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One Part of Mitt Romney's Tax Plan That Makes Sense
Tweet Share on Facebook October 17, 2012 CommentIf you feel like Mitt Romney's tax plan is a moving target, you're not alone — even tax experts feel that way.
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Obamanometer: Spain Helps the President
Tweet Share on Facebook October 17, 2012 CommentOnly American citizens can vote in this year's elections, yet President Barack Obama is getting a bit of help from overseas.
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The Microsoft-Apple Tablet Wars Commence
Tweet Share on Facebook October 16, 2012 CommentThere's a momentous presidential election going on this fall, but the more interesting competition might be a fresh battle between technology giants Apple and Microsoft.
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The Real Loser in the Lance Armstrong Scandal: the Postal Service
Tweet Share on Facebook October 16, 2012 CommentBack in 1996, the U.S. Postal Service did something very corporate: It sponsored a professional sports team to enhance its visibility and image.
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Why Good CEOs Don't Tell Their Workers How To Vote
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2012 CommentIt's well-known that a lot of business leaders aren't huge fans of President Barack Obama. But a few CEOs seem to have gone overboard recently by formally asking employees to vote for Obama's Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, and even threatening to lay off workers if Obama wins in November.
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Apple's Stock Price Falls Toward Earth
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2012 CommentStock prices rise and fall all the time — normal undulations in an unpredictable economy. But when Apple's stock price falls, it's as if the universe is suddenly out of whack.
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The Obama-Romney Race Is Turning Out To Be Good For America
Tweet Share on Facebook October 12, 2012 CommentThe inane sometimes obscures the consequential, especially in politics. And there certainly has been plenty of nonsense in this year's presidential campaign—from Mitt Romney's flat birther jokes to Big Bird's future employment prospects.
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Obamanometer: No Traction for Obama on the Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook October 12, 2012 CommentFor the last several weeks, nearly every slight improvement in the economy has been followed by an equal and opposite retrenchment. And with less than a month to go before the November elections, President Obama has once again lost the edge on the economy, after it seemed to be turning his way.
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Memo to Mitt Romney: America Already Has the World's Lowest Taxes
Tweet Share on Facebook October 11, 2012 CommentWith all the talk among the presidential candidates about cutting taxes and giving the middle class a break, you'd think American taxpayers were the most overburdened in the world.
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Far from it. In fact, the tax burden on American workers is one of the lowest on Earth.
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How Wall Street Hopes to Profit From the 'Fiscal Cliff'
Tweet Share on Facebook October 11, 2012 CommentIf you're not paying much attention to the approaching "fiscal cliff," you probably will before long — like when Congress is poised to cause a fresh recession virtually overnight.
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Rick Newman
The global economy is mysterious, even scary. Chief Business Correspondent Rick Newman demystifies it and explains what matters to you. Rick is the author of Rebounders: How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success and the co-author of two other books: Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11, and Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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