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Ed Page On Facebook: Should Congress Have To Find Cuts In Spending Before Sending Disaster Aid To Oklahoma?
Bill Cink: That depends, will it be like superstorm Sandy relief where they tacked on all kinds of pork like money for fisheries in Alaska? Mark Pappa: Act quickly without the pork barrel nonsense associated with passing such legislation a la Sandy aid....Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, James Inhofe, Aquaculture, Consumer Confidence
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Much of Red Cross fund for Sandy aid still unspent
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven months after Superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross still hasn't spent more than a third of the $303 million it raised to assist victims of the storm, a strategy the organization says will help address needs that weren't immediately...
Tags: Robin Hood Foundation, Education, City University of New York, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Conservation
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Fannie Mae to pay U.S. $59.4 billion after record quarterly profit
WASHINGTON -- Bailed-out housing finance giant Fannie Mae said Thursday it would pay the U.S. government $59.4 billion after posting a record profit for the first three months of the year. The fortunes of the company, which is 80% owned by taxpayers...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Keep Your Home California relief still slow but picking up steam
A federal foreclosure-prevention effort that earmarked nearly $2 billion to help troubled California homeowners has delivered only about one-sixth of those funds during its three years in existence. The pace of assistance is finally accelerating,...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Finance
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Rescued Fannie Mae posts record profit as housing market rebounds
WASHINGTON -- Bailed-out Fannie Mae on Tuesday reported a record $17.2 billion profit for 2012, driven by the housing-market recovery and a big settlement with Bank of America related to soured mortgages during the subprime boom. The housing finance...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Finance, Countrywide Financial Corp.
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Message to Russian oligarchs: Your money's just as safe at home
It’s been a rough week for Russian oligarchs, with the apparent suicide of exiled Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky as well as a Eurozone rescue of Cyprus expected to come largely at the expense of Russian high rollers who stashed their wealth in...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Cyprus, Real Estate Sellers, Same-Sex Marriage, Russia
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Cyprus scrambles to put together bailout package
ATHENS -- Racing against time and short on choices, Cyprus on Friday moved to vote on yet another bailout formula its government cobbled together to secure a $13-billion international lifeline that will keep its weak banks afloat and avert a devastating...
Tags: Cyprus, Russia, Christianity, Parliament, Central Bank
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The Cyprus confusion
WASHINGTON -- Logically, what happens in Cyprus should stay in Cyprus. With a population of just over 1 million and an economy that's a mere 0.2 percent of the 17-nation eurozone, the country seems too small to matter on the world stage. Yet, that's where...Tags: Angela Merkel, Financial Markets, Cyprus, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Indicator
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Cyprus postpones vote on controversial bailout package
ATHENS – Cyprus’ parliament has pushed back debate of a controversial bailout that would force savers to pay a levy of up to nearly 10% on bank deposits in exchange for a $13-billion international aid package to avert a chaotic government...
Tags: Politics, International Monetary Fund, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Elections, Cyprus
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Treasury starts selling remaining General Motors stock
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department has begun selling the rest of its stake in General Motors Co. as the government tries to end its bailout of the automaker in a little more than a year. Last month, the Treasury sold about $156.4 million worth of its...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Public-private partnerships have risks
Those enamored with the idea of public-private partnerships, such as the one being discussed for the Washington County Economic Development Commission, might pay close attention to the county’s ultimate public-private partnership: The one it...
Tags: Company Privatization
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Somerset County municipalities learn how to apply for disaster relief funds
Daily American Staff WriterAlthough Hurricane Sandy's devastation was mild in Somerset County compared with the storm-ravaged Eastern Seaboard, federal assistance appears to be on the way for several local municipalities and agencies. Representatives from 12 local...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Tom Corbett, Hurricane Sandy (2012), FEMA
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