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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Holidays, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Toy Industry, The Gap
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Economy means sacrifice for Thanksgiving travelers
CHICAGO (AP) — Feeling the pinch of the sluggish economic recovery, many Americans setting out on the nation's annual Thanksgiving migration had to sacrifice summer vacations, rely on relatives for airfare or scour the Web for travel deals to ensure...
Tags: Family, Holidays, Media Industry, Transportation Industry, Trips and Vacations
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Obama wants tax cuts extended to all but top 2%
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a challenge to Republicans, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to extend expiring tax cuts immediately for all but the nation's highest income earners as a way to eliminate half of the so-called "fiscal cliff"...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, George W. Bush, Republican Party, Government Health Care
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Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: Public Finance, Jim Jordan, Tea Party Movement, Government Health Care, U.S. Department of Defense
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New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...
Tags: Social Security, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, Rentals, Market and Exchange
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'Tweet', 'dad dancing' and 'geekery' make Oxford English Dictionary
Reuters"Tweet", "dad dancing" and "geekery" are three of more than 1,200 new or revised words in the latest version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) released on Friday. The dictionary said in a quarterly update on its website that it had expanded its...Tags: Dance, Social Media, Entertainment Events, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry
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"Tweet", "dad dancing" and "geekery" make Oxford Dictionary
ReutersLONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - "Tweet", "dad dancing" and "geekery" are three of more than 1,200 new or revised words in the latest version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) released on Friday. The dictionary said in a quarterly update on its website...Tags: Dance, Entertainment Events, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry
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'Tweet', 'dad dancing' added to Oxford English Dictionary
Reuters“Tweet”, "head trip", "dad dancing” and “geekery” are some of more than 1,200 new or revised words in the Oxford English Dictionary's latest version released Friday. The dictionary said in a quarterly update on its website...Tags: Dance, Entertainment Events, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry
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Standard & Poor's upgrades outlook for U.S. credit rating
WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's, which downgraded the U.S. credit rating nearly two years ago, said Monday it was more optimistic about the nation's long-term fiscal situation and had removed the negative outlook from the rating. The automatic federal...
Tags: Public Finance, Government Debt, Automotive Equipment, Rentals, Credit and Debt
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Obama to name Furman as chief economist
ReutersBy Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate longtime adviser Jason Furman to be his new chief White House economist, an administration official said. Furman, who will replace economist Alan Krueger...Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, White House, Alan Krueger, Harvard University
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Temporary farm subsidy program may finally meet the reaper
NEW YORK - The building is one of the finest on Central Park West. Celebrity residents. Park views. Units priced at up to $24 million. It is most definitely not a farm. But last year, the U.S. government sent $9,070 in farm subsidies to an apartment...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Central Park, Manhattan (New York City)
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INSIGHT-How U.S. Treasury's tax loophole mistake saves companies billions each year
Reuters* Two presidents have failed to kill 'check the box' rule * For Treasury Department, a trail of unintended consequences * Even lawmakers who oppose loophole have voted to extend it By Kevin Drawbaugh and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - As...Tags: Political Corruption, Apple Inc., Laws, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Annual Reports
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