America’s credit system is broken
I've carefully avoided debt my entire working life. So why am I having so much trouble getting a credit card?
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I've carefully avoided debt my entire working life. So why am I having so much trouble getting a credit card?
The report beat analysts expectations
Instead of cutting aid to the poor, the president and Congress should focus on reforming costly tax expenditures
Worrying about automation distracts us from the real problem: Misuse of corporate profits
It may be over, but a new crisis looms. The question now is whether Democrats will cave on the debt ceiling
The index is up more than 100 percent since its low in March 2009
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The president will offer to keep the Bush tax cuts in place for those making less than $400,000, Bloomberg reports
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If you think Boehner and the House GOP will bow to public pressure to reach a "fiscal cliff" deal, think again
A leading technology investor says his success depended on government funding
America's most watched company can no longer claim to be the only mobile option
It's not just fuel efficiency. Americans appear less interested in getting from point A to point B
The fraudster shares his insights
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Influential technologists weigh in on the rise of the machines
The collapse of his "Plan B" reveals that the GOP just isn't serious about reducing the deficit
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It has also unwound its position in AIG
A gunman killed an employee and then himself Friday night VIDEO
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When push comes to shove, corporate interests will always have the upper hand in determining public policy
Countries like China and Iran sought increased controls of cyberspace
After being charged with money laundering, HSBC gets a Monopoly-style get-out-of-jail card
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The search giant's new maps app aims to correct Apple's misfire
The CEO makes almost 600 times as much as one Chicago worker
The right-to-work bill may now be law, but organizers are already planning their next move
The Kochs and Adelsons haven't learned their lesson from the 2012 election. They'll just spend more in 2016
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform takes up human growth hormone use by football players
The Golden State has some very highly paid employees, but that's not the whole story
The financial giant will avoid prosecution by paying the biggest penalty ever imposed on a bank VIDEO
It might save money for the budget, but not without crippling long-term consequences for our healthcare system
Don't buy their bunk about "pro-growth tax reform." These corporate pirates would shipwreck the U.S. economy