Word: ottawa
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...first meeting between President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which happened Thursday in Ottawa, covered a wide range of common interests, such as a revival of the North American economy, reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, and the war in Afghanistan. But the unscripted moments of the President's first foreign visit since being elected to the White House - including a declaration of love for Canada and an impromptu visit to an Ottawa farmers' market for a beaver-tail pastry - overshadowed the official agenda...
President Barack Obama is in Ottawa today for a private lunch with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the North-American economy is sure to be front and center. A softer "Buy American" provision in Obama's stimulus package that honors existing trade agreements such as NAFTA is sure to be discussed, as is the ongoing bailout of the North-American auto industry, which has deep roots in southern Ontario...
...first glance Ottawa's C$125 billion pales in comparison to the $1-trillion "bad bank" being contemplated by Obama to jump-start lending in the U.S.; however, accounting for differences in size between the two economies, the figures are nearly identical. If Canadian banks, ranked best capitalized in the G7 according to the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, are sitting on massive cash injections to healthy balance sheets, what can Obama expect from U.S. banks...
What is the worst fashion statement you have seen to date? Sarosh Shaheen, OTTAWA...
...Youth Organizing.” Though Nuni said the action groups did not develop concrete ideas as he had hoped they would, he said that the continued discussion was only part of the process. Elizabeth C. McKenna ’08, who worked for the Obama campaign in Ottawa County, Ohio, led the action group on youth organizing. “Why did you come today?,” she asked to spark discussion. “The election was a month ago.” Josh J. Wolf, a graduate student at MIT, replied...