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Economics:

Payrolls fall less in July, jobless rates eases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut 247,000 jobs in July, far less than expected and the least in any month since last August, according to data on Friday that provided the clearest evidence yet that the economy was turning around.

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-economy-sheds-fewer-jobs-rb...

Economics:

AARP Town Hall Meeting on Health Care - Dallas, August 4, 2009

AARP isn't comfortable listening to its members, but pretends to represent their interests

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoMNDdQ1_h0

Economics:

US food stamp list tops 34 million for first time

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, more than 34 million Americans received food stamps, which help poor people buy groceries, government figures said on Thursday, a sign of the longest and one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/reuters/2009/08/06/2009-08-06T15...

Economics:

New jobless claims drop more than expected

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, the government said Thursday, a sign that the job market is making gradual improvement.

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-jobless-claims-drop-more-a...

Economics:

White House reverses statement on Iran election

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Wednesday said he had misspoken in calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran's elected leader and that Washington will let the Iranian people decide whether Iran's election was fair.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE57441U200...

Economics:

White House reverses statement on Iran election

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Wednesday said he had misspoken in calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran's elected leader and that Washington will let the Iranian people decide whether Iran's election was fair.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE57441U200...

Economics:

White House: U.S. Has Avoided Depression

A White House spokesman said Wednesday that the United States has avoided falling off an economic cliff, citing as evidence a new report showing factory orders rose in June for the fourth time in five months, an unexpected gain and the latest sign that the ailing manufacturing sector is recovering.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/05/factory-orders-ri...

Economics:

Middle Class Tax Hike To Pay For ObamaCare

Source: http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tax_raise_healthcare/2009/0...

Economics:

Recession Eases; GDP Dip Smaller Than Expected

Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090731/D99PEFPO0.html