It's unclear, though, how this latest reputed plan would do anything positive for either company, or the U.S. auto industry.

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How to pay for health care reform is a contentious issue for both parties, and moderates aren't likely to vote for anything that threatens to push the U.S. economy further into the red.

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If the case proves anything thus far, it is the need for updated U.S. antitrust laws, Creative Strategies' Bajarin said, so that regulations are applicable to today's fast-paced world of technology and business.

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At the same time, the U.S. maintains its healthy appetite for anything Made in China.

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Developers with apps and games currently in the Amazon Appstore for the U.S. don't need to do anything with their apps to capitalize on this new opportunity.

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"There's just been this grab for anything with yield that is even broader than your traditional safe havens of U.S. Treasurys and bunds, " said Eric Stein, portfolio manager at Eaton Vance Management in Boston.

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It's too early to praise U.S. policymakers for bucking up the greenback--if anything, they appear still to be trying to cushion some of the worst actors in the "subprime" bust.

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While U.S. markets were quiet Monday for the MLK holiday, markets overseas were anything but.

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Could anything be truer with regard to old age welfare reform in Japan (or in the U.S., for that matter)?

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At the moment, there's not enough evidence to say and, if anything, on balance it's most likely not to be the case, " blogger Jamie Condliffe wrote for Gizmodo U.K. "But that doesn't mean we can rule it out.

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