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The original version of this story has been updated to reflect Citi's contention that Verme's job change was not a demotion, but a promotion, that Dubai was not a 'financial house of cards,' and that the bank is 'comfortable with [its] investment across all of the UAE.' When...
"If you're looking for a job right now, your prospects are terrible. There are six times as many Americans seeking work as there are job openings ... You might think, then, that doing something about the employment situation would be a top policy priority. But now that total financial collapse...
"What people understand that policymakers in Washington don't is that there's a real belief out there that all government does is waste money," says Doug Schoen, the pollster who helped President Clinton move into the era of "Big Government is over" after the Democrats' 1994 midterm-election drubbing...
"We're in a very special kind of economic situation," he said, "and, frankly, jobs have to be the top priority."
The junta blames former colonial power France for the shooting, a time-honored way to distract attention and temporarily mend internal strife. Keeping up a smokescreen about Camara's condition also buys time. If Konate can command enough respect from the various factions to hold the military together, then he...