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Opt out or left out? The economics of stay-at-home moms
Conventional wisdom holds that stay-at-home moms do so because they can afford not to work. Instead, experts say, many moms appear to be staying home with their kids because they can’t afford to work.“They just think they don’t have enough education and skill … where their pay would cover their child care, transportation and clothes,” said Stephanie Coontz, a professor of history and family st… Continue reading
Benghazi whistle-blowers testify at House hearing
House committee holds hearing on deadly attack on U.S. Continue reading
Biden: Obama may take ‘executive action’ on gun control
Vice President Biden holds the first in a series of meetings on reducing gun violence. Continue reading
Egypt constitution passes, economic crunch looms
Approval holds little hope of stabilizing the country. Continue reading
NJ Pension Fund Sues NYSE Over ICE Deal
The New Jersey Carpenters Pension Fund, which holds shares in NYSE Euronext, claims the exchange operator’s proposed sale to IntercontinentalExchange undervalues the company’s stock. Continue reading
Iraq finance minister says staff members kidnapped
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's finance minister on Thursday accused a “militia force” of kidnapping members of his staff and said he holds the prime minister personally responsible for their safety. Continue reading
Mexico’s new president, opposition agree to push reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday signed a pact with the country's leading political parties to increase competition in the telecommunications sector and overhaul the education system. The agreement was an effort to break through years of political gridlock in Congress on Pena Nieto's second day in office. Pena Nieto, 46, took office on Saturday, returning to power his centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, after 12 years in the opposition. Continue reading
A look at powers decreed by Egypt’s president
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi issued decrees giving himself broad powers and effectively neutering the judiciary. Morsi, an Islamist hailing from the Muslim Brotherhood, defends the step as necessary to clear obstacles holding up Egypt's transition, particularly from judges who could have disbanded a controversial assembly writing the constitution or overturned his decisions. Critics say Morsi, who already holds both executive and legislative powers, is setting himself up as a new dictator. Continue reading
