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Investors fear fallout from status quo election

Source: The Hill, Nov 10 2012, 10:56am CST

Tuesday’s election brought back for a second act one of the more dysfunctional political alignments in recent memory — a Democrat-controlled Senate, a GOP-led House, and President Obama. Markets have been bearish amid fears about the impact on ...

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Who Is Cliff Sloan, Obama’s Pick to Close Guantanamo Bay?

Source: The Washingtonian  |   Jun 17 2013, 1:31pm CDT

News that President Obama selected Skadden partner Cliff Sloan as the State Department’s special envoy to shut down Guantanamo Bay was, at first, surprising. Sloan is an esteemed Washington lawyer with diverse government ...

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2 days ago

For G-8 Meeting, Talk of Economy but Syria Looms Large

Source: The New York Times  |   Jun 16 2013, 2:21pm CDT

As President Obama begins an annual meeting with the leaders of some of the world’s richest nations on Monday in Northern Ireland, the economic-policy gulf that has divided them since the global crash in 2008 has narrowed significantly — just not exactl ...

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31 weeks ago


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"It’s really unfortunate. There’s positive things going on in the U.S. economy"


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3 days ago

The Magic, Fairy Dust Naivete That Is Progressive Economics

Source: Forbes  |   Jun 16 2013, 11:04am CDT

Let’s proclaim the Good News: Government money is free. No, not just to the beneficiaries of government programs. To society as a whole. Meaning there is no economic cost to government spending whatsoever. The more the governm ...

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4 days ago

IMF To Washington: Don't Be Ridiculous

Source: Washington Monthly  |   Jun 14 2013, 4:53pm CDT

June 14, 2013 4:54 PM The International Monetary Fund denounced the tightening of US fiscal policy as “excessively rapid and ill-designed”, saying it will knock as much as 1.75 percentage points off growth this year. In its annual economic che ...

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5 days ago

Instead Of Fiscal Cliff, Call It "Cliffgate" 2014

Source: Capital Gains and Games  |   Jun 14 2013, 7:30am CDT

Last year's high-stakes, Perils-of-Pauline-like event known as the "fiscal cliff" (thank you Ben Bernanke for that label), was the federal budget debate's version of a scandal. Members of Congress playing chicken with the government's fin ...

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5 days ago

Congress Is 'Rigged' To Maintain The Status Quo

Source: The Progress Report  |   Jun 13 2013, 6:43pm CDT

US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Congress is "rigged" to suppress the interests of women and keep their voices out of the discussion. What are your views? Share your opinions with The Progress Repor ...

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5 days ago

Walt Disney Financial Evaluation

Source: OpPapers.com  |   Jun 13 2013, 5:03pm CDT

Overall Economic Look 2012 2013 GDP Growth 2.20 2.00 Unemployment 8.10 7.80 CPI 2.10 2.0 2-yr Note .26 .47 10-yr Note 1.64 2.27 The US economy is currently experiencing an expansion since the recession in 2009, but there are speculations fro ...

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5 days ago

Fiscal Cliff Deal Chock Full of Corporate Pork

Source: The Nonprofit Quarterly  |   Jun 13 2013, 3:08pm CDT

NPQ’s analysis of the fiscal cliff bill noted, briefly, the extension of the accelerated depreciation provision for car racetrack owners, or the so-called NASCAR loophole for racetrack builders. Every special interest advocates for pork in whatever l ...

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Can the Safety Net Survive the “Idiocy” of Sequestration?

Source: The Nonprofit Quarterly  |   Jun 13 2013, 3:08pm CDT

What should the nonprofit sector look forward to in the next phase of political warfare over looming fiscal cliffs? CalNonprofits, Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers, and Southern California Grantmakers held ...

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