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Sequester: Apocalypse or not?
Mar 1, 2013
A look at the best and worst case from the sequester.
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Sequester: The good and the bad
Mar 1, 2013
The now-infamous sequestration -- the $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts -- kicks in today. We take a look at the bad and the good that might come out of the process.
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Sequester: Federal R&D to suffer long-term effects
Mar 1, 2013
The sequester may have immediate impacts on federal workers, the unemployed, and federal aviation personnel -- but what will be its long-term effects?
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Defense industry to largely shake off sequester...at first
Mar 1, 2013
The long-term nature of defense contracts shields the industry from short-term sequester disruptions in areas of the country that depend on military spending, such as St. Louis.
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Sequester: Sixth time's the charm?
Mar 1, 2013
It’s not the first time Washington has cut budgets across the board. But even when sequesters were much smaller, they were a nightmare to carry out.
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Negotiating: 'Deal or no deal' works in business, not politics
Feb 28, 2013
Businesses issue ultimatums all the time. Politics requires negotiations, whether before -- or after -- a crisis.
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GDP grows at weakest pace in 2 years
Feb 28, 2013
The government has revised its latest GDP figures, saying the economy grew at a rate of 0.1 percent during the last three months of 2012. The increase was the weakest GDP performance in two years.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley: We will go into sequester
Feb 28, 2013
U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) joins Marketplace Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to discuss the sequester and its likely impact on the economy.
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Sequester to hit long-term unemployment benefits
Feb 28, 2013
When state unemployment benefits run out, federal long-term unemployment payments kick in. But sequester budget cuts could reduce those payments, putting the squeeze on those who can least afford it.
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Sequester could upend lives of federal workers
Feb 28, 2013
Some federal employees stand to lose as much as 20 percent of their wages because of the sequester.
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