Finance
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Wary federal workers look to next budget talks with cautionOct 27, 2013 6:24 am - WASHINGTON — On Day One of the partial government shutdown, President Barack Obama let federal employees know he was in their corner. The “political climate,” he wrote i...
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The shutdown’s lesson: You need an emergency fundOct 27, 2013 5:49 am - NEW YORK — Let the government shutdown serve as a wake-up call: You need an emergency fund. Thousands of government workers were out of work for more than two weeks, ca...
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IRS says 330,000 have gotten results on insurance websiteOct 26, 2013 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Despite the technical problems plaguing many of the new health insurance websites, the federal government has delivered 330,000 premium subsidy calculations...
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JPMorgan paying $5.1 billion in Fannie, Freddie dealOct 25, 2013 4:35 pm - WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5.1 billion to resolve claims that it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky home loans and mortgage securities it ...
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McDonalds ending relationship with HeinzOct 25, 2013 4:21 pm - McDonald’s has lost its taste for Heinz ketchup. The fast-food giant said in a statement Friday that it is cutting ties with the condiment company after management chan...
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United faces biggest fine yet for ground delaysOct 25, 2013 4:16 pm - United Continental Holdings Inc. was fined $1.1 million by U.S. regulators for stranding passengers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last July, the largest pena...
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Tech stocks lead markets higherOct 25, 2013 3:55 pm - NEW YORK — Strong third-quarter results from technology companies drove investors into stocks on Friday, giving the market its third straight weekly gain. After reportin...
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Obama sides with Tea Party as House passes dredging billOct 23, 2013 9:59 pm - The U.S. House approved 23 commercial navigation, flood control and environmental restoration projects, work that could cost taxpayers as much as $8.2 billion over the n...
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700 IRS contract workers owe $5.4 million in back taxesOct 23, 2013 5:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Nearly 700 employees of Internal Revenue Service contractors owe $5.4 million in back taxes, said a report Wednesday by the agency’s inspector general. More...
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Crowdfunding about to take a giant leapOct 23, 2013 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Crowdfunding is about to go big time. For years, filmmakers, artists and charities have used the power of the Internet to generate money for projects. But ...