Search results for ‘Felicity Spector’
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Obama speech to launch multibillion dollar jobs strategy
Barack Obama is preparing to make a key speech on US unemloyment, but as Channel 4 News examines, his own job is at risk as the president’s ratings plummet to new lows.
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Storm in Congress over Irene clean-up bill
As the clean-up continues in the wake of Hurricane Irene, US politicians are battling over how federal funds should be spent to help victims.
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Obama promises action on jobs and poverty
Back on the road – and back in the fight: President Obama has been taking his message on job creation and the economy out to the American people – with a three-day bus tour through the Mid-West.
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US debt: a week of breath-holding brinkmanship
Political leaders are deadlocked over a deal to raise America’s debt limit with President Obama warning of “Armageddon” if they don’t agree.
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After 25 years Oprah’s talk show airs for the last time
As Oprah Winfrey moves on to new broadcasting ventures, Channel 4 News considers the impact so far of one of the world’s most influential, and richest, black women.
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Bin Laden praises Arab Spring from beyond the grave
Al-Qaeda releases a tape said to feature Osama bin Laden praising this year’s uprisings in the Middle East and calling for more Muslim “tyrants” to be toppled.
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Budget brinkmanship continues in USA
President Obama warns of the dire consequences of a possible federal shutdown as he attempts to broker a deal before Friday’s budget deadline.
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US budget: politicians bicker as federal shut-down looms
Despite this Friday’s budget deadline, politicians fail to agree on a radical cuts programme, prompting harsh words from President Obama.
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US hearings into ‘rising threat’ from homegrown Muslims
His critics have branded him a “Joe McCarthy for the age of terror”. Republican Congressman Peter King is holding hearings into what he sees as the rising terror threat from American Muslims.
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Egypt crisis: the secret American game plan?
When Obama spoke to Mubarak, what exactly did he say? Channel 4 News examines America’s game plan in Egypt as Sarah Smith plots a timeline of the US President’s biggest foreign policy test yet.
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US midterms: Obama admits ‘people are frustrated’
President Obama called the result “a shellacking,” acknowledging US voters want solutions on the economy. The election means the Republicans have control of the House, and Democrats the Senate.
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Eat, drink, shop as Tesco buys Giraffe restaurants
First coffee shops, then a bakery – now a family restaurant chain: supermarket giant Tesco says it wants to make branches warmer and more welcoming. But will its strategy pull customers in?
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Richard Briers, star of The Good Life, dies at 79
Actor Richard Briers, known to millions for his enduring role in TV sitcom The Good Life, has died at the age of 79, his agent announces.
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Sir Terry Leahy: small shops closing is ‘part of progress’
Former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy describes the rise of supermarkets and the closure of small shops as “part of progress”, but what do you think?
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Man murdered wife in crash and attempted to kill second wife
A man has been convicted of murdering his first wife and attempting to kill his second in staged car crashes as part of a scheme to win £1 million in insurance payouts.