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...interview last fall at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Lula, 63, told TIME that he wants to "change the world's political and economic geography" before he leaves office in December 2010. It may be futile to stump for a permanent Brazilian seat on the United Nations Security Council, but the developed world's financial shambles has made Lula's campaign to challenge U.S. and European hegemony in global trade talks less quixotic - and enhanced Brazil's leadership role among developing nations. "Capitalism will be a different animal once the turbulence is over," Lula told TIME. "Developing countries will...
...Bair had good reason to be out on the stump. She knew that on Thursday the FDIC would release its report on the health of the country's savings institutions. Now the report is out, and you can sum up what it says about American banks in one word: sick. "There is no question that this is one of the most difficult periods we have encountered during the FDIC's 75 years of operation," said Bair, commenting on the report. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...Obama while he was a senator and campaigned on his behalf. Obama and the future First Lady talked about Ledbetter regularly on the stump and the Alabama native rode with Obama as he took a celebratory train trip to Washington, D.C. before the inauguration. Ledbetter attended the inauguration and danced with the President at a ball afterwards...
...Roland's banker profile doesn't lend itself to the same kind of Baptist preacher personality that the African American community is used to...On the stump, Roland won't get the same response."- Bobby Rush, Illinois congressman, Chicago Tribune...
...multigenre, but I'm not the kind of guy you'd bring to a cocktail party who can talk about any kind of music. [Fall Out Boy lead singer] Patrick [Stump] and many of my friends are essentially the Wikipedia of music. I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that...