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- How U.S. taxpayers will subsidize the foreclosure fraud settlement. [Financial Times]
- A €130 billion bailout of Greece that European leaders hope to finalize Monday will contain “unprecedented” controls for the EU over Greece’s spending. [Financial Times]
- Congress is planning to auction public airwaves, letting them be used for broadband service, in order to pay for an extension of the payroll tax cut. [New York Times]
- But rising gas prices may blunt the payroll tax cut’s effect. [CNBC]
- President Obama is calling on Congress to fund an $8 billion program incentivizing community colleges to train students for high-growth industries. [Washington Post]
- The share of American workers in the science and engineering field fell over the last decade for the first time since the 1950s. [Wall Street Journal]
- Every state in the U.S. is failing to provide enough low-income rental housing units, according to a report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. [Huffington Post]
- The Obama administration is set to announce streamlined financing for U.S. exporters. [Reuters]
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