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Unemployment taxes hit small firms hard - Washington Times »
Posted by: gunnyreef 3 days, 13 hours ago in News
As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: the cost of rising unemployment itself.
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How insurance firms drive debate »
Posted by: ybdogsct 3 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
Having grown up in one of the most conservative and Republican places in the country -- East Tennessee -- I understand why many of the people who ...
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A.I.G. Lists the Banks to Which It Paid Rescue Funds »
Posted by: engineer 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Amid rising pressure from Congress and taxpayers, the American International Group on Sunday released the names of dozens of financial institutions that benefited from the ...
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Madoff's Former Finance Chief Pleads Guilty - washingtonpost.com »
Posted by: reallypsst 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Bernard Madoff's right-hand man told a federal judge on Tuesday that he would plead guilty to fraud, conspiracy and other criminal charges, the first ...
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Obama keeps heat on insurance firms »
Posted by: Tumultuous 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
BIG SKY, Montana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday U.S. healthcare worked better for insurance companies than for patients, as he pressed his ...
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Bailed-out firms spend millions on lobbying »
Posted by: pagey 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Top recipients of federal bailout money spent more than $10 million on political lobbying in the first three months of this year, including aggressive efforts ...
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At rescued banks, perks keep rolling »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
According to The Washington Post, the biggest financial firms in the United States increased perks and benefits for their chief executives by an average of ...
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U.S. to Order Pay Cuts at Firms That Got Most Aid »
Posted by: engineer 1 month ago in Business & Finance
Responding to the furor over executive pay at companies bailed out with taxpayer money, the Obama administration will order the firms that received the most ...
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Health Care Costs Rise Again for Workers, Firms »
Posted by: ameliog 2 months, 1 week ago in Health & Fitness
The cost of job-based health insurance continued to take a bigger bite from workers and employers this year, rising 5% for family coverage.
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The United States of Goldman Sachs »
Posted by: ybdogsct 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Goldman is famous for moving its senior executives, associates and friends into high-level government positions.
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Obama Administration Pushes Back at Bank Lobbying on Regulation »
Posted by: engineer 1 month, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
White House officials say they are growing frustrated that the banking industry is fighting President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul financial regulations after taxpayer ...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Chavez seizes oil service firms »
Posted by: k9kssr 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Mr Chavez nationalised Venezuela's main oil assets two years ago. The fresh drive comes as falling oil prices put state finances under pressure.
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Top bailed-out firms have money for lobbying »
Posted by: rumple4skin 7 months, 1 week ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top 10 recipients of the government's $700 billion financial bailout spent about $9.5 million on federal lobbying during the first ...
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Senate likely to cut employer mandate - Health care reform- msnbc.com »
Posted by: david_nwpa 1 month ago in Health & Fitness
Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms could owe significant penalties if workers ...
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Democrats who voted against public option got $19 million from healthcare firms »
Posted by: ameliog 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Five Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee who voted on Tuesday to shoot down a proposed public option for the health care reform bill ...
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