Romney, Paul, Huntsman: After a double-digit victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he will continue to focus on the economy rather than social issues, noting that he is not running for “pastor-in-chief,” The Washington Post reports.
Twinkie Defense: Hostess Brands, the baking company known for its sweet treats like Twinkies and Ding Dongs, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, just three years after emerging from an earlier restructuring process, The New York Times reports.
Exception: A new EU fiscal treaty will only allow euro zone countries to incur budget deficits during severe economic downturns in the euro zone or other exceptional events, according to a draft of the document obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.
Dodd Frank Rules: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission may complete rules designed to curb the abuses of banks that sell derivatives to municipalities as it moves to impose new Wall Street regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act, Bloomberg reports.
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