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  • July 2008

    • Foreign Companies Cash In on Stable Iraq

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 22, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Foreign Companies Cash In on Stable Iraq

      (Newser) - With security and stability on the rise, Iraq’s government is turning its attention, and its generous budget, toward reconstruction. That’s led to some big opportunities for Western businesses, which are scrambling to get a cut of the country’s $25 billion reconstruction budget. Iraq, which lacks the resources to rebuild on its own, is just as eager to make deals, reports Der Spiegel. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq government  • Iraq contractors  • foreign investment  • Iraq reconstruction  • infrastructure

    • Here Comes Era of Activist Government

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 08 10:17 AM CDT

      Here Comes Era of Activist Government

      (Newser) - With daunting issues demanding immediate action—energy, the markets, and crumbling infrastructure to name but a few—the US is about to enter a phase of "government activism," writes David Brooks in the New York Times . Bad news for John McCain, right? Maybe not. As past periods of great change show, it is more often the conservatives leading the way in such eras . More »

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      John McCain  • health care  • politics  • energy  • financial markets  • conservatives  • infrastructure  • change  • Teddy Roosevelt

  • June 2008
  • January 2008

    • An Oil Giant, Alaska Faces Gas Crisis

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jan 24, 08 8:07 AM CST

      An Oil Giant, Alaska Faces Gas Crisis

      (Newser) - Alaska—home of America's largest energy reserves—is facing a major energy crunch. The problem is a lack of infrastructure to get natural gas where it needs to be, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "It's the goofiest thing in the world, to be sitting on top of some of the biggest energy reserves in the world and have these challenges," one official says. More »

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      gas prices  • oil  • energy  • Alaska  • alternative energy  • oil drilling  • oil supply  • natural gas  • infrastructure

    • US Hurricane Aid Snarled in Red Tape

      USA Today  |  Jan 11, 08 3:20 AM CST

      US Hurricane Aid Snarled in Red Tape

      (Newser) - Billions of dollars in FEMA aid earmarked for rebuilding infrastructure pulverized by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes have yet to be spent on thousands of important projects such as replacing schools and firehouses, USA Today reports. Out of $4.5 billion in aid to Louisiana and Mississippi, only $1 billion has been spent. Much of the rest is sitting in state accounts until local authorities can get through tangles of local and federal red tape. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Louisiana  • aid  • FEMA  • Katrina aftermath  • Gulf Coast  • infrastructure

  • August 2007

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