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Issue of the week: Is the U.S. headed for fiscal collapse?
feature According to David Stockman, the U.S. economy is doomed and the government is to blame.
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Issue of the week: More jobs and a skittish market
feature Let’s have some perspective on the latest jobs report.
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Fleecing BP on the bayou
feature Since 2012, the British oil giant has been tied up in litigation over the Gulf Coast oil spill.
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Issue of the week: The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act
feature Sen. Elizabeth Warren is gearing up for some “financial rabble-rousing.”
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Issue of the week: Obama’s economic speaking tour
feature Barack Obama has a new second-term agenda: the economy.
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Issue of the week: The ‘real’ unemployment rate
feature The Labor Department’s latest jobs data look deceivingly positive.
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Issue of the week: The state of American labor
feature In today’s economy, the employer has the upper hand.
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Issue of the week: Facebook’s new approach
feature Will Facebook's 1 billion active users “like” the first major redesign since 2006?
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Issue of the week: Who gets Fannie’s and Freddie’s profits?
feature Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s shareholders want their money back.
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Issue of the week: How Yellen spooked the markets
feature At her first press conference, the new Federal Reserve chair made the mistake of indicating when the Fed would raise interest rates.
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Issue of the week: Why was hiring so slow in December?
feature A very disappointing jobs report for December douses a budding era of good feeling with “a great deal of uncertainty.”
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Issue of the week: Facebook’s $19B WhatsApp deal
feature Facebook agreed to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp, a 5-year-old business with 50 employees and revenues of $20 million.
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Stop calling women ‘bossy’
feature Let’s ban “She’s bossy.” Instead, let’s try, “She has executive leadership skills.”
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Issue of the week: GM’s recall disaster
feature Mary Barra is facing “her first big test” since she took over as GM’s new CEO in January: a recall of more than 1.6 million vehicles.
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