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The stock market rose above pre-U.S. downgrade lows during intraday trade on Monday, but immediate fundamentals remain weak and policy makers in Washington seem hog-tied to do much about.
FORBES: No Double Dip Recession, But Companies Wary
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In particular, James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Science Commitee, is annoyed that the station has become hog-tied by Russia's inability to pay for things, and feels Congress has been duped.
ECONOMIST: The space station
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"The last two years were by far the most challenging in over 30 years, " Pope says, citing global recessionary conditions, fears about the H1N1 virus, the closure of some key export markets, spiking grain prices and extended low hog prices tied to oversupply.
FORBES
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The things that have usually lived in the darker recesses or mad corners of our mind sexual obsessions and conspiracy theories, paranoid fixations and fetishes are now out there: you click once and you can read about the Kennedy autopsy or the Nazi salute or hog-tied Swedish flight attendants.
NEWYORKER: The Information