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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How Millennials Could Make or Break the Brexit Vote
By Suman BhattacharyyaIn the final days before the referendum on Britain leaving the EU, poll numbers show the “leave” and “remain” sides in a dead heat. The Financial Times Brexit poll of polls has “leave” at 45 percent...
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13 Tax Tips for Self-Employed Workers in 2016
By Janna HerronThe gig economy often means trickier taxes for self-employed workers. A third of the American workforce falls into that category, according to TurboTax, including 3.2 million on-demand workers, like...
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How To Become an Everyday Millionaire…From Those Who’ve Done It
By Janna HerronWhen you picture a millionaire’s lifestyle, does townhouse living or budgeting only $40,000 a year come to mind? Probably not. But it’s that type of frugal living that helped four everyday people to...
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The Naughty Employee Costing Your Company More Than $12,000
By Millie DentWe all have those colleagues who criticize you to co-workers behind your back, make rude remarks about your outfit or demand extra work from everyone but themselves. These toxic behaviors might be...
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Employees Are Paying More – Much More – for Health Care
While wages have been stagnant over the past decade, the amount that workers pay for employer-sponsored health insurance has more than doubled. Average employees at mid-size and large companies paid...
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Behind Every Successful Woman, There’s a Clock
Author Laura Vanderkam has made a career out of studying how people spend their time. For her latest book, I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time , Vanderkam looked...
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10 Worst States for Working Mothers
By Marine ColeWorking mothers may want to avoid moving to the South, where the quality of child care leaves a lot to be desired and professional opportunities are scarce.
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What Successful People Don't Say at Work
By Travis Bradberry, Inc.comYou can't build a strong professional network if you don't open up to your colleagues; but doing so is tricky, because revealing the wrong things can have a devastating effect on your career.
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10 Worst Cities to Start a Business in 2015
By Marine ColeIf you’re about to start a business, you may want to stay away from the New York City area and from the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
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10 Best Cities to Start a Business
By Marine ColeSome of the best cities to start a business are located in the South, where resources for small companies are often more available and more affordable than in Silicon Valley or the New York area.
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No New Lawyers! Economy Can't Handle Them
By Mark Koba, CNBCBecoming a lawyer seemed to be one of those career moves that could stand up to any type of economic setback. That's no longer the case. Because of the recession of 2007-2009 and a still-struggling...
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3 Reasons Investors Should Cheer the Economy
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesYesterday wasn’t just the first day of spring—it was the first annual International Day of Happiness. That’s what the United Nations announced. Yes, really: It’s an entire day set aside for us to...
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New Housing Permits at Highest Level Since 2008
By Jason Lange, ReutersGroundbreaking to build homes rose in February and permits for construction climbed to their highest level since 2008, signs the housing market recovery is gathering steam. The Commerce Department...
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Welcome to the ‘Jobless’ U.S. Manufacturing Boom
By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal TimesThe new manufacturing robot named Baxter from Rethink Robotics will completely change manufacturing as we know it – and more industries are soon to follow.
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Why Tax Reform Will Still Cost a Small Fortune
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal TimesNo one denies the need to simplify the tax code. It is sprawling, obtuse, and an absolute time suck for millions of Americans -- something not lost on House Republicans when they unveiled their 2014...