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Raising the Glass Ceiling – World – December 2008

In many countries, today’s young women haven’t had to struggle for equality and on many levels women can do anything a man can. But is it safe to rest on our laurels? We chart the major triumphs of the Women’s Liberation Movement and examine women’s rights worldwide. ‘In parliament the MPs shouted “take her and [...]

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Inside Story – Getting women to the top

The European Commission says the region is too slow in getting more women into top jobs. But as it suggests legislation, are quotas the best way to help them up the career ladder? Guests: Jo Sawicki, Ranjana Kumari, Patricia Rochford, Houzan Mahmoud.

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Asian college admission strategy: Don’t check Asian

www.nma.tv Asian-American students applying to elite colleges have a new strategy Don’t check Asian. They believe that the college admission process disadvantages Asians overachievers. Some even say colleges set a ceiling on the percentage of Asians in the student population. Is this discrimination? A study on data from 1997 conducted by Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade [...]

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With No Debt Growth, Is a Double-Dip Recession Looming?

Complete video at: fora.tv James Bianco, president of Bianco Research, examines slowing US debt growth to argue that a double-dip recession may be on the horizon. “What has been the big driver of economic growth over the last 25 years? It’s been debt,” argues Bianco. —– The Big Picture Conference presents James Bianco: Crisis Correlations. [...]

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CrossTalk: Bernanke 2.0

Why is Bernanke being so vague about the Fed’s policies? Does it really matter? Does the US have any tools left in its toolbox? How relevant is the Fed, and when will the US economy start to recover? CrossTalking with Patrick Young, Martin Hennecke and Daniel Mitchell. www.facebook.com/crosstalkrulez

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Trumka: Obama Made “Strategic Mistake” Equating Debt Ceiling Crisis with Jobs

Complete video at: fora.tv Saying “we do not have a short-term deficit crisis. It does not exist. We have a short-term jobs crisis,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said President Obama “played on Republican ground” to his detriment during the debt ceiling debate. —– On Thursday, August 25, 2011, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined the Monitor [...]

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S&P Inside Job? ‘Somebody made big bucks on US downgrade’

With aftershocks of the US credit rating downgrade still reverbrating around the world – Washington has decided to go after those behind the mark down. Rating agency Standard and Poor’s, along with its parent company, are now in the crosshairs of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. They’re being investigated for overestimating US debt by [...]

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No bankers on planes! Report them to TSA!

Watch the full Keiser Report E171 on Tuesday! This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report from New York City on privatization drives, gold coins and debt deals. In the second half of the show Max talks to financial journalist, Teri Buhl, about the latest in the lawsuits against Bear Stearns.

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Dow crashes despite debt ceiling deal

www.nma.tv After intense last-minute wrangling, President Obama and Congress finally approved a deal to raise the debt ceiling. But instead of celebrating, markets reacted negatively with the Dow shedding more than 500 points. Obama has argued that he inherited a bad economy. But three years in, he now has to start owning the economic situation. [...]

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Markets Mayhem: Asia stocks plummet on US rating downgrade

Asian stocks tumbled early on Monday, kicking of what is a string of torrid trading around the globe. It follows last week’s rout and is on the back of America getting its credit rating cut, as well as the Eurozone’s debt wound that refuses to heal. RT’s Priya Sridhar is in Asia’s third largest economy, [...]

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Shock Wave Coming: ‘Gold & currencies basket to substitute US dollar’

Higher borrowing costs, weakening business and consumer confidence as well as slimmer chances of recovery – it’s the potential ripple effect for the United States, after its top-tier AAA credit rating was cut by one notch. Standard & Poor’s took the unprecedented move of dropping America’s ranking to AA+ in its outlook. White House officials [...]

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AAA-rmageddon: S&P downgrade knocks off US credit crown

The United States’ prized top AAA credit rating has been cut for the first time ever. Standard & Poor’s has dropped America’s ranking to AA+. The destructive force is the crippling debt which Congress has struggled to agree on how to tackle, with only an 11th-hour deal to raise the amount allowed. S&P says that’s [...]

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