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Posted by: Fi5herman 3 days, 16 hours ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department expects to recover all but $42 billion of the $370 billion it has lent to ailing companies since the financial crisis ...
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AP IMPACT: Bad bridges passed up for stimulus cash - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: mpchekuri 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on ...
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Despite Recession, Apple Blows Away Analysts' Estimates »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
AT&T had a decent, but slightly down Q1 2009, year-over-year. But the iPhone was a bright spot, and based on that, expectations were high ...
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Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform »
Posted by: engineer 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Political News
Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’ s health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation’ s drug costs after ...
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Glenn Beck's Homecoming Riles Washington Town - "Glenn Beck & Hatred not welcome here." »
Posted by: epiphannyy 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (Sept. 24) - Glenn Beck's visit to his hometown in Washington state this weekend seemed simple enough on the surface, with a ...
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Goldman Sachs 2009 bonuses to double 2008s; $23 billion could send 460,000 to Harvard, buy insurance for 1.7 million families »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Yesterday, we brought you the insurance company that wouldn't insure a 17-pound infant because he was too heavy. Today, we bring you the investment ...
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Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Obama Administration will lend Tesla Motors $465 million to build an electric sedan and the battery packs needed to propel it. It's one ...
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Is Mayor Daley's billion dollar slush fund broke? »
Posted by: aic4ever 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
With the City of Chicago running $500 million short, thoughts are that its billion dollar shadow budget could be used to cover the gap. But ...
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House Democrats unveil $894 billion health care bill »
Posted by: engineer 1 month, 1 week ago in News
The battle over health care reform reached another milestone Thursday as top House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation that includes a highly controversial public health insurance ...
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Dems plan to curtail bank overdraft fees »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Banks that received federal bailout funds are more likely to lean on customers, charging higher fees for over-drafted accounts, The Washington Post revealed Monday.
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Bank credit card fees keep going up »
Posted by: engineer 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
A growing number of banks are raising credit card fees or rolling out new fees to offset record delinquencies and rising charge-offs.
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Afghanistan expected to cost U.S. dearly »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 4 months ago in News
As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments ...
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Health Care: Do the Right Thing on Taxes »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month, 1 week ago in Health & Fitness
To pay for health-care reform, both parties need to get serious about a topic neither one mentions: taxes.
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10 others to be charged in Madoff probe »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 1 week ago in News
Federal authorities are pressing a probe of 10 associates of Bernard Madoff despite a sentence that means the mastermind of one of the biggest financial ...
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U.S. Says Bank of America Needs Cushion of $33.9 Billion »
Posted by: engineer 7 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
The government has told Bank of America it needs $33.9 billion in capital to withstand any worsening of the economic downturn, according to an ...
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