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By Laura Litvan and Andrew Mayeda, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2013
President Barack Obama is being pressed by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline to tie any approval to measures that would curb climate change, reflecting mounting pressure on the administration to mitigate the project’s impact if it goes forward.
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By Drew Armstrong |
April 4, 2013
A surge in insurance stocks before the official government announcement on new Medicare rates is shining a spotlight on insider relationships.
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By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg |
March 18, 2013
As Congress returns this week to confront immediate budget issues that have consumed the debate in Washington, lawmakers are preparing to pivot to topics such as immigration, gun control and energy policy.
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By Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
House Republicans plan to vote next week on a three-month extension of U.S. borrowing authority in an effort to force the Democratic-led Senate to adopt a budget plan.
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By Richard Rubin, Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
The U.S. House passed a bill undoing income tax increases for more than 99 percent of households, giving a victory to President Barack Obama even as Republicans vowed to fight him in coming week.
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By Derek Wallbank, Bloomberg |
December 26, 2012
The deal that seems possible to fix the U.S. budget is getting smaller and smaller.
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By Thomas Black, Bloomberg |
November 19, 2012
Companies from Wynn Resorts Ltd. to IDT Corp. are paying special dividends at four times the pace of last year, helping investors stay a step ahead of the taxman with rates poised to jump in 2013.
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By Heidi Przybyla and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg |
November 16, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner offered a “framework” including new revenue to reduce the U.S. budget deficit during talks with President Barack Obama and Congress leaders on averting a year-end fiscal crisis.
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By Sara Forden, Bloomberg |
August 17, 2012
A challenge to an Environmental Protection Agency rule allowing higher concentrations of corn-based ethanol in gasoline was thrown out by a U.S. Appeals Court ruling that the groups pressing the case had no right to sue.
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By Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg |
July 3, 2012
In the U.K., a record fine for Barclays Plc has triggered outrage from lawmakers and forced resignations from the bank’s top executives. In the U.S., Wall Street’s defenders in Congress are sticking by the industry
