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Welch ‘would bet on’ U.S. auto comeback
Jack Welch "would bet on" a U.S. comeback in the automotive business if unions and other parties make appropriate concessions, the former General Electric chairman and CEO said on CNN’s "State of the Union" on Sunday.
Israeli FM questioned in bribery probe
A day after he assumed his new job, controversial Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday endured more than seven hours of questioning by police in a long-standing probe over business dealings. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said National Fraud Investigation Unit officers queried Lieberman “under warning” on suspicion of bribery, money laundering, fraud, and breach of trust
New Kids on the Block take fans back
Twenty years ago, when the New Kids on The Block were wearing their hair almost as high as their fame, the music business was a vastly different animal. There was no "American Idol." No such thing as a download, legal or otherwise.
British troops begin Iraq withdrawal
British troops began their formal withdrawal from southern Iraq Tuesday, "marking the beginning of the end of the UK’s six-year combat mission in Iraq," the Ministry of Defence announced. Ballesteros has spoken publicly for the first time since being diagnosed with the disease last October after collapsing at Madrid’s Barajas airport.
Seve: Battle for life is my sixth major
Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros says that fighting a brain tumor is the biggest battle of his life and in golfing terms like winning a sixth major title. Ballesteros has spoken publicly for the first time since being diagnosed with the disease last October after collapsing at Madrid’s Barajas airport. In the interview published in Spanish sports daily Marca, The Times and The New York Times, the five-time major champion speaks of the shock at being told by doctors the seriousness of his illness.
John King: Obama’s political team on full throttle
It was an extraordinary Sunday, reflecting the many challenges facing the still young Obama administration. (CNN) — It was an extraordinary Sunday, reflecting the many challenges facing the still young Obama administration. Why extraordinary Traditionally, when an administration –Republican or Democratic — offers up the president for a Sunday interview, the other programs are left without senior administration guests.
25-year-old rows across Atlantic alone
After almost 3,000 miles of rowing, bouts of seasickness, equipment failure and salt sores, Paul Ridley is back on land.
Trump: ‘AIG has politicians right where they want them’
Donald Trump, chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the executive producer of NBC’s "Celebrity Apprentice," spoke with Larry King on Tuesday about the public’s furor with AIG, the Bernie Madoff saga and the nation’s economic woes. The following is an edited version of the interview
Stewart slings barbs face-to-face with Cramer
After a week of pointed verbal barbs, host Jon Stewart sat face-to-face with financial analyst Jim Cramer on Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show" and continued the assault Thursday. Stewart blamed Cramer and cable network CNBC for being irresponsible cheerleaders in the lead-up to the stock market meltdown. Stewart, whose acerbic brand of satire centers largely on the political news of the day, has held Cramer’s frenetic, nearly cartoonish, stock-advice show, “Mad Money,” and other CNBC programming up as examples of an anything-goes attitude that contributed to the financial collapse.