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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Carlos Gutierrez

Carlos Gutierrez stories: 4 news summaries
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Palin's 
 Not It in 2012 

Group of frontrunners will emerge, Former House Speaker predicts

Nov 16, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich predicts that Sarah Palin will not be the Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee, the Hill reports. “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” the former speaker of the House told Face the Nation. “But she’s going to be one of 20... More »

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Newt Gingrich • General Motors • Jon Kyl • Tim Pawlenty • talk show • Carl Levin • Richard Shelby • auto industry • Carlos Gutierrez • Rick Wagoner • bailout • Sarah Palin • financial crisis • Election 2012 • President Obama

Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

Hand-held computers won't be ready for 2010; count's costs rise

Apr 3, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2010 US census was meant to be a high-tech affair, NextGov.com reports, but the Census Bureau today ditched plans to use hand-held computers. The agency will return to plain old paper after "a lack of effective communication" derailed efforts by Harris Corp. to come up with devices... More »

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technology • Census Bureau • bureaucracy • US Census • Carlos Gutierrez • bureaucratic blunders • Harris Corp. • hand-held computers

Tourism Busts Pre-9/11 Record

57 million foreign visitors traveled to US

Mar 11, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 57 million foreign tourists visited the US last year, pumping more than $123 billion into the economy, Reuters reports. It's the first time a tourism record has been broken since the 9/11 attacks staggered the industry. Some 17.7 million visitors traveled from Canada and 15 million from Mexico.... More »

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Japan • Mexico • tourism • Canada • United States • Department of Commerce • Carlos Gutierrez • vistors • Travel Industry Association

US Official: Embargo Kept Cuba From Meddling

Policy starved Castro's military of funds

Sep 20, 07 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decades-old US trade embargo against Cuba has been "an absolute and resounding success," the Cuban-born US commerce secretary said today. Carlos Gutierrez told a Latin America conference that the policy has stopped the island's communist government from orchestrating military attacks. But the embargo, in place since 1962,... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • embargo • dictatorship • Raul Castro • Carlos Gutierrez • Cuban embargo

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