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What's Next for the 'Two-State Solution?'
The newly elected leaders of the US and Israel will meet later this month to tackle the ongoing struggle for peace in the Middle East. Will they agree to disagree on coping with Iran's nuclear program and about a so-called "two-state solution" with the Palestinians? Also, banks get stress test results, and cracking down on the Cayman Islands.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe newly elected leaders of the US and Israel will meet later this month to tackle the ongoing struggle for peace in the Middle East. Will they agree to disagree on coping with Iran's nuclear program and about a so-called "two-state solution" with the Palestinians? Also, banks get stress test results, and cracking down on tax havens in the Cayman Islands.
Banner image: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference yesterday at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesBanks Get Stress Test Results, Bernanke Waxes Rosy
Can American banks survive a worsening recession without a new influx of federal money? On Thursday, the Obama Administration will finally release the results of so-called "stress tests" designed to answer that question. Binyamin Appelbaum reports for the Washington Post .
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Israel's elder statesman Shimon Perez went to the White House this morning to prepare the ground for a meeting of two newly elected leaders. President Obama is focused on a "two-state solution" with the Palestinians, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have other ideas.
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President Obama wants to crack down on off-shore tax havens. That's got some people in the Caribbean worried. Yesterday, the President talked about getting rid of tax havens and what the consequences might be. Marty Sullivan is contributing editor at the Tax Analyst, a nonprofit, nonpartisan legal publisher that focuses on tax policy.
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