Even as serious decisions loom regarding Syria, Congress and President Obama still must deal with two related fiscal policy issues: raising the debt ceiling before the governments borrowing authority runs out around mid-October, and funding government ope
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President Obamas new budget has opened a debate over what it means to be a progressive Democrat in an age of austerity and defines him as a president willing to take on the two pillars of his party Medicare and Social Security created by Democratic presid
Continue reading >>Quick: Name the busiest airport in America. It's not LAX, and it's not O'Hare; it's not Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson or Miami International, the jumping-off point to Latin America. It's not any of the airports in metropolitan New York. No, it's Memphis Inte
Continue reading >>The fight for the coffee and breakfast crowd is heating up, both at home and abroad. Burger King said Tuesday it will buy Tim Hortons in an $11 billion deal that would create the world's third largest fast-food chain. The company is hoping to turn the
Continue reading >>Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $3.15 billion Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $3.15 billion to resolve claims that it misled U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky mortgage securities it sold them before the housing market collapsed in
Continue reading >>Google, Facebook and wholesale retailer Costco offer the best pay and benefit packages in the United States, according to employee ratings compiled by the US job site Glassdoor. Apart from Costco, whose generous social benefits stand out, four of the f
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