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Dana Liebelson

Dana Liebelson

The problem with outsourcing the military
Edward Morrissey

Edward Morrissey

Obama's boneheaded health-care fight with Catholics
Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison

The brewing proxy war in Syria
Robert Shrum

Robert Shrum

Nominating Mitt Malaprop
Paul Brandus

Paul Brandus

Obama's 5 biggest mistakes
A new low-calorie Dr Pepper is being advertised as a manly drink for men, but all that machismo is also drawing charges of sexism.

Dr Pepper's 'not for women' ad campaign: Sexist?

October 11, 2011, at 12:31 PM

The soda giant is trying to make its new diet drink appeal to men with over-the-top ads boasting of the beverage's "10 manly calories"

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Unemployment line, New York City, 1930s: Even though poverty was high during the Great Depression, the American economy arguably made strides that paved the way for future prosperity.

Why the U.S. was better off in the Great Depression

October 10, 2011, at 12:03 PM

Despite the mass poverty, the U.S. was quietly making tremendous progress in the 1930s, says David Leonhardt in The New York Times. Not this time  

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A New Jersey job fair: The September jobs report revealed a gain in private sector jobs and a loss in the public, which evens out to better than nothing.

The 'better-than-expected' September jobs report

October 7, 2011, at 11:56 AM

The feds offer a glimmer of hope by announcing that the long-stalled economy added 103,000 jobs in September

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Chrysler's sales jumped 27 percent in September 2011 (compared to the previous September), and some analysts believe it's a sign that consumers are getting used to big buys even in a bad economy.

The auto industry's 'surprisingly' good September: 6 theories

October 4, 2011, at 4:19 PM

GM, Chrysler, and Ford all enjoy a spike in vehicle sales. What caused it?

A shuttered Kodak store in 1981: The classic camera company that began selling $25 cameras in the late 19th century is close to bankruptcy after failing to adapt to the digital age.

The rise and fall of Kodak: By the numbers

October 3, 2011, at 3:30 PM

After an incredible thirteen decades, the iconic American film and camera company is fighting for its survival

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Economists predict President Obama's $447 billion jobs plan could boost the economy, but some critics say it is still not worth the cost.

Would Obama's jobs plan really prevent a recession?

September 29, 2011, at 10:19 AM

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg think so. Is that enough reason for Congress to pass Obama's bill?

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In this controversial Ford commercial, a fictional Ford owner says he thought it was important to buy a pickup from a company that wasn't bailed out by the feds.

The flap over Ford's anti-bailout ad: 3 lessons

September 28, 2011, at 12:07 PM

Critics suspect White House bullying after Ford temporarily withdraws a commercial critical of competitors who took bailout money

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Alessio Rastani, an independent trader, told a BBC interviewer gleefully that the financial markets are "toast," but later admitted he's an "attention seeker."

The 'sociopath' stock trader who dreams of financial Armageddon

September 28, 2011, at 11:14 AM

Alessio Rastani, Europe's answer to Gordon Gekko, made jaws drop across the internet with his dire, gleeful prediction of an economic implosion

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Fox News chief Roger Ailes is reportedly urging employees of his cable news network to subtly tone down their conservative sympathies, says Howard Kurtz in Newsweek.

Fox News' 'revealing' 'course correction': 6 talking points

September 27, 2011, at 9:50 AM

Roger Ailes wants his network to tack closer to the political center and be less inflammatory, reports Howard Kurtz in Newsweek. Skepticism abounds

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Your at-once charming, manipulative, and intimidating boss may be exactly what you always suspected: A psychopath.

Is your boss a psychopath?

September 22, 2011, at 2:26 PM

A new study suggests that empathy-less manipulators thrive in corporate environments by using a devious mix of charm and intimidation

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As its homepage announces, Full Tilt is under investigation by the FBI for allegedly defrauding customers out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Was Full Tilt Poker a Ponzi scheme?

September 22, 2011, at 7:00 AM

The U.S. government says the popular poker site defrauded players out of hundreds of millions

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Fox News host Greta Van Susteren and Tucker Carlson were still at odds at the end of a heated seven-minute debate over Mike Tyson's extremely graphic comments about Sarah Palin.

Tucker Carlson, Greta Van Susteren, and the 'Fox News civil war'

September 20, 2011, at 3:26 PM

Carlson and Van Susteren spar over the media's coverage of Mike Tyson's sexually explicit comments about Mama Grizzly

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UBS trader Kweku Adoboli leaves a London court on Friday after being charged with fraud related to his unauthorized $2 billion loss.

A rogue UBS trader's $2 billion loss: 4 lessons

September 16, 2011, at 5:16 PM

Three years after the Lehman Brothers collapse, a single trader racks up massive unauthorized losses at UBS

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Missoni designers stand in front of the massive crowd that awaits entrance into the New York Missoni for Target temporary store.

Target's Missoni madness: By the numbers

September 14, 2011, at 6:08 PM

The retail giant's collaboration with the Italian luxury brand sparks a frenzy, crashes Target's website, and creates a price-gouging resale market on eBay

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President Obama says his $447 billion jobs package cannot be parsed out as Republicans want, but the GOP shows few signs of compromise.

Obama's jobs plan: Will either side blink?

September 14, 2011, at 4:18 PM

Washington faces yet another stalemate, as the GOP rejects parts of the president's jobs package and the White House vows not to carve up the bill

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