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  • In Washington, it’s another day of drama as Republicans race against the clock to repeal Obamacare. Senator John McCain said today he could not, in good conscience, vote for the latest version of the Obamacare repeal. That means if one more Senate Republican becomes a hard no, the bill is basically dead. In a statement, […]

  • Uber has a new fire to put out. The city of London said today that when Uber’s license to operate expires at the end of the month, it’s bye bye Uber. There won’t be a renewal. The company has been trying to recover from a long list of woes, which include — but are not […]

  • Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listen during a news conference on health care September 13, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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    A roundup of this week's business and economic news.

  •  German flags fly over the Reichstag, seat of the Bundestag, on Sept. 4 in Berlin, Germany.
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    The ubiquitous use of the language in Germany is prompting a backlash.

  • Aaron Hernandez sits in the courtroom of the Attleboro District Court during his hearing on August 22, 2013 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.  An autopsy showed Hernandez had advanced-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E.
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    The news that former Patriot Aaron Hernandez suffered advanced brain disease will do little to hurt the business.

  • Anticipating a high volume of calls and the ensuing backlog, the IRS is urging people to prepare as much as possible this tax season.
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    GOP lawmakers consider eliminating it as apart of a tax-reform plan.

  • In the everything old is new again department, Google is betting big on hardware. The company already bought and sold Motorola in the past five years and now Google’s announced it’ll pay $1.1 billion for a chunk of HTC. To be clear Google’s not acquiring the company here. It’s acqui-hiring pretty much the entire engineering […]

  • The entire island of Puerto Rico is still without power today in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Local officials said it could take months to repair the damage and restore full service. And it won’t be easy. The utility was already around $9 billion in debt before the hurricane and had filed for bankruptcy earlier […]

  • The headline unemployment rate we report every month from the Labor Department has been consistently low. According to economists we’re at or near what’s considered full employment.Employers have a record number of job openings, about 6 million right now, and say they can’t find workers to fill them, especially in fields like manufacturing and construction. […]

  • The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seal hangs on the facade of its building in Washington, DC.
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    The SEC believes "illicit trading" might have occurred after the breach.