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The 17-member PERAB, which meets by conference call most Fridays, is best known for its leader, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who has persuaded Obama to take a more aggressive approach to banking regulation. But it also includes several executives whose firms stand to benefit from more federal...
"I cannot answer the demands of the protesters," an outwardly calm Abhisit said during the televised press conference as he was flanked by leaders of the parties that form his coalition government. "I have listened to the protesters, but I also have to listen to other groups in society who...
At one moment during Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's press conference on Sunday, it was easy to confuse whom he was criticizing when he denounced efforts by some countries to lower the value of their currency to boost trade.
Wen's comments follow a period of deteriorating Sino-U.S. relations that began late last year, when he was accused of snubbing Obama during the Copenhagen climate talks. On Sunday, Wen said he had been slighted first when he wasn't invited to a meeting of national leaders during...
Even if Dodd had agreed to water down reform enough to cut a deal with Corker, that wouldn't have guaranteed success; it was not clear if any other Republicans would have supported it, if Democrats on his committee would have agreed to pass it, if it could have survived...