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US hiring outlook improves, but economy still weak
By News on Jul 5, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The outlook for the U.S. job market brightened a little Thursday after the government said fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week and surveys of private companies showed hiring increased in June....Officials: Romney, RNC haul in $100 million-plus
By News on Jul 5, 2012
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee combined to raise more than $100 million in June, two GOP officials said Thursday, a striking number for a challenger who for the second straight month outpaced President Barack Obama and the Democrats....New jobs report looms over Obama campaign bus trip
By News on Jul 5, 2012
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MAUMEE, Ohio (AP) -- Campaigning through swing state Ohio by bus, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet on the American worker Thursday, even as he braced for a Friday unemployment report that will help set battle lines for the hot summer to come....Iraq warns al-Qaida flowing into Syria
By News on Jul 5, 2012
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Iraq asserted Thursday that al-Qaida insurgents are streaming out of the country to carry out attacks in Syria, an ominous development as the Syrian conflict enflames an already hostile region....THE RACE: Romney risks losing edge on economy
By News on Jul 5, 2012
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In recasting the national health care law as a tax, Republican Mitt Romney risks straying from what had been his main focus: the limp economy under President Barack Obama....