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Christmas at McDonald's: Get Used To It
Tweet Share on Facebook December 20, 2012 CommentA Big Mac and fries isn't exactly turkey and stuffing, but it's becoming part of the nation's Christmas tradition all the same.
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A Dependent Nation Makes the Fiscal Cliff Even Steeper
Tweet Share on Facebook December 19, 2012 CommentFor anybody wondering why the fiscal cliff negotiations are so tedious and combative, the Pew Research Center has just published a report that provides many clues.
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It's Official: Taxpayers Will Lose Big on the GM Bailout
Tweet Share on Facebook December 19, 2012 CommentWhen the Treasury Department sold its last remaining shares in insurance giant AIG recently, it announced that it had earned a profit on the controversial bailout that began in 2008. That will not be the case for General Motors.
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What Gun Control and Tax Hikes Have in Common
Tweet Share on Facebook December 18, 2012 CommentWashington's agenda in 2013 is going to include two hot-button issues that are seemingly unrelated: Tax hikes and gun control. But there's a unifying theme that will make both a bruising, and perhaps losing, battle for those backing them.
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Investors Dump Gunmaker in Wake of Newtown Massacre
Tweet Share on Facebook December 18, 2012 CommentMaybe things really are different this time.
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Americans Overpay for Gun Rights and Other Liberties
Tweet Share on Facebook December 18, 2012 CommentFreedom isn't free, the old saying goes. But once obtained, freedom need not be exorbitantly expensive to maintain, either. Americans, nonetheless, have a long-standing habit of paying more than necessary for the liberties we value.
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How the 2013 Economy Will Be Different
Tweet Share on Facebook December 17, 2012 CommentMore of the same. That's the way 2013 is likely to begin, with continued concerns about unresolved "fiscal cliff" issues and cautious businesses reluctant to hire.
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Obama May Inadvertently Boost Gun Sales
Tweet Share on Facebook December 17, 2012 CommentWhen President Barack Obama spoke to shell-shocked residents of Newtown, Conn., his words were meant to comfort.
"We can't tolerate this anymore," he said two days after a gunman murdered 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. "These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change."
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Obama Tacitly Endorses the Pot Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook December 14, 2012 CommentThere's no need to feel paranoid. That seems to be the message President Barack Obama has sent to pot smokers in Washington and Colorado.
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Inflation Is Nowhere to Be Seen
Tweet Share on Facebook December 14, 2012 CommentCritics of the Federal Reserve have been warning for four years that the aggressive monetary policy the Fed initiated in 2008 would inevitably lead to runaway inflation. So far, the Fed has decisively proved them wrong.
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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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