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MIDDAY UPDATE: Obama's regulation reform, finding a successor for Steve Jobs
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Jan 18, 2011
President Barack Obama will sign an executive order today requiring federal agencies to review regulations that might hurt economic growth. Juli...
Fed expects burst of economic relief as risks to long term recovery loom
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Jan 4, 2011
Federal Reserve officials are expecting some economic relief this year from the recent tax cut deal between President Barack Obama and Republicans...
Wikileaks: the game
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Dec 14, 2010
You break into the Oval Office, wait for Obama to fall asleep, then you hijack his laptop. Because Barack Obama is ALWAYS falling asleep at his...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Obama reaches out to business community
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Dec 13, 2010
We heard today that President Obama is trying to make nice with the business community. He's poised to name a replacement for Larry Summers,...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Tax cut plan reactions, immigration law, British pubs
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Dec 8, 2010
Investors are dumping government bonds in reaction to President Obama's announcement Tuesday to extend tax cuts, unemployment benefits and other...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Tax cut deal reached, Citigroup
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Dec 7, 2010
President Obama and Congress have reached a truce. Obama agreed to keep the Bush-era tax rates the same for all Americans for two years, and in...
You can never have enough money
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Sep 22, 2010
A University of Chicago Law professor posted on his blog about the challenges of the "super rich." The post has been taken off his blog, Truth on...
Congress passes a bill, before the election!
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Sep 21, 2011
This final note today. Politics and the economy once again. Forget all that talk you've been hearing about nothing passing Congress 'til after the...
Top Republican says no deal on tax cuts...
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Sep 14, 2010
... says no one should get a tax hike in these tough economic times...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Who is Austan Goolsbee? ...
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Sep 10, 2010
... He's Obama's new top economic adviser...
