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04.03.2009, 10:49
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Russia has become the 5th largest U.S. creditor, after upping its investment in U.S. Treasury bills to more than $116 Billion. But the deteriorating economic situation in the U.S may is leading to longer term concerns.
27.02.2009, 17:15
The value of family as a social institution is becoming more and more commercial each day. Both rich and poor are hoping to overcome the crisis with minimal financial loss.
25.02.2009, 06:28
Barack Obama is working hard to save the U.S. economy from the ongoing financial crisis. But is he doing everything right? Prominent U.S. policymakers John Bolton and Ron Paul join RT with comments.
11.02.2009, 01:33
The U.S. Democratic-controlled Senate has passed an economic recovery plan proposed by President Barack Obama. $US 838 billion have been earmarked to help America's ailing economy.
18.10.2010, 09:09
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Public services in Britain are facing massive cuts in their budget as the government looks to fill the huge black hole in its balance sheet.
30.04.2010, 13:37
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Greece faces years of painful cuts to salaries in return for a multi-billion-dollar bailout from the International Monetary Fund and the EU. The Greek finance minister called it a “choice between collapse or salvation.”
23.06.2009, 10:39
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Webster Tarpley, journalist, radio host and critic of the Obama administration, reveals to RT who he thinks really rules the United States.
01.02.2010, 15:56
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The former US Treasury secretary has accused Russia of trying to undermine the American economy shortly before the global recession.
26.05.2009, 07:01
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The global crisis was not born directly out of the US economy; the global financial crisis was born out of America’s pro-business political establishment, which perpetuates the system’s endemic failures.
05.06.2009, 15:06
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Workers of a construction company in Siberia, desperate to receive the money they’ve earned, have decided to ask President Obama for cash. They say it’s the US that started the crisis, so it’s the US that should pay up.
Published: 04 March, 2009, 16:38
During times of an economic crisis, big cities have it hard. However, for some smaller towns the situation looks bleaker. The people of Holyoke, Massachusetts, are struggling not to lose their last hope.
I live In Portland, Oregon in the Northwestern part of the US. I learned from a local TV station that a county in Easter Oregon made up of Small Towns, Has an Unemployment Rate of 20%. the Unemployment rate, State wide is 9.9%. Thats why the word Socialism Doesn't Scare us Anymore.