Friday, August 7, 2009
News Morning Newsdome: Slowly, but surely recovering economy
Posted by Alejandro A. Leal on Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- Easing the pain: Job cuts slow, and unemployment rate declines.
- Three words: Cyber Political Terrorism - Distributed Denial of Service attacks that brought Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and other sites to a standstill yesterday originated in the Eastern European nation of Georgia, and was politically motivated... meanwhile, it's the one-year anniversary of the Georgia-Russia war.
- Wait, there's Taliban in Pakistan? Apparently, as the Pakistani foreign minister annouced the killing of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
- Meanwhile: Explosions kill dozens in Iraq, marking one of the deadliest days since U.S. troops began withdrawing from major Iraqi cities.
- Not letting up: Even after confirmation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, new opposition protests are organized in Tehran.
- Power in numbers: Campaign to pressure advertisers into distancing themselves from the Glenn Beck show is working.
- Is it me, or are the bail outs the only ones raking? AIG posts first quarterly profit since 2007.
- You want it you got it: You're getting more cash for yer clunkers.
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