The finance minister began his speech by saying that if India has to achieve any of its social objectives, it has to return to a higher economic growth path of 8%.

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That ruling, which also banned any limits on candidates' expenditure on free-speech grounds, has bedevilled attempts to curb the huge amounts of cash pouring into American politics, and it remains an obstacle to most current proposals for campaign-finance reform.

ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court

Mr Evans has asked to be excused from chairing any of next week's debates on the Queen's Speech, which are expected to last for several days.

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President Obama had promised to consider tort reform during a conciliatory speech at the same June meeting, though the bill has not turned out to have any.

FORBES: ObamaCare

As I stated in The Art of Theft speech, I am not aware of any pension, not even the largest, that has adequate procedures in place to prevent and detect fraud related to all the various parties that have a hand in managing the assets.

FORBES: The Growing Scrutiny of Pensions ( August 22, 2005)