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ThinkstockEliot Spitzer’s loss in his attempt to become New York City comptroller proves that brands still matter. His brand disintegrated in about the same way as BP PLC’s (NYSE: BP) did. One...
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ThinkstockIt just seemed that military strikes by the United States and its allies in Syria were either going to be on hold or delayed. That was then sentiment after the long Labor Day weekend. That...
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courtesy of USPSPeople ought to get used to the fact that farmers cannot get mail more than twice a week, city dwellers should go without Saturday delivery, hundreds of post offices should be closed,...
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ThinkstockThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that it is this simple: the cancellation of the automatic spending reductions specified by the Budget Control Act of 2011, or sequestration as...
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ThinkstockThe day when you merely had to open your front door to pick up your mail may be fading away. The U.S. Postal Service has begun notifying residents of some new and fast-growing housing...
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ThinkstockIf the residents of the city of Detroit want to blame any person or organization for its Chapter 9 filing, they only need to look as far as the unions that controlled labor there and the...
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ThinkstockIn a move that even late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher didn’t care to try, the United Kingdom’s postal service, the Royal Mail, is going to become a public company. The resulting...
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ThinkstockAngela Merkel is likely to be elected to a third term as Chancellor of Germany, an office she has held since 2005. If she does win, the nation’s leverage in the fight for austerity...
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ThinkstockAlthough it is hard to believe, the United States may have started to make progress in talks with China over its shameless hacking of government and private Web properties. American...
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thinkstockMost federal debt and deficit forecasts, whether from the White House Office of Management and Budget or the Congressional Budget Office, show America’s situation as greatly improved five...
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Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsAmericans still take great pride in being American. This despite economic trouble, and political turmoil. As a matter of fact, the nation’s reaction to strife may...
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courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWA group that has been critical of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and the way it deals with employees today released a report on political contributions...
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Jon OggWe now have the Congressional Budget Office’s projection for what the cost, benefit, and impacts would be for the current immigration bill under proposal. The Senate bill S. 744 is the...
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courtesy U.S. Federal ReservePresident Barack Obama indicated that Ben Bernanke would not remain at the Federal Reserve after the current term. This opens the possibility that frontrunner Janet...
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ThinkstockThis week brought on a nasty credit rating downgrade from Standard & Poor’s for the City of Detroit. Now we have word that Detroit’s Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has identified plans...
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