been hitting the phones all weekend to shore up a second attempt at a vote on the bill next Tuesday. Reuters. by John Kehoe. A former senior adviser to US President Barack Obama has warned that the no vote by the US Congress that ...

Australia, Japan still optimistic amid TPP setback   The Australian
Obama suffers big loss as trade bill is defeated at hands of Democrats   Los Angeles Times
I'll be Dem'ed: Obama's party rejects centerpiece trade deal   azcentral.com
CTV News   
International Business Times   
The Express Tribune   
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The Australian Financial Review
   
Rupert Murdoch plays King Lear in the 21st Century Fox drama   
The Australian Financial Review
Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. Give me the map there. Know that we have divided . . . our kingdom. - "King Lear", Act 1, Scene 1. Anyone who has survived a high school drama class knows that no monarch should ever try to hand over power ...

Business Dynasties Try to Pass the Torch Without Dropping It   New York Times
Murdoch boys' club: Who's in and who's out at 21st Century Fox and News Corp   Hindustan Times
James Murdoch to lead 21st Century Fox   Uncover California
NBCNews.com   
Firstpost   
Financial Express   
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Kathimerini
   
Shares drop on Greece uncertainty, rate hike anticipation   
Interactive Investor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A setback in Greek debt talks pushed U.S. and European shares lower on Friday, along with investor views that positive U.S. data may accelerate the timing for a hike in interest rates. Oil prices fell on concerns production may rise ...

What is Reform? The Strange Case of Greece and Europe   The American Prospect

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IRS Taking Steps to Combat Taxpayers' Identity Theft   
EDGE Boston
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. (Source:AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File).

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Op-ed: Biofuels are cleaner energy that should be encouraged   
Salt Lake Tribune
It's hard to imagine a more vulnerable time for American farmers and ranchers than the current period, in which the world is entering a period of climate change that is being felt in every state of the union today. The weather has always been one of the biggest ...


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The Next Digit
   
May inflation update: Wholesale prices jump, led by eggs and gasoline   
The Next Digit
In the last 3 years, the wholesale prices in the US haven't gone up to the level as it has currently. In May, the wholesale prices of gasoline and eggs have recorded a massive increase. us-wholesale-price-jump. The producer price index also raked up by 0.5 ...


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ABC News
   
Passengers Forced to Evacuate Plane as Smell of Fuel Fills Cabin   
ABC News
Passengers arriving in Boise, Idaho, were forced to evacuate onto the wing of their aircraft Friday night when they smelled fuel and saw what looked like smoke in the cabin. Allegiant Air flight 330 had arrived in Boise from Los Angeles about 7 p.m. local time ...


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Average US rate on 30-year mortgage jumps to high for year   
Poughkeepsie Journal
WASHINGTON – Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped this week to their highest levels this year, with the key 30-year rate topping 4 percent for the first time since late 2014. Rates have been surging amid signs of improvement in the economy, which ...


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Forbes
   
Whole Foods Looks At Whole Picture And Makes Organic Growers Angry   
Forbes
Whole Foods is famous mainly for two things: having lots of organic food products for sale and being very expensive. Recently, they have been introducing a comprehensive system of conveying to their shoppers the environmental and social attributes of their ...

Organic Farmers: Whole Foods Rating System is 'Existential Threat'   Boise Weekly

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Los Angeles Times
   
It's wrong to fine owner for not watering lawn during drought   
Los Angeles Times
Question: My homeowner association board won't let me plant drought-resistant vegetation, saying it's not in keeping with a "theme of luxury homes" and is contrary to architectural and landscape rules. Because of California's severe drought I stopped ...

Significant water cuts for farmers in California   West Texas News
The one thing rarer than water: political common sense   Western Farm Press (blog)
Joe Mathews: Spreading the blame for our drought   The Desert Sun
Telegraph.co.uk   
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