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ThinkstockThe U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 Monday morning. The non-partisan CBO now estimates that the federal budget deficit in...
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All of China’s civil servants got a raise, and the lowest paid officials saw their pay more than double.
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With a new Congress in Washington, and a lot of discord around the world, UBS is very bullish on the following three top defense stocks for 2015.
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The more money you have the more likely you are to believe that the poorest Americans have it too easy, according to the Pew Research Center.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday tossed the hot potato otherwise known as the Keystone XL pipeline back in the lap of the U.S. State Department and, ultimately, President Barack Obama.
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Without actual saying the words, the U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday made clear that the U.S. ban on crude oil exports has been lifted.
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Using his most direct language ever, President Obama said on Friday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will not benefit U.S. consumers.
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With word that relations between the United States and Cuba may be taking a serious turn for the better, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to review of Cuba's economy by the numbers.
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With news breaking on Wednesday that American Alan Gross has been released from prison in Cuba, after five years or so, there is also news that President Obama is overhauling relations with Cuba.
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Boeing finally won the U.S. Air Force contract to replace the KC-10 and KC-135 refueling tankers in 2011 after nearly a decade of wrangling with both the Air Force and Airbus.
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When it comes to oil production, no other state is in the same ballpark as Texas. The state produced more than 3 million barrels a day in September.
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Wikimedia CommonsPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, just can’t seem to catch a break. Over the past few months it has been plagued by Brazilian elections, accounting troubles,...
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Following the Black Friday strikes at more than 1,600 Walmart locations across the United States, fast-food workers will walk off the job in 160 cities on Thursday.
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ThinkstockFor some reason, analysts and traders seemed to think that Saudi Arabia did not mean what it said when it announced in October that the country didn’t care if the price of crude fell to...
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Wikimedia CommonsBrazil’s government-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, issued a statement Tuesday morning saying that the company had received a subpoena from...
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