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G8 summit focuses on weakness in Europe

Monday, May 21, 2012
President Obama will be with world leaders in Chicago today after meetings at Camp David over the weekend. The takeaway from those meetings is that there should be more of a focus on growth rather than austerity as Europe grapples with another flare up in the debt crisis.
Posted In: G8 summit, Obama, austerity
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White House targets nations that oppress using tech

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
President Obama has announced a new policy aimed at punishing countries like Syria and Iran that practice violence after gathering information about citizens online.
Posted In: syria, Iran, Obama, geek chow, Tech Vegetables, Intel
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The cost of living... in the White House

Friday, March 2, 2012
The president lives in that big ol' D.C. mansion, where he's waited on hand and foot at the taxpayers' expense, right? Not exactly. Author Jodi Kantor says being president is plenty hard on the pocketbook.
Posted In: Obama, president, white house, pizza, frugal, expense, household, Kantor
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New plan to be outlined for U.S. corporate tax code

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Obama administration today will outline a broad overhaul of the nation's corporate tax code that will lower the tax rate that businesses pay, but could increase to amount of tax revenue heading to Washington.
Posted In: corporate, corporate tax, corporations, Obama

Barack Obama has a posse

Thursday, February 16, 2012
of nerds.
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The Obama Administration wants to beef up investigations of online piracy

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Not everything in the budget is being cut
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$3.8 trillion budget released

Monday, February 13, 2012
President Obama has published his multi-trillion-dollar budget. Despite it being an election year, Karen Shaw Petrou thinks we should take it seriously.
Posted In: federal budget, Obama, Taxes
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The Spotify Speech-o-Matic

Friday, February 10, 2012
Voilà! A brilliant presidential campaign speech, constructed from nothing but titles of songs from President Obama's own Spotify playlist.
Posted In: Obama, spotify, Playlist, campaign, speech, satire

Facebook seeks money in IPO, campaigns use tech

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Everyone needs enormous piles of cash, evidently.
Posted In: Facebook, IPO, Square, romney, Obama, 2012 election

Obama and Romney camps using Square for donations

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Big day for Square
Posted In: Square, romney, Obama

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