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The Obama 2014 budget proposal and the appearance of reform
WASHINGTON - Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had...Tags: Public Finance, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Stock spotlight: Mattel toys with ways to sell more products
Barbie is vacating her pink Malibu mansion and hunting for international digs. Thomas the Tank Engine is being revamped as an even livelier locomotive. Max Steel, the new kid on the block, is marketed as a "modern day tech superhero." The toy brands,...Tags: Fisher-Price, Marketing, Computer Hardware, Toy Industry, Toys
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Farming: Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....Tags: The Washington Post, Lobbying, Democratic Party, Politics, Harry Reid
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Consumer spending and personal income climb in March
WASHINGTON -- Consumers spent more in March even as their income rose less than analysts had projected, a mixed economic message to start a week that will end with the latest government unemployment report. Consumer spending was up 0.2% last month, down...
Tags: Personal Income
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Looking for silver lining in Orlando's business-for-sale market
Curtis Kroeker, 42, is group general manager of BizQuest.com and BizBuySell.com, a website that allows business owners and brokers to list companies for sale. Kroeker spoke with staff writer Sara K. Clarke about trends in the business-for-sale market...
Tags: Small Businesses, Corporate Performance, Business, Finance, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Did that really happen? In America?
My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...
Tags: Britney Spears, University of California, Los Angeles, Al-Qaeda, Defendants, Authors
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U.S. might not hit debt limit until October, new study says
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. might not hit its debt limit until October because of improved economic growth and higher tax revenue this year, according to a new estimate released Friday. The projection by the Bipartisan Policy Center would give Congress and...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Congress, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Washington, DC
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The stunt pilots misread their gauges
Somewhere between the Oval Office and a snarled airport near you, the stunt pilots in the Obama administration made a terrible miscalculation. Most citizens are able to read. They're seeing numerous articles in the public prints explaining how the...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Rahm Emanuel, The Washington Post, Air Transportation Industry, Politics
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LPL revenue rises on strong adviser productivity, markets
Reuters* Revenue up 8.1 percent at $974.8 million * Client assets rise 11.3 percent to $394 billion * CFO says "fiscal cliff" deal encouraged investors * Shares up 3.1 percent By Ashley Lau April 25 (Reuters) - LPL Financial Holdings Inc reported higher...Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Marketing, U.S. Congress, Analysts' Comments, S&P 500
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H&R Block shares slide on tax return volumes
ReutersApril 25 (Reuters) - Tax preparer H&R Block Inc said its share of tax returns prepared so far this year has remained essentially flat, compared with a year earlier, sending its stock down 9 percent after the bell. The company assisted 22 million U.S....Tags: Marketing, NYSE Euronext, Inc., H&R Block Inc., Stock Market, Intuit Incorporated
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U.S. Democrats, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For...
Tags: Public Finance, Republican Party, Money and Monetary Policy, John Boehner, Politics
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Now on the table: Entitlements
At a Republican presidential debate in 2011, all eight candidates on the stage said they would reject a budget deal that raised taxes even if it had $10 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases. At Tuesday's protest, I put the reverse question...
Tags: Public Finance, Republican Party, John Boehner, Politics, Medicare
Apr 14, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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