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At a time when federal lawmakers are debating issues like unemployment benefits, food stamps and the minimum wage, as well as considering an overhaul of the tax code, there are now more millionaires...
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ThinkstockPerhaps roadblocks set in front of key legislation, growing budget deficits, anxiety about the national debt, spying on citizens and an overall lack of direction have turned Americans...
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ThinkstockWhat could unite the world’s leading technology giants, including Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and...
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Healthcare.govCovering the implementation of the Affordable Care Act has been no easy matter and it is a topic that is hard to not draw fire from one side or another. Many Americans are against it,...
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Healthcare.govThe Affordable Care Act is becoming more and more of a misnomer each day, and its broad appeal is running far less than the White House hoped for. Monumental sign-up delays and website...
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ThinkstockDespite Wednesday night’s deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen the government, a downgrade in the credit rating of the United States may still be on the table, says a report in the...
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ThinkstockStocks have surged on news that a Reid-McConnell deal is nearly at hand. A deal has been reported as being close, and also that John Boehner would put a Senate bill on the floor for a vote...
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ThinkstockCongress and the White House have become adroit at ignoring the desires of voters to resolve the issue of the government debt and sending home roughly 800,000 workers. So why should the two...
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ThinkstockThis is what American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) CEO Robert H. Benmosche told The Wall Street Journal when he was asked about the public’s negative reaction to bonuses paid to...
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courtesy of StarbucksFor a number of years, Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz has displayed a sort of arrogance about what he, and sometimes his coffee company, can do to save the...
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ThinkstockThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the latest organization to attack the budget freeze in Washington. Like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World...
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thinkstockOne of the theories about how the budget, debt ceiling and the funding of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) conflicts may be resolved involves a meltdown of the stock market. If hundreds and...
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ThinkstockThe markets were getting some lift on Friday on word that Speaker of the House John Boehner has said that the United States will not run into a default on its credit. Boehner spoke at 11:00...
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courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveLarry Summers has lost his chance to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, brought down by arrogance, missteps as president of Harvard and close relationships to Wall...
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courtesy of General Electric Co.CEOs of almost any company of any size can learn critical lessons from the successes, and failures, of decisions made by political leaders as they have taken sides in...
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