Nation + WorldTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:06PM(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tim DeChristopher talks with reporters shortly after he was escorted out of BLM offices in Salt Lake City for placing bogus bids on oil and gas leases at a federal auction.
US House to hold symbolic debt voteTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:32AMDefying a White House veto threat, US lawmakers vote Tuesday on a "Tea Party"-backed plan requiring draconian cuts in government spending as the price to avert a ruinous early August debt default.
Investors turn to farming as crop prices riseMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:22PMBraden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields were auctioned last summer, it was the 33-year-old software executive who made the winning bid.
Obama Pushes for U.S. Debt Deal While Dismissing Republican PlanSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:02AMPresident Barack Obama, pressing congressional leaders for a multi trillion-dollar agreement in deficit-cutting talks he said are “running out of time,” dismissed a plan that House Republicans are pushing as not “serious.”
Treasuries Rise as Europe Debt Crisis Intensifies, Fuels SafetySaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:01AMTreasuries gained, pushing 10-year note yields to the lowest level since December, as Europe’s debt crisis worsened and the Federal Reserve squelched speculation it would provide more stimulus while the economic recovery slowed.