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French Senate passes pension overhaul (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

French Senator Isabelle Debre, right, votes on a pension reform for members of UMP, at the Senate in Paris, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. The French Senate is to vote on a pension reform, after the government short-circuited a protracted debate. The Senate is near certain to approve the measure, which raises the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 later Friday, despite months of strikes and protests that reached a climax of radical action and scattered clashes this week. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Under pressure from the government, the French Senate voted Friday to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, a victory for President Nicolas Sarkozy after days of…

US overhaul could push some trading overseas (AP)

June 25th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010, file photo House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., speak to reporters outside the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama. One year in the making, a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street rules forged in the aftermath of a financial crisis cleared congressional negotiations early Friday June 25, 2010 and headed to the House and Senate for final votes. He and Dodd want to wrap up their work in time for the House and Senate to send a final bill to President Barack Obama by July 4. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Will the U.S. financial overhaul push big firms to transfer business to Europe? Some say no: Europe is also working on efforts to tighten up on risk-taking, though…

$2 billion sought to overhaul ruined Haiti schools (AP)

May 16th, 2010

A girl looks on at the Marie Esther catholic school in Port-au-Prince upon the visit of Luis Moreno, president of the Inter American Development Bank, BID, unseen, Friday, May 14, 2010.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The Inter-American Development Bank is seeking $2 billion to expand access to Haitian schools.


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