Word: bankes
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...Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister and leader of the Likud party. When Israelis last voted in 2006, they chose the centrist Kadima party, which vowed to push for a U.S.-sponsored peace with the Palestinians, even if it meant sacrificing Jewish-held land in the West Bank. This time, with the rise of Hamas in Gaza, few Israelis have illusions about reaching a lasting peace...
...Abbas' top aides said Hamas was "110 per cent" to blame for the Gaza attack - an unpopular, if not suicidal, stance among Palestinians, whose ire was directed at Israel. Even as the civilian death toll climbed, Abbas delayed several days before criticizing the Israeli offensive. In the West Bank, which Abbas controls by dint of the presence of the Israeli army, his security forces cracked down brutally on fellow Palestinians protesting the Israeli offensive. Palestinians ask why Abbas did not go to Gaza during the fighting to show solidarity with its residents, or organize blood or food help for Gaza...
...opinion survey released Thursday by an independent Palestinian polling organization found that Hamas would beat Fatah if a new Palestinian Authority election were held today, and that Hamas acting premier Ismail Haniyeh is the leader most trusted in the West Bank and Gaza. And, as Abbas' own standing falls, so do his prospects of convincing Hamas and other Palestinians that peace may still be possible with the Israelis...
...financial sector, rumors that Bank of America (BAC) might be nationalized nearly turned shares in the firm into a penny stock...
...nearly $4 million in administrative costs by the end of 2008): "...if Treasury maintains possession of all or most of the purchased assets, the administrative costs of operating the program could amount to more than $1 billion per year." (Contracts to companies outside the government include: $20 million to Bank of America to administer the portfolio of assets the Treasury Department may buy; $395 to the Washington Post to list "vacancy announcements"; $75,850 to Colonial Parking for the lease of parking spots...