Romney Seeking to Regain Control, Allies Bemoan Lost Days

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Mitt Romney, seeking to contain the political damage from the release of secretly recorded remarks to donors in which he dismissed 47 percent of Americans as government-dependent “victims,” said those comments reflect “a message I am carrying day in and day out” in his campaign.

“We were of course talking about a campaign, and about how he’s going to get half the vote and I’m going to get half the vote,” said Romney, who made no mention of the subject during a fundraising luncheon in Salt Lake City, Utah today. “We go after every group we can to get votes.”The Republican presidential nominee appeared on Fox Newstoday to defend the remarks, saying that he hadn’t written off any group of voters and had merely been offering his analysis of an electorate closely divided between him and PresidentBarack Obama.

Obama, during an interview scheduled for broadcast tonight on CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” disputed Romney’s assertions.

There are “not a lot of people out there who think they are victims,” the president said in New York. There’s “nothing wrong” with giving Americans “a helping hand,” he said. Americans don’t want a president who is “writing off a big chunk of the country,” he said.

Second Attempt
It was Romney’s second attempt in as many days to regain control of his campaign’s message after the publication by Mother Jones magazine of a leaked videotape, which some Republican strategists said could be a damaging distraction that would undermine the ability of the former Massachusetts governor to appeal to key voting blocs. At a brief news conference last night in Costa Mesa, California, Romney said his comments weren’t “elegantly stated.”

In a sign that members of his party fear the political fallout,Linda McMahon, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, put out a statement distancing herself from Romney’s stated position.


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Vendors on waterfronts see ebb and flow

A waterfront property sold for $70,000 over reserve yesterday, giving property sellers hope that the bounce may be coming back to the top end of the market.

A three-bedroom house with 1980s decor fronting directly onto Mort Bay at 7 Gilchrist Avenue, Balmain East, sold for $2.12 million. The reserve had been $2.05 million.

A crowd of about 50 people watched as two parties battled it out, with bids of $20,000.
Going, going ... 7 Gilchrist Place, Balmain East, sold for $2.12 million. Photo: Jacky Ghossein

The selling agent, Danny Cobden, of Cobden & Hayson, said the sale was just one of many waterfront opportunities being picked up by savvy buyers.

''I think there is a sense that in the general market things have bottomed and now is a really good time to step back into the market,'' he said.

''We've had some good waterfront sales over the last couple of weeks. Only two weeks ago we sold a waterfront in Louisa Road for close to $4.5 million, so that's really got to provide some confidence for the upper end of the market.''

Buyers also flocked to Elizabeth Bay where a three-bedroom waterfront apartment sold under the hammer for $1.3 million though Darren Pearce, of BresicWhitney.

The apartment, at 3/65 Elizabeth Bay Road with unobstructed views over Rushcutters Bay, was listed with a price guide of more than $1.2 million, with the reserve set at $1.3 million.

Things were a little different at Palm Beach.

Potential buyers kept their hands down and the property at 38 Iluka Road was passed in after a vendor bid of $4.5 million.


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Plan concerted between the states and the ECB to save the euro

THE WORLD | 07/27/2012 at 24:14 • Updated 07/27/2012 at 17:14

By Claire and Philippe Ricard Gatinois








The European Central Bank (ECB) will not only "great battle" to save the euro.Prepare it according to our information, a concerted effort with the United States.Thursday, July 26, Mario Draghi , President of the European monetary authority held about strong but ambiguous. "Within my mandate, he said from London, the ECB will do anything to preserve the euro . "Adding, enigmatic:" Believe me, it will be enough. "
Although it will take a few days or even weeks to finalize the device in question, the ECB would prepare a coordinated operation with the States may limit the soaring interest rates of Spain , but also the Italy .

The President of the ECB and the main leaders of the eurozone increased contacts these days. The negotiations were to continue throughout the day on Friday. A telephone interview between François Hollande and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel , is scheduled for 13 am (Paris time).

Thursday, investors did not know exactly what tools would be deployed. But if an action policy fast they imagined to rely on a monetary transaction effectively."There's an important phrase called Mr. Draghi is what 'trust me. it will be enough" , tip Gilles Moec, economist at Deutsche Bank. "ECB can leave a bazooka, "hepredicted.

About a few minutes after the head of the ECB, Spanish bond yields fell to ten years already on the threshold of 7% after record more than 7.5% on Wednesday.While Italian debt of the same maturity rebasculaient to 6% against 6.5% over a few hours earlier.

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Calls on U.S. to Heed More Than Economy

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she was open to a U.S. relaxation of economic sanctions on her country, even as she urged American leaders to focus on more than its economy alone.“I do support the easing of sanctions because I think that our people must start taking responsibility for their own destiny,” Suu Kyi said at an event at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonpartisan policy group in Washington funded by Congress. “I do not think we should depend on the U.S. sanctions to keep up the momentum of our movement toward democracy. We’ve got to work at it ourselves.”The political dissident and democracy activist said she is in the U.S. for the first time in about 40 years, a visit that would have been unthinkable as little as two years ago when she remained under house arrest. She is now a member of parliament. She met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department yesterday and will see lawmakers, activists and officials while in Washington.Suu Kyi asked U.S. leaders not to focus on Myanmar’s economy to the exclusion of other issues, such as the rule of law and democratic progress. In July, State Department officials led the highest-level economic and commercial delegation to Myanmar, also known as Burma, in more than 25 years. They also took part in a business delegation that included more than 70 executives from 35 companies.“While the United States seems to be concentrating a lot on the economic aspect of its relations with my country,” Suu Kyi said, “I hope they will do this in full awareness of the need to promote rule of law and to help the president and his executive to carry out the reforms they have in mind.”http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-18/myanmar-s-suu-kyi-calls-on-u-s-to-heed-more-than-economy.html