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ThinkstockThere is good reason to believe that stock markets in Asia will suffer over the next several days as North Korea detonated another nuclear device. Taken together with proof that it can...
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ThinkstockA new report on former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who take new jobs at companies or with clients that are regulated by the commission not only documents...
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courtesy of USPSThe U.S. Postal Service said today that its fourth-quarter deficit totaled $1.3 billion. That’s $2 billion less than the deficit the service ran in the fourth quarter of 2011. The...
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ThinkstockThe austerity philosophy of U.K. leaders is about to insinuate itself into the European Union budget, which already covers a region in which national austerity has become a habit, and...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Federal Communications Commission to defer a decision on the $20 billion Softbank plan to acquire control of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S)....
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ThinkstockThe recent agreement on the U.S. debt ceiling has removed the near-term risk to the United States’ AAA sovereign debt rating, according to Fitch Ratings. The agency said, “Without the...
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courtesy of USPSThe U.S Postal Service, plagued by losses that may force it to curtail service, and could make it miss some payments to retirement health plans, may want to increase the price of a...
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The federal government does not know what kinds of guns are used in homicides, except on the broadest level. That makes the debate over assault rifles and other semi-automatic rifles and pistols more...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation that lifts the debt ceiling and allows the Treasury Department to borrow more money. The bill postpones the day of decision from...
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ThinkstockWhen the U.S. Treasury and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) announced that GM had repurchased 200 million shares of Treasury-owned stock, the Treasury said it would sell the remaining 300...
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ThinkstockFollowing the lead of EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and other presidential appointees, U.S. Secretary of the...
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ThinkstockFor further evidence that the eurozone’s infatuation with austerity is not working, look no further than today’s announcement from Germany that the largest economy in Europe will post...
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ThinkstockIn two blasts of data issued today, Gallup reports that its economic confidence index rose from -21 to -18 for the week ending January 13 and, in a separate release, concern about the...
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ThinkstockCalling into question the intention of the United States to pay its debts would lead to a formal review of U.S. sovereign debt ratings, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings firm does say...
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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner continue to lobby Congress to find a quick solution to the debt ceiling problem. The game of chicken between the White House and some members of Congress is already...
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