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Conservative media clobber the GOP
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By Francis Wilkinson Last updated
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Issue of the week: What does Comcast see in NBC?
feature By acquiring control of NBC Universal, Comcast would get Universal Pictures, the NBC broadcast network, 10 local TV stations, programming franchises like Law & Order, and a collection of cable channels including MSNB
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Issue of the week: Can the stock market rally last?
feature The Dow Jones industrial average has climbed 50 percent in the past six months and is now close to the 10,000 mark.
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Issue of the week: What did the G-20 accomplish?
feature Leaders at the G-20 summit established "an elaborate structure to coordinate economic policies,” though they failed to create a mechanism to discipline any country that doesn’t cooperate.
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Issue of the week: What’s so bad about a falling dollar?
feature The value of the dollar has been down 15 percent against the euro in recent weeks, and last week it traded at its lowest point against the yen since December 2008.
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Issue of the week: Is Obama anti-business?
feature The administration is begining to lose the support of the business community.
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Issue of the week: Avoiding the deflation trap
feature Bankers and some big-time investors are becoming concerned about a deflationary cycle in the economy.
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Issue of the week: Picking a consumer watchdog
feature Of the three likely nominees to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Eilzabeth Warren is the most polarizing.
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Issue of the week: Do soaring profits point to a recovery?
feature Corporate profits have rebounded 65 percent since 2008, but with the exception of Wall Street firms, higher earnings have not yielded more jobs.
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Issue of the week: How strong a recovery?
feature The economy has seen job growth for the third consecutive month, but the number of new jobs isn't keeping up with the growth of the workforce.
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Issue of the week: Should we fear inflation or deflation?
feature A growing chorus of doubters both in the U.S. and Europe believes that deflation presents a more immediate danger than inflation.
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Issue of the week: A plague of faulty foreclosures
feature Are thousands of foreclosures across the country invalid?
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Issue of the week: Investment banks, RIP
feature Why did the "Masters of the Universe" fail and how will Wall Street change?
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The fundamentals are not sound
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