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What 'Star Wars' has to do with QE

May 24, 2013
In a week when markets have cringed at the mention of a retreat from the Fed's quantitative easing, or QE, we take a look at the history of the measure some have called a Jedi mind trick...with a little help from 'Star Wars.'
Posted In: Star Wars, quantitative easing
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Why don't we fix our crumbling bridges?

May 24, 2013
Nearly 70,000 bridges across the U.S. are in need of some serious repairs but the political will, and the money, just aren't there.
Posted In: bridge, infrastructure, decision
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Friday furloughs mean less services

May 24, 2013
Thanks to sequestration, roughly 115,000 federal workers at the IRS, EPA, HUD and OMB get an unpaid holiday. Does anybody really notice that the offices are closed on the first day of the long Memorial Day weekend?
Posted In: furlough, IRS, HUD, sequestration, sequester, government
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PODCAST: The airline that doesn't like airplane subsidies

May 24, 2013
Delta's CEO on passenger fees, mergers, and why subsidies are bad for business. And, the week interest rates popped upward
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The week interest rates popped upward

May 24, 2013
Chances are the Dow could end up with a loss for the week. But the big story may be bonds.
Posted In: bonds, stock market, interest rates
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Obama's numbers, and our numbers, for Guantanamo Bay

May 23, 2013
President Barack Obama reeled out some numbers about Gitmo today. We reel out some more.
Posted In: Guantanamo Bay, Barack Obama, prisons
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Tapping the trades for good jobs and good money

May 23, 2013
Trades like plumbing, welding, and metal work are in heavy demand as the construction industry recovers from the recession.
Posted In: plumber, carpentry, trade, electrician
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PODCAST: More money, more problems?

May 23, 2013
A deal sweetener from SoftBank. Japan's markets plunge. And is it more money, more problems for professional athletes?
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What do home sales have to do with the job market?

May 23, 2013
Domestic migration, when you move from one place in the country to another, plunged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Now things are looking up.
Posted In: housing market, housing prices, mortgage, Jobs
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Welcome to the tax shelter island known as ... Manhattan

May 22, 2013
Not all of Apple's untaxable billions are overseas. Some are held right here in the U.S., protected because the accounts are foreign owned. Welcome to the tax-shelter island otherwise known as Manhattan.
Posted In: tax shelter, corporate tax, apple, manhattan

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