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...Word of Obama's latest financial benchmark comes amid continued reports that the Clinton campaign is struggling with a persistent debt that at times has reached nearly $9 million, according to published reports and Democratic party officials. The size of Clinton's debt, in turn, has given rise to questions about whether she will have the cash to compete head-to-head with Obama in various primaries in the final eight weeks of the nomination campaign...
...Tuesday Zimbabwe entered its third day of waiting for the results of a general election amid mounting evidence that the opposition had narrowly defeated President Robert Mugabe - and increasing suspicion that his ruling regime was trying to rig the results. But as the delay continued, speculation grew over the reasons for manipulating the results...
...Mendillo’s appointment comes after years of instability at HMC, beginning with the 2005 departure of the company’s long-time CEO Jack R. Meyer, who left to launch a hedge fund amid heated criticism over his multimillion dollar compensation—and took 30 HMC employees with...
...ruins and the business district sags from the shattered economy. Thousands of people are homeless and squatting in vacant and storm-damaged properties, some just a few blocks from City Hall.” Returning to the French Quarter, I realized how suspended things seemed there, even amid the “happy mayhem.” New Orleans is a nocturnal city, and in the bright sunshine the carnival-like setting gave way to pressing heat and gridlocked traffic. A month after Mardi Gras, glistening strands of gold, green, and purple beads still dangled from trees and telephone wires...
...tumbled to 38% from 64% last fall, "we'll probably see Sarkozy's number jump anywhere from 5% to 10% thanks to the coverage of this visit to London - even though it won't actually produce anything concrete," says Delafon. That will only get Sarkozy so far, though. Amid the castle walls, fudge shops and quaint tearooms of Windsor, the fairytale town just outside London where Sarkozy was hosted by Britain's Queen, one visiting French schoolgirl recognized a "great president" in Sarkozy, let down only by "promises he's not kept." When he returns to France, things for Sarkozy...