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POLL: Romney’s favorability among Republicans on upswing

A Washington Post-ABC News poll finds Mitt Romney’s favorability among Republicans on the upswing. (Washington Post-ABC News / February 22, 2012)

Reporting from Washington—

Mitt Romney hasn’t had a whole lot of good news recently, but here’s some: His favorability among Republicans is on the upswing, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The survey, conducted Wednesday through Sunday (Feb. 15-19), shows the percentage of Republicans with a favorable view of Romney rising seven points since a low ebb after his [...]

BBC News – One third of UK adults ‘plan to spend less this year’, More people plan to reduce spending and say they are now saving

More people plan to reduce spending and say they are now saving

A growing number of people in the UK plan to cut back on their spending this year, a survey has suggested.

One in three adults now plan to spend less in 2012, a rise from October when 19% said they would cut back, the Resolution Foundation think tank said.

About a quarter of those surveyed said they expected their finances [...]

David Marsh: Disappointing Europe at low ebb in the East: In almost any scenario in the next six months, Europe’s credibility on the international stage will be seen to have collapsed

By David Marsh, MarketWatch

SINGAPORE  — Not since the World War II fall of Singapore to the Japanese army in 1942 has Europe’s star sunk so low in the East. The clash of civilizations and cultures displayed by the disarray in the euro area is not just between stern Germany and profligate, stubborn, wayward, intractable Greece.

The “shall we – shan’t we” deployment of the national referendum [...]