Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Warren Buffett’s Secret Weapon for Success
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesWhen the third richest person in the world predicts that Hillary Clinton is going to run for the presidency in 2016 and win – people listen. And when that person is Warren Buffett, the influential...
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Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone on Winning Silicon Valley's Battles
In his new book, Stone celebrates the virtues of confidence, creativity and idealism, sometimes in ways that are ready-made for an HBO send-up.
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‘Young Money’: How Wall Street Turns Its Pups into Wolves
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesKevin Roose’s new book, a chronicle of the experiences of eight twentysomethings who began their careers on Wall Street in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, offers some timely insights for those...
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Time to Turn the Page on Barnes & Noble?
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesBarnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly for a stock whose market capitalization now languishes below the $1 billion mark and is worth less than Noodles...
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Apple Broke Antitrust Law in E-Book Pricing: Judge
By ReutersIn a decision that could reshape how electronic books are sold on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that Apple Inc conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books, and ordered a trial on damages.
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9 Brainy Beach Books for Your Summer Reading List
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesEveryone, it seems, has an opinion about what you should be reading this summer. If you’re a high net worth investor with an account at JPMorgan Chase, you’ll have received a package of books ranging...
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Why Good Cheap Food Is Easier Than You Think
By Knowledge Wharton, Knowledge@WhartonTyler Cowen's new book, An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, brings a set of simple economic principles to the everyday choices made by people who care about food.
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Bolting Bovine Replaces Germany's Oracle Octopus
By ReutersCould a runaway celebrity cow replace the late Paul the "oracle" octopus as the next animal with the ability to foretell the fortunes of Germany's national soccer team?
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Scrutiny and Lawsuits Nibble Away at Apple
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesIt’s almost impossible to take a bite out of Apple’s (AAPL) success right now – nothing seems able to stop iPhone sales or quench the insatiable demand for the new iPads. That said, there’s a lot of...
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Ebook Price Fixing? Chapter 1: Feds File a Lawsuit
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesSo, you’ve just finished watching Scarlett Johansson in the film version of “Girl with a Pearl Earring," and decide that you want to read the book by Tracey Chevalier on which it was based. You log...
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TFT’s Best Books of the Year
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesGreat events can inspire great stories, and we’ve had our share of them over the past many months. Here, TFT’s choices for best books of the year—including The Big Short by Michael Lewis and Obama’s...
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Shadow Markets: Danger Ahead for the U.S. Economy
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesA new book exposes the banking underworld and how they have created a powerful network of super-rich investment vehicles, including wealth funds, government-run corporations, private equity funds,...
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Crisis: A Death Knell for the Middle Class?
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesAmerica’s middle class, an engine of economic success and political stability for decades, is not just taking hit after hit, it’s in danger of vanishing forever, according to Arianna Huffington,...
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The End of Affluence—A Sober Look at America’s Future
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesAward-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson says that the long wave of economic growth, rising stock prices, and growing home values of the ‘70s, ‘80s and beyond contributed to the financial crisis...
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Ten Literary Lions Offer Solutions for America – Exclusive Interviews
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesJack Welch I’m most concerned about the long-range implications of the rising debt. The debt projections are, if anything, too optimistic. To deal with this situation, I’d drastically cut back on...