Articles filed under Misc Elections
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How Obama victory could affect areas of US economyNov 07, 2012 12:54 pm - Upper-income Americans may face a tax increase. Auto fuel economy standards might be raised. Stocks of construction and engineering companies could benefit. America’s de...
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Economists’ advice for Obama: Avoid ‘fiscal cliff’Nov 07, 2012 12:47 pm - WASHINGTON — So what’s the first thing you’d do for the economy if you were president? The Associated Press posed that question to more than a dozen leading economists. ...
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It’s a 50-50 nation, give or takeNov 07, 2012 11:33 am - WASHINGTON — The election laid bare a dual — and dueling — nation, politically speaking, jaggedly split down the middle on the presidency and torn over much else. It see...
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Images: Front pages from around the worldNov 07, 2012 8:00 am - ...
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What’s next with the Electoral College?Nov 07, 2012 5:53 am - Americans already know who their next president is, but the formal process for picking a president extends beyond Election Day. While the Electoral College has the ultim...
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Analysis: Both sides see mandate, hard road aheadNov 07, 2012 5:53 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s re-election, coupled with Republicans’ continued hold on the House, gives both parties a chance to rethink, and perhaps undo, the b...
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The economy Obama faces: Slow but gaining steadilyNov 07, 2012 5:11 am - WASHINGTON — Some reward. Here’s the assignment President Barack Obama has won with his re-election: Improve an economy burdened by high unemployment, stagnant pay, a Eu...
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Who hit the polls: Younger voters, minoritiesNov 07, 2012 5:07 am - WASHINGTON — Barack Obama and Mitt Romney made sharply different bets about who would vote this year. It turned out that Americans who cast ballots looked collectively m...
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Turnout shaping up to be lower than 2008Nov 07, 2012 5:07 am - WASHINGTON — A drop in voter turnout in Tuesday’s election didn’t keep President Barack Obama from winning a second term in the White House. Preliminary figures suggest ...
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Best rally in decade may slow as Obama faces Congress on taxesNov 07, 2012 4:22 am - Stock and bond investors enjoying the biggest advance in more than a decade under Barack Obama may see the momentum fade as the rallies age and the president confronts C...