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Aon's New 'Political Risk Map' Focuses on 'Arab Spring'; Global Threats
Insurance Journal
By Charles E. Boyle | February 8, 2012 Aon's latest “Political Risk Map” focuses on the implications of the uprisings in the Middle East, collectively referred to as the “Arab Spring,” and the political transitions they have produced, which “raise ...
Aon: Arab Spring Revolts Bring Political Risk ConcernsPropertyCasualty360
Implications of Arab Spring and political transitions raise concerns for ...MarketWatch (press release)
Areas affected by Arab Spring hot spots on Aon's 2012 Political Risk MapBusiness Insurance

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Wall Street Journal

Misreading Catholic Barometer Is a Political Risk
Wall Street Journal
By GERALD F. SEIB If you want to find the absolute center in American politics, you could do worse than look at the nation's Catholic vote. Associated Press Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, ...
Obama Weighed Religious Politics in Contraceptives DecisionBusinessWeek
Obama, Health Care and CatholicsGreenpoint Star News
White House contraception rule at risk of angering Catholics in NovemberPhiladelphia Inquirer
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Factbox: Key political risks to watch in France
Reuters
By Vicky Buffery | PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy risks not making it to the second round run-off of the presidential election on May 6, which would be an unprecedented event in the history of the 50-plus years of the Fifth Republic.

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The Guardian

Obama's Super PAC Reversal: A Necessary Risk?
The Atlantic
By Alex Roarty A significant shift by the president's team on outside funding carries political risks, but he could no longer afford to sulk on the sidelines. The Obama campaign's announcement late Monday that it plans to publicly support fundraising ...
What does Obama's reversal on super PACs mean?Washington Post
In Reversal, Obama Campaign Endorses Super PAC Efforts on His BehalfFiredoglake
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama embraces 'super PAC'Seattle Post Intelligencer
Scotsman
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Michigan politicians face political risk in fighting unions
The Detroit News
State politicians loyal to their Wall Street paymasters are trying to lower workers' wages, benefits and safety. They're trying to turn taxpayer assets over to for-profit corporations, along with fat contracts and tax giveaways, at the expense of ...




Peering into a Eurozone Disaster Crystal Ball
Fox Business
Today, he concedes it's a real risk, though he put it at somewhere less than 40%. “That is a political risk, therefore it can't be estimated from the economics,” said Wormald. “There is no doubt that Greece and Portugal are going to default.

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Gold outlook remains tied to political risks
FTSE Global Markets
The list of reasons is again very obvious: the chronic European debt problem; fragile growth in the global economy; and unsettling political stresses emanating from Iran and the US, even potentially Syria. All of these elements will continue to inject ...

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Wall Street Journal

Political Fight Over Ex-IM Risks Disrupting Boeing Aircraft Financing
Fox Business
(BA) faces a potentially damaging disruption in financing of new aircraft deliveries due to a political fight in Washington over The Export-Import Bank of the United States. Ex-Im has used up $90 billion of its $100 billion authorization limit.
Boeing Aircraft Financing Risks DisruptionWall Street Journal

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Citizens United in the Age of Transparency: Donate at Your Own Risk
Forbes
Federal Election Commission – the landmark Supreme Court decision that prohibits government from placing limits on independent political spending by corporations and unions – is a bit more on people's minds these days. The second anniversary of the ...

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Globe and Mail

Disagreements on cyber risk East-West "Cold War"
Reuters
By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent | LONDON (Reuters) - With worries growing over computer hacking, data theft and the risk of digital attacks destroying essential systems, western states and their allies are co-operating closer than ever on ...
Disagreements on cyber risk East-West 'Cold War'Times of India

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