NPR 2012-02-23

The Obama administration wants to cut the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. NPR's Scott Horsley reports that's part of a broader proposal designed to simplify the tax code. The current corporate tax rate is one of the highest in the world. Whil

NPR 2009-02-24

Meeting with his economic advisors and others at the White House today, President Barack Obama said even with the economic challenges facing the nation, he plans to cut the nations budget deficit by half by the end of his first term in office. Presi

NPR 2011-10-19

Now the hard work begins, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's message in Tripoli today to Libya's interim leaders as they face a transition to democracy. Democracy takes time. It will not be easy or quick. But we are filled with admiration for what

NPR 2008-10-15

The federal government, albeit reluctantly, has gotten into the banking business, announcing it would inject 250 billion dollars directly into some of the nation's largest financial institutions. Richard Sylla is an economics professor and financial

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By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 In this video image, Simon Mann talks to reporters in a courtroom following his pardon by the government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 03 Nov 2009 A British man who was part of a failed plot to overthrow the

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Hello, this is Charles Carlow with the BBC news. The United Nations' Security Council has approved some of the harshest sanctions it's ever imposed in response to North Korea's recent nuclear test and rocket launch. The US ambassador to the UN Samant

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Finance ministers from the 15 permanent and non-permanent members of the UN Security Council have unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at cutting funds for the so called Islamic State group. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the world neede

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