The country took a hard line when it declared independence, refusing to grant citizenship to ethnic Russian families who were not in the country before Soviet times. Now, the government has intensified its efforts to push the Russian language out of public schools.
Prices of specialty food like European cheeses, olive oils and pastas are extremely dependent on the strength of the euro compared to the dollar. One small businessman says he never imagined that running a neighborhood food store would require him to become an expert on global currency rates.
AP – Yahoo Inc.’s second quarter was humming along until the second half of June when management said several major advertisers reined in their spending.
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On the Call: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz
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The Upshot – When he looks at the economy, Warren Buffett sees “recovery.” In an exclusive interview today with Yahoo! News and The Huffington Post (link), Buffett disagreed with the recent statement by New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winning economist Paul …
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Buffett: ‘We’re coming back, no question in my mind’
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Poverty forces millions of Pakistani children along the Grand Trunk Road to work rather than go to school; they grow up fast. Others, such as Shazia Bibi, don’t get that chance. The 12-year-old girl died under murky circumstances; her wealthy employer is being investigated in connection with her death.
Three and half hours outside Delhi, a school makes money by producing feminine napkins.
AP – Manuel Meyer was forbidden from dropping his crab traps in the Gulf, and he couldn’t just sit at home. He made his way to Breton Sound Marina, hoping to load up on orange plastic boom and somehow help corral the massive oil spill that could doom his livelihood.
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Abruptly unemployed fishermen struggling to get by
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AP – The White House’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser says there is no evidence that a cyber attack was behind the chaos that shook Wall Street last Thursday.
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White House sees no cyber attack on Wall Street
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AP – General Motors is recalling all Hummer H3s produced since the 2006 model year to fix a portion of the hood that can detach during driving.
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Hummer recalls 198,000 H3s worldwide to fix hood
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