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by Veronica Smith | May 26, 2012 The Obama administration on Friday rejected calls within Congress to brand China a currency manipulator, but said its "significantly undervalued" currency was a key brake on global growth. The US Treasury Department said China had not met the standards for manipulation of the yuan, also known as the renminbi, to gain an unfair competitive trade advantage.

(iStockphoto) (AP) WASHINGTON - David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Here are some ways to think about just how much money those salaries represent. Simon's $137 million is almost entirely in stock awards that could eventually be worth $132 million.

By Jon Swaine, The Daily Telegraph May 25, 2012 7:02 PM Tweet StoryPhotos ( 1 ) Barack Obama took an nthusiastic approach to smoking marijuana in his youth, according to a new biography.Photograph by: Kristoffer Tripplaar- Pool , Getty Images He is not the first President of the United States to confess to experimenting with recreational drug use in those heady days before the gruelling demands of Washington took over.

By Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan Associated Press (File image) United States President Barack Obama Chicago - After weeks of painting Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney as a job-slashing corporate raider, President Barack Obama's campaign plans to broaden its focus to Romney's time as Massachusetts governor, arguing his policies hurt the state. The move, described by campaign officials, marks a sharp strategy shift

Mitt Romney had criticized the Obama administration's accumulation of US debt. Big numbers such as AmericaБ─(tm)s debt may seem solid, but theyБ─(tm)re not. By Peter Grier / May 25, 2012 Tweet 0 President Obama during an Iowa campaign appearance on Thursday went after Mitt Romney with a vengeance.