Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a measure on Thursday that would have made gold and silver legal tender in the state, saying the legislation could have resulted in lost tax revenue.
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The governor of the Bank of Portugal (BdP) described the country’s financial crisis as a “pocket-money management problem”, to a group of 6th formers Tuesday, promising them that Portugal would “get out” of the situation if it “carried out the adjustment programme properly”.
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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder cleared the way for a state takeover of Detroit, declaring that the birthplace of the U.S. automotive industry faces a fiscal emergency and that he has identified a top candidate to assume its management.
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Former U.S. diplomat Paul Bremer, notable for his role civil governor of Iraq following the 2003 invasion, had shoes thrown at him last week during a meeting in the British Parliament in an attack reminiscent of the 2008 shoe hurling against former President George W. Bush.
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The fundraiser is the first known political fundraising activity by Zuckerberg
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The British wife of the new Bank of England Governor is a strident environmental activist who urges people to spend less money on possessions, and once declared: “Having more stuff does not make us happy.”
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The requested funds will help rebuild the economy, infrastructure, housing, public buildings and small businesses
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This is the birthplace of the Arab Spring. His departure follows weeks of tensions in central Tunisia, where protests have multiplied amid rising discontent over poor living conditions and other social grievances.
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Jerry Brown vetoed SB 1434, an EFF- and ACLU-sponsored bill that would have required law enforcement to apply for a search warrant in order to obtain location tracking information.
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Allies of Shintaro Ishihara have confirmed that he is demanding that harbour facilities be constructed on the remote islands, which Japan calls the Senkakus but China insists are the Diaoyu islands, along with a lighthouse and a radio transmitter.
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