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Bernanke expected to keep job at Fed

Dec. 17, 2009
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, fresh off this week's honor of being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year," is expected to win enough support in the Senate to keep his job for another 4-year term. But a vote Thursday in the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban...
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa