Whisper it: this election will be decided on the issues - Guardian Unlimited

Whisper it: this election will be decided on the issues - Guardian Unlimited
Pssst. Don't spread it around too much, because there's still a month to go and I don't want to jinx things - but substance is in this year. You, I know, think US presidential elections are always decided by silly or superficial or out-and-out false

Poland risk FIFA suspension - Reuters UK
WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland risk suspension by FIFA from all football competitions, and the loss of co-hosting rights for Euro 2012, unless they reinstate the country's Football Association Monday. A stand-off continued over the weekend

Hong Kong finds melamine in two Cadbury products - Reuters UK
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong laboratory has found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in two types of Cadbury chocolate made in China that the firm recalled last week as a precaution. Thousands of children in China have fallen

Obituaries in the news - Rocky Mount Telegram
LONDON (AP) — Ted Briggs, the last survivor of the World War II sinking of British battle cruiser HMS Hood, died Saturday. He was 85. He died in a hospital in Portsmouth, England, said HMS Hood Association Chairman Peter Heys. Briggs was one of

Germany tries to shore up confidence in economy - International Herald Tribune
FRANKFURT : The German government said on Sunday that it would guarantee all private savings accounts in the country in an effort to reinforce increasingly shaky confidence in the financial system. The announcement came as the leaders of largest

Dramatic shifts in electoral map favor Obama - MSNBC
After two weeks of unprecedented fiscal turmoil, latest election polls show that voters care more about the economy than the so-called culture wars. Advantage: Barack Obama. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC Political Director Chuck Todd rolled out

Americans eye bailout but still keep cutting back - Forbes
Relief on Wall Street over the hard-won passage of a $700 billion bailout package for the financial system apparently hasn't yet trickled down to the pubs, storefronts, car lots and malls of Main Street. Many Americans spent an uneasy weekend

BNP said to clinch deal for control of Fortis - Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) agreed with the governments of Belgium and Luxembourg on Sunday to take control of the key remaining assets of troubled financial group Fortis (FOR.BR: Quote

More Bay Area News - San Francisco Gate
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TOPWRAP 4-Germany insures savings amid bank rescue talks - Reuters
BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Germany offered a blanket guarantee on banks deposits in a bid to contain a spreading credit crisis as officials scrambled to find new capital for least three European banks before financial markets open in what