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July 26, 2011 Afternoon Update |
TOP NEWSBoehner Plan Faces G.O.P. Resistance and Veto ThreatBy JENNIFER STEINHAUERHouse Republican leaders made frenzied pleas to their members to approve a plan to temporarily raise the debt ceiling, but passage seemed in growing doubt, and the White House strongly opposes the bill. DealBookDebt Drama Blocks Out Big Picture on CreditBy ANDREW ROSS SORKINHow rating agencies will view the country's creditworthiness will end up being a bigger deal than the current back and forth over the debt ceiling. The Caucus'Very Few' Democrats Will Back Boehner Plan, Hoyer SaysBy JADA F. SMITHRepresentative Steny H. Hoyer, the House's No. 2 Democrat, grudgingly endorsed the Senate's debt limit proposal. The CaucusStagecraft of the Obama-Boehner Debt DebateBy MICHAEL D. SHEARTwo speeches on Monday night capped a remarkable series of dueling theatrical performances by the nation's two most powerful politicians. The CaucusCongressman to Resign in Sex ScandalBy MICHAEL D. SHEARDavid Wu, a Democrat from Oregon, is facing allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a young woman. |
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BUSINESSDealBookSoros to Close His Fund to OutsidersBy AZAM AHMEDGeorge Soros is the latest hedge fund magnate to forgo managing the money of outsiders to focus on his own. Chrysler Posts a Loss, but Sales ImproveBy BILL VLASICChrysler would have posted net income of $181 million, but for a charge related to paying off government loans from the United States and Canada. Prescriptions BlogMcDonald's Alters Happy Meals, Shrinks FriesBy STEPHANIE STROMMcDonald's acknowledges that consumer and parental pressures forced it to lower the amount of fries in children's meals, and add fruit. U.S. Housing Prices Remain WeakBy CHRISTINE HAUSERA private survey said home prices rose a thin 1 percent in May, largely on seasonal factors. Euro Zone Rescue Effect Appears to Peter OutBy DAVID JOLLY AND JACK EWINGAs investors examined the details of the package, some said that too many questions remained unresolved. |
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