Obama preserves public financing option
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is asking whether he can take money from donors who want him to be president, then give it back later.
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TORONTO -- Ontario has to keep a tight hold on the purse strings as it works on its plan to balance the province&#39;s budget by 2007-2008, Finance Minister Greg Sorbara said Thursday.
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Democratic presidential contender John Edwards said on Thursday he would accept public financing of his primary campaign, reversing his earlier stance, and challenged rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to do the same.
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The White House is betting that the steps it has taken to address the housing and financial crises will be enough to avert a recession without resorting to a major tax cut or new spending, as leading economists in both parties have urged, senior administration officials said.
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China has been the financier keeping the U.S. government well funded, but the rate of increase of its holdings of dollar-based securities seems to have slowed.
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GREENWOOD, S.C., Jan. 22 -- Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has spent much of the past year laying out a vision for voters weary of partisan rancor and political double talk. Now, as he faces an electorate suddenly worried about plummeting 401(k) accounts and vanishing jobs, he argues that the issues are...
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Demand is high for the books of presidential contender Barack Obama.
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Republican Sen. John McCain admonished Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for hedging on his promise to accept public funding if he wins his party's nomination or use his prolific fundraising operation.
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Obama seeks to distance himself from indicted donor ... Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf backs McCain for president ... Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee created fund for portrait, special events
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Republican John McCain admonished Democrat Barack Obama for hedging on whether he would accept public funding as promised if he wins his party's nomination or use his prolific fundraising operation.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are  expected to hold interest rates steady on Tuesday and retain a  cautionary warning about inflation risks, while taking stock of  cooler economic growth.
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The rate hasnât changed since last June, and the Federal Reserve signaled that it will hold steady for some time.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton may blunt one of rival Barack Obama&#39;s few advantages in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination: money.
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Barack Obama is giving to charity more than $70,000 in contributions linked to an indicted Chicago businessman whose past connections to the Democratic presidential candidate have created a distraction and raised questions about his judgment.
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The White House conceded Monday it will likely have to borrow money to pay for the president&#39;s proposal to create private accounts for younger workers to revamp Social Security.
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Americans have resolved to improve their fiscal lot.
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Presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million in the second quarter of the 2008 fundraising cycle, topping his first quarter fundraising effort, the Illinois Democrat announced Sunday in a statement.