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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Ben Bernanke, economist — I associate Ben Bernanke with several major contributions: — 1. The theory of irreversible investment, circa 1983. Before Bernanke, Dixit, and Pindyck, models often assumed that investments could be reversed or "taken back." Bernanke outlined how the irreversibility of investment might matter.
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New York Times:
Bush Nominates Bernanke to Succeed Greenspan as Fed Chief — WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 - President Bush nominated Ben S. Bernanke, his top economic adviser, to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. — Calling him the "right man to build on the record that Alan Greenspan has built …
CNN:
Bernanke's the man — President Bush's nominee to succeed Greenspan is expected to be chief economic adviser. — NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - President Bush was expected to announce Monday that he has picked top economic adviser Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve Chairman …
MSNBC:
Bush expected to name Bernanke next Fed chief — Administration official says announcement set for 1 p.m. ET — President Bush is poised to name Ben Bernanke, chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, NBC News and Reuters reported Monday.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Selects White House Economist Bernanke to Replace Greenspan — President Bush today nominated his chief economic adviser, Ben S. Bernanke, to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve when Greenspan's term expires Jan. 31. — In making the announcement at the White House …
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NY Daily News:
W pals bushwhack CIA leak prosecutor — WASHINGTON - As the White House and Republicans brace for possible indictments in the CIA leak probe, defenders have launched a not-so-subtle campaign against the prosecutor handling the case. — "He's a vile, detestable, moralistic person with no heart …
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Reuters:
Bush: CIA leak probe 'very serious' — WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Bush said Monday the investigation into the outing of a covert CIA operative was "very serious," even as Republican allies started casting aspersions on the prosecutor and the possibility of perjury charges.
Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad Attacked — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three enormous bombs, including a cement-mixing truck packed with explosives, blew up near an Iraqi police post outside the Palestine Hotel — home to many foreign journalists in Iraq. Iraqi officials said 17 people were killed.
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Carla McClain / Arizona Daily Star:
Rape victim: 'Morning after' pill denied — Although it is safe, effective and legal, emergency contraception - the "morning after" pill - can be hard to find in Tucson. — After a sexual assault one recent weekend, a young Tucson woman spent three frantic days trying to obtain the drug …
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Martin Walker / UPI:
Walker's World: Bush at bay — WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) — The CIA leak inquiry that threatens senior White House aides has now widened to include the forgery of documents on African uranium that started the investigation, according to NAT0 intelligence sources.
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Bushies feeling the boss' wrath — Prez's anger growing in hard times - pals — WASHINGTON - Facing the darkest days of his presidency, President Bush is frustrated, sometimes angry and even bitter, his associates say. — With a seemingly uncontrollable insurgency in Iraq …
rawstory.com:
Cheney aide passed Plame's name to Libby, Hadley, those close to leak investigation say — With the possibility of indictments just days away, sources close to the investigation into who outed covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson have provided RAW STORY a more detailed account …
The Age:
Piggy banks 'offend UK Muslims' — British banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims. — Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from being given to children or used in their advertising, the Daily Express/Daily Star group reports here.
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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
What Happened to the Party of Lincoln? — In today's NY Times, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican of Texas, in reference to the Fitzgerald/CIA leak investigation, is quoted as saying that she hoped "that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened …
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Kevin / Louisiana Libertarian:
Carnival of the RINOs (10/24/05) — I would like to welcome everyone who has come to read the Carnival of the RINOs. My name is Kevin Boyd and I currently reside in Southeast Louisiana in a city called Slidell. This carnival almost did not happen because of Hurricane Katrina which forced …
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Protecting the Presidential Seal. No Joke. — You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the C.I.A. leak investigation. But it found time to add another item to its agenda …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
What Went Wrong — Lessons the White House should learn from the Miers debacle. — President Bush has returned from a weekend in Camp David, where much of the discussion centered on the beleaguered nomination of Harriet Miers. While the president is determined to press forward, the prognosis he received was grim.
