Scandals

Is there a price-fixing scandal brewing in the oil market?

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Deals

Tumblr, and its cool-kid status, may be worth $1 billion to Yahoo

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JPMorgan

"The current Chairman of J.P. Morgan should be run out of town on a rail"

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New Normal

Greek shipping magnates are not really feeling the whole economic depression thing

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Politicking

Politicking

Hedge funds bet on their ability to change the government's mind on Fannie and Freddie

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Politicking

Dear Lobbyists: When you're on a ski vacation with the House Finance chairman, stay off Instagram 

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Ryan McCarthy: Dear Lobbyists, stay off Instagram when you're on a ski vacation with the House Finance chair http://t.co/D6mIc62fT8
Politicking

Unsurprisingly, Congress cares more about flight delays than shuttered food banks

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Politicking

The SEC may require public companies to disclose all political contributions

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Nick Confessore: MT @GrahamDavidA: Fascinating @nickconfessore piece on push to get SEC to force companies to disclose donations: http://t.co/9vHGnq5mVV
Politicking

If at first you don't succeed: Simpson and Bowles are back with another deficit plan

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The new Simpson-Bowles plan in full (pdf)
Politicking

Obama's budget includes a "greatest hits list" of ideas to raise revenue, including a Buffett tax

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CHART: Presidents almost never get the budget they want
Politicking

Interest rates for subsidized student loans are set to double unless Congress acts

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Paul Smalera: Shameful RT @moorehn: Student loan rates are set to double to 6.8% (!!!!) on July 1. http://t.co/axK6cWdcS1
Politicking

There's nothing magical about a balanced budget

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"Paul Ryan’s budget is an amazing and wondrous document"
Politicking

The sequester is (another) "manufactured, self-inflicted, completely preventable crisis"

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Politicking

Congress is about to do what it does best: hurt the economy by failing to do its job

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