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  • China Shows Growing Hunger for American Pork

    By Reuters

    Shuanghui International Holdings is buying Smithfield Foods, Inc., the world's biggest hog producer, for $4.7 billion, to feed a growing Chinese appetite for U.S. pork, in a deal that has stirred...

  • Why an Embattled Obama Needs to Win with China

    By Liz Peek

    An embattled White House and an upcoming summit between President Obama and newly installed Chinese President Xi Jinxing raises red flags. Beijing has an agenda and President Obama needs a political...

  • The Fed Could Put Waves in Investors’ Summer

    By Luciana Lopez, Reuters

    U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made it clear in congressional testimony this week that the central bank could very well entertain a change in policy sooner than many had predicted. That...

  • Will the US Buy Obama's Plan to end the War Machine?

    By Patrick Smith

    It’s easy enough to say that President Barack Obama has just announced his intention to end the “war on terror.” This thought is welcome, but it is simply not enough. Obama’s speech at the National...

  • Did White House Pass Insider Info to Wall Street?

    By Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post

    Wall Street investors hungry for advance information on upcoming federal health-care decisions repeatedly held private discussions with Obama administration officials, including a top White House...