Budget Battles
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Johnson Rejects a Plan to Save His Speakership
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Johnson Defies Hardliners, Pushes Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan
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Facing Right-Wing Revolt, Johnson Says He Won't Resign
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Johnson Unveils Plan for Israel, Ukraine Aid
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Trump Throws Johnson a Lifeline: ‘He’s Doing a Very Good Job’
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Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan Would Cost $84 Billion: Analysis
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House Conservatives Deal a New Blow to Johnson
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With Amazon Shares Near $1,000, Jeff Bezos Could Soon Be the World’s Richest Man
By Robert Frank, CNBCWith Amazon's stock price brushing $1,000 , Jeff Bezos is within striking distance of becoming the world's richest man. As of Friday's close, Bezos was worth $85.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg...
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Snake Eyes on a Plane: Why United’s Boss Is Another Out-of-Touch CEO
By Ciro ScottiWells Fargo’s former CEO John Stumpf didn’t get it. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick didn’t get it (and probably never will). Now it seems to be dawning on United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz that he didn’t get...
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The 20 Richest People in the World
By Janna HerronSince Election Day, the stock market has jumped 11 percent, growing the net worth of Americans with 401(k)s and other investments. Some of the world’s richest people have not fared quite as well.
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The Most Overpaid CEO in America
A new report takes a close look at CEO pay to determine which top executives may be taking home more than they deserve.
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Millennials Aren’t Going Cashless -- but the End of Cash Is Coming
By Eric Rosenbaum, CNBCIf millennials are supposed to be the first generation going mostly cashless, they are making the move halfheartedly. Millennials still rely on cash — 80 percent of millennials carry greenbacks. And...
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Mark Cuban: 5 Essential Rules for Starting a Business
By Marguerite Ward , CNBCIt is an exciting time for anyone who's ever dreamed of being their own boss. Across the U.S., new start-up hubs are growing and a variety of policies are making it easier to start a business. But...
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The Big Problem With Peter Thiel’s Defense of Donald Trump
By Eric PianinSilicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel likes to say that the problem with the news media is that it takes Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “literally, but not seriously,” while he and...
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These Ex-Congress Members Are Making Big Bucks on Corporate Boards
By Eric PianinFor many former Republican and Democratic lawmakers, the road to retirement from Congress has been paved with gold. Scores of former lawmakers with proven expertise and easy access to their one-time...
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Is It Time for a 30-Hour Workweek? Amazon Gives It a Try
By Catherine Clifford, CNBCFor today's always-on, ever-connected workers, it's no surprise that the traditional 9-to-5 is dying. But what will the new normal look like? Rather than expecting employees to work more, some...
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14 Things That Might Surprise You About Warren Buffett
By Elena Holodny, Business InsiderWarren Buffett has been incredibly successful, and he's extremely wealthy. In fact, he's worth about $62.1 billion right now. But how much is $62.1 billion really, and how good is Buffett at...
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Growing Alarm in the Kremlin as the Wheels Come Off the Putin Regime
By Brian Whitemore, Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyYou know things are getting really bad when Sergei Lavrov blows his cool. © www.rferl.org The Russian foreign minister is usually smooth as silk in public, shamelessly and effortlessly twisting,...
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The Fight Over CEO Pay Disclosure May Not Be Over Yet
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesBetter late than never? That may be the feeling among exhausted advocates of the CEO pay ratio disclosure rule that the Securities and Exchange Commission finally approved on Wednesday. It has now...
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This African Nation Will Be Bigger than the U.S. by 2050
By Robert Ferris, CNBCThe Earth will be quite a bit more crowded in 2050—with nearly 2.5 billion more people than now. A report released Wednesday by the United Nations projects the global population rising to more than 9...
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The Pope on Capitalism: Let’s Talk About It
By PHILIP PULLELLA, ReutersPope Francis acknowledged on Monday he had neglected problems of the middle class and said he was willing to have a dialogue with Americans who disagree with his criticism of capitalism. Francis,...
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The Gorilla of Wall Street Is Still an Ape
It’s been years since Dick Fuld, the CEO who presided over the collapse of Lehman Brothers, has been in the public spotlight or, for that matter, the congressional hot seat. So as Fuld last Thursday...