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* Trump has kept his spotlight hot and raised smirks by speculating about a White House run, but now he's scheduling speeches in early primary states * 'A lot of people believe I'm having fun with it, and I enjoy the process,' he said during an Economic Club of Washington event, but 'the country's in serious trouble' * He lashed out at potential opponents including Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz * Couldn't come up with a 'single nice thing' to say about Hillary Clinton and insists Sen. Elizabeth Warren will give her serious competition * Trump has flirted with running...

Paul Krugman: No evidence Obama is scaring business By Paul Krugman Syndicated columist Posted: 07/11/2010 12:01:00 AM PDT JOB CREATION has been disappointing, but first-quarter corporate profits were up 44 percent from a year earlier. Consumers are nervous, but the Dow, which was below 8,000 on the day President Barack Obama was inaugurated, is now over 10,000. In a rational universe, American business would be very happy with Obama. But no. All the buzz lately is that the Obama administration is "anti-business." And there are widespread claims that fears about taxes, regulation and budget deficits are holding down business spending...

Washington, DC - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) released the following statement regarding today’s job: “Today’s disastrous job numbers confirm the complete inadequacy of the conservative approach to maintaining prosperity in this country. What we are seeing is an increasing downward plunge of employment and it is now beyond rational debate that we need a significant infusion of public funds to work with the private sector so that we can restore economic growth. I believe this will require both a large fiscal recovery plan and the release of the second $350 billion of the TARP, provided that...