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• White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, September 16, 2013 – eNews Park Forest

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• Letters: B.C. Hydro, costly green energy, Gordon Campbell, oil, mental illness … – The Province (blog)

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  Letters: B.C. Hydro, costly green energy, Gordon Campbell, oil, mental illness … The Province (blog) They are turning away from unaffordable and inefficient solar and wind-turbine energy. These countries also found the promised “green jobs” simply never materialized. Larry Comeau, Ottawa … We need a vibrant economy to fund the public purse. Proper …

• Twitter’s IPO announcement leaves questions, concerns – San Jose Mercury News

  Twitter's IPO announcement leaves questions, concerns San Jose Mercury News He owns shares in a public investment fund that in turn owns about one million shares of Twitter stock. Twitter on Thursday announced it has filed its IPO plan under a provision of the Jump-start Our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act, which lets … and more »

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• In The Silicon Valley Startup World, Your Friends Count More Than You Think – Huffington Post

  In The Silicon Valley Startup World, Your Friends Count More Than You Think Huffington Post That means the founders had held a senior position at a big technology firm, worked at a well-connected smaller one, started a successful company already, or attended one of just three universities – Stanford, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of … and more »

• Business news and markets: as it happened, September 13, 2013 – Telegraph.co.uk

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  Business news and markets: as it happened, September 13, 2013 Telegraph.co.uk According to reports, Serbia's deputy prime minister Aleksandar Vucic told state television that Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, will advise him and Serbia's prime minister and finance minister on restructuring the country's … and more »

• The myth of African solutions to African problems – Nehanda Radio

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• CFPB Cordray’s Testimony – Who Will Regulate the Regulator… – Mortgage News Daily

  CFPB Cordray's Testimony – Who Will Regulate the Regulator… Mortgage News Daily After 36 years of space travel and months of heated debate among scientists, NASA confirmed Thursday that Voyager 1 has indeed left our solar system and had entered interstellar space more than a year ago. It has good company, as I think that 30-yr … and more »

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