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  • Are Stocks or Bonds the Better Investment? Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 11:53 AM ET
    Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee May 22, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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  • IRS Official Denies Wrongdoing, Invokes Fifth Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 10:48 AM ET
    Internal Revenue Service Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner makes a statement during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee before refusing to testify to the committee May 22, 2013 in Washington, DC.

    The IRS official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions.

  • IRS Official Takes the Fifth at Tax Hearing  Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 10:08 AM ET

    "I have not done anything wrong," asserts IRS official Lois Lerner, invoking her Fifth Amendment right, refusing to answer questions about her involvement in the improper targeting of conservative groups by the IRS.

  • Cook Defends Apple Tax Policy on Capitol Hill  Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 8:06 AM ET
    Apple CEO, Tim Cook, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Investigations Subcommittee.

    Sen. Rob Portman, (R-OH), discusses the tech giant's tax policy and explains why corporate tax reform is needed.

  • Chinese Vitamin Firm Exports From US to China Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 7:54 AM ET

    Chinese IVC's bought the vitamin for $63.4 million in 2010. IVC products are in Walmart, Walgreens and RiteAid, but the goal is much bigger: selling to the Chinese consumer.

  • IRS Official at Center of Scandal Won't Testify Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 7:25 AM ET

    Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the center of the political targeting scandal plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee.

  • IRS Scandal Hugely Distracting for Obama: Pro  Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 5:00 AM ET

    Tony Fratto, managing director at Hamilton Place Strategies, comments on the IRS scandal and its impact on the Obama administration and how complex it would be to reform the tax system.

  • Forget the Headlines: Chinese Buying Big in US Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 12:00 AM ET
    China Construction of America has successfully bid for state-level and municipal projects in the United  States, such as the $407 million Alexander Hamilton Bridge rehabilitation, seen here.

    Despite all the negative headlines, Chinese investment in the US hit an all-time record in 2012: $6.5 billion. It will likely surpass that level in 2013.

  • 'I Did Not Lie': IRS Brass Claim Ignorance Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 5:12 PM ET
    Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman

    Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently.

  • Apple CEO Cool Under Pressure  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:33 PM ET

    Apple CEO Tim Cook remained cool under fire about his company's taxes. John Berlau, Competitive Enterprise Institute; Edward Kleinbard, USC law professor, provide perspective.

  • Current Corporate Tax Code Hurting Economy?  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 2:07 PM ET

    Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said he thinks the committee should apologize to Apple as the tech giant's CEO Tim Cook was testifying on tax code, reports CNBC's Eamon Javers. David Selig, Selig & Associates Federal Tax Practitioner, discusses.

  • Apple's CEO Arrives on Capitol Hill  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 11:22 AM ET

    Tim Cook smiled as he arrived to give testimony before a Senate committee, reports CNBC's Eamon Javers. And Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) disagree on whether Congress should apologize for "bullying" one of America's "greatest success stories."

  • 'Berating' CEOs Doesn't Solve Tax Problem: Fiorina  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 10:39 AM ET

    Tim Cook testifies before a Senate panel proposing tax changes that would overhaul the corporate tax code, reports CNBC's Eamon Javers & Jon Fortt. And, Carly Fiorina, former HP chairman & CEO; and William George, Harvard Business School professor, discuss what this means for Apple and other corporations.

  • Realities of Tax Repatriation  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 7:44 AM ET

    David Walker, Comeback America Initiative, explains his plan to reform the nation's tax code which would put the top rate at 25% and broaden the base.

  • Apple's CEO Heads to Capitol HIll  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 7:42 AM ET

    Tim Cook plans to propose tax changes that encourages firms to bring home more of their offshore funds, reports CNBC's Eamon Javers.

  • White House Knew of IRS Audit in April Monday, 20 May 2013 | 6:19 PM ET
    White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

    The White House said its counsel was told on April 24 about the preliminary findings of an IRS audit that showed IRS employees targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

  • IRS Scandal Continues to Pressure White House  Monday, 20 May 2013 | 6:12 AM ET

    U.S. lawmakers are getting ready for a second week of scrutinizing the circumstances surrounding the IRS targeting of conservative groups, reports CNBC's John Harwood.

  • Kocherlakota Urges Fed to Focus on 'Real' Rate  Friday, 17 May 2013 | 1:48 PM ET

    Narayana Kocherlakota of the Minneapolis Fed says the FOMC still has not lowered the "real" interest rate sufficiently, reports CNBC's Steve Liesman.

  • Lawmakers Accuse IRS Officials of Lying in Scandal Friday, 17 May 2013 | 1:30 PM ET
    Ousted acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is sworn in at Friday's hearing.

    Congressional Republicans accused leaders of the IRS of lying as they opened the first in a series of hearings about the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

  • Congress Tees Off  Friday, 17 May 2013 | 1:15 PM ET

    CNBC's Eamon Javers shares highlights from the hearing on the IRS snooping scandal.