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  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • Why 2014 Could Be a Record Year for Wine Sales in U.S.

    By Katie Kramer, CNBC

    Thanks in part to the holiday demand for wine, 2014 could turn into another record year of wine sales in the U.S. In 2013, Americans spent more than $36 billion on wine, according to data from The...

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    The C-Suite Gets Its Own ‘Snapchat’ App

    By Arjun Kharpal, CNBC

    An Irish entrepreneur has launched an anonymous messaging app aimed at the business elite, with messages that self-destruct in 24 hours. OneOne - described as a "super-secure version of Snapchat" by...

  • Sony rejects Loeb's proposal to spin off entertainment unit

    Sony Movies Leak After Hack Attack

    By Anna Field, The Washington Post

    Attackers operating under the name “Guardians of Peace” left a picture of a red skull and the phrase "Hacked By #GOP" on the computers screens of Sony employees on the Monday before Thanksgiving.

  • U.S. Northeast digs out from blizzard, tornado strikes in South

    How Bad Will This Winter Be? What Weather Pros Know and Don’t Know

    By Jonathan Berr, The Fiscal Times

    Over the past few weeks, with the official start of winter still approaching but frigid weather already sweeping across much of the country, meteorologists everywhere from the National Oceanic and...

  • What Economic Numbers Do and Don’t Say About the Economy

    By Rob Garver

    This week’s jobs number will be treated like the definitive word on the state of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, for those really curious about the country’s economic status, the question is a whole...