Nov 7th, 2009 - Washington Post
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To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save or create 3.5 million jobs." The White House is touting reports from recipients of stimulus funds asserting that they have created or saved 640,000 jobs so far.
Yet the national unemployment rate has now hit 10.2 percent, helping explain why Republicans won the governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey last week, just a year after the party's 2008 drubbing. And Obama declared Friday that more action is needed.
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Nov 6th, 2009 - BusinessWeek
President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.
India May Lead G20 in Stimulus Exit as Singh Signals Wind Back
Nov 8th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- India may be among the first Group of20 nations to begin winding back fiscal stimulus after PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh said faster economic growth would allowthe measures to be withdrawn.
Indian prime minister hopes for more than 7 percent economic growth next year
Nov 8th, 2009 - dailypress
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The Indian government is pushing ahead with economic reforms aimed at achieving a growth rate of more than 7 percent next year but will make sure the benefits reach the poor...APEC Leaders to Focus on Creating Economic Growth at Singapore Meeting
Nov 8th, 2009 - VOA News
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has started annual meetings of leaders in Singapore. The APEC forum will bring together leaders from 21 of the world's largest economies to work toward improving trade and world growth.Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions
Nov 6th, 2009 - AOL News
TAWANG, India -This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction...
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