GOOG, YHOO, EBAY, AMZN, AOL Citi's Favorite Internet Names, Starts OPEN at …Barron’s (blog)Citigroup's Mark May, formerly with Barclays, this afternoon starts coverage of eleven Internet stocks, after taking over from Mark Mahaney who left earlier this year for RBC Capital. May starts Google (GOOG), Amazon.com (AMZN), eBay (EBAY),Yahoo!and more » …
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House GOP leaders face stiff resistance as they furiously whip a farm bill stripped of food stamps, running up against angry Democrats and failing to win over conservative groups that helped sink the bill the last time it came to the floor. More: continued here
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Read More »Will GOP plan to cut food stamps save the farm bill … or kill it? – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor Will GOP plan to cut food stamps save the farm bill … or kill it?Christian Science MonitorBy splitting off the food stamp title of the bill, which accounts for 80 percent of the nearly $1 trillion bill, GOP leaders hope to attract back enough conservative Republican votes …
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Read More »Things That Aren’t Inevitable: The Farm Bill – Heritage.org (blog)
Wall Street Journal Things That Aren't Inevitable: The Farm BillHeritage.org (blog)Now, the House has a chance to get it right—and splitting the actual farm-related programs from the food stamps is only the first step. Breaking the farm programs and food stamps into two bills is a start—but then the House …
Read More »More than 1 million Americans on food stamps – KETK
More than 1 million Americans on food stampsKETKTyler, Texas (KETK) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, the number of people needing assistance surpasses the private sector workers. The data shows, nearly a third of our country is on food stamps. KETK discussed this new report with … More: continued …
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EBay Asks 9th Circuit To Reject Challenge By Deaf UserMediaPost CommunicationseBay is opposing Web user Melissa Earll's attempt to revive her anti-discrimination lawsuit against the company. Earll, a deaf Missouri resident, says that eBay's policy of requiring sellers to use a telephone to confirm their identities made it … More: …
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