President Obama is in favor of asking the well-to-do to pay more.

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There are times when asking a favor is just not good enough.

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Weeks later Obama officials, having heard about the event, called Summit Series asking a favor: Bring 35 entrepreneurs to the White House.

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Asking a favor always made him shy.

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But all that about is the asking of a favor.

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Build up currency before asking for a favor.

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Curtis Mewbourne, who trades currency and manages fixed-income portfolios for Pimco, argues that asking other countries to give up their currencies in favor of the dominant U.S. dollar is just asking too much.

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So here's what I'm asking -- do me a favor.

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