Jul 30, 7:50 AM EDT
Egypt: Militants attack gas pipeline to Israel
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ ... 0-07-50-02

third attack on the pipeline this month

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Answers to the 7 big "what-ifs" of debt default
NEW YORK | Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:15am IST
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/3 ... onomicNews

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Jul 30, 7:26 AM EDT
Budget, debt worries plague troops
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ ... 0-07-26-20

as bombings rocked the city [Kandahar] around them

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29 July 2011 Last updated at 10:57 ET
US economy: GDP growth much weaker than thought
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14344671

first-quarter growth was revised down sharply from 1.9% to 0.4%.
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29 July 2011 Last updated at 10:13 ET
Merck & Co cutting a further 12,000 to 13,000 jobs

US drugmaker Merck & Co is to cut a further 12,000 to 13,000 jobs by 2013, despite announcing quarterly profits of $2bn

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14346265

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Microsoft use of low-tax havens drives down tax bill
FAIRFIELD, Conn. | Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:43pm IST
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/3 ... 3320110730

If you want to know why tax from surging corporate profits isn't making much of a dent in the United States' crippling budget deficit

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Politics twists oil's route from well to gas tank
SINGAPORE | Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:57am IST
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/3 ... 6420110730

West African oil is going to a refiner in Taiwan to make diesel for Brazilian truckers.

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Libyan TV still on air despite NATO bombing
TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS | Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:06am EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/ ... KE20110730

SEND IN BREIVIK

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It’s time for banks to pay back their debt to the rest of us
Jul 29, 2011 11:06 EDT
http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-money/ ... est-of-us/

Despite their soaring profits, megabanks still owe U.S. taxpayers money from the bailout. A new study of released by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that $1.5 trillion of the $4.8 trillion in federal bailout loans are still outstanding

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Total Wall Street Bailout Cost
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti ... ilout_Cost