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President Obama said that he did not know about the IRS Inspector General's report on the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny before it was leaked.
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President Obama said that he did not know about the IRS Inspector General's report on the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny before it was leaked.
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Extended unemployment benefits do not keep people from finding a job, a report showed. But whether extensions help or hurt the jobs picture is far from settled.
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Under President Barack Obama's health care law, where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay for medications.
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Colleges are using merit-based aid to lure wealthier students who can afford rising tuition and fees while low-income students are increasingly bypassed, according to a study.
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Former Rep. Barney Frank, an author of the massive regulation bill that sought to contain too-big-to-fail banks, said the legislation is working.
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Massachusetts has had Romneycare since 2006. And, while it's different in some ways from Obamacare, it offers insight into what's ahead for US health care.
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The Internal Revenue Service will play an important role in how health-care reform is managed, even deciding who will have to buy coverage.
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President Obama's proposal to slow Social Security spending by calculating cost-of-living increases differently has given conservatives and liberals something in common: they hate it.
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Most homeowners know a special insurance policy is needed to cover flooding, but the insurance industry estimates that only 13 percent of them are covered.
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Flight delays from air traffic controller furloughs may seem like the start of the predicted doom of sequestration. But many have already felt the pain of mandated budget cuts.
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At this hour, President Obama is visiting victims of the Boston terror attack, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli talks to David Malpass, Encima Global president, discuss President Obama's budget that proposes spreading out spending cuts over ten years.
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John Taylor, Hoover Institution senior fellow, explains why he's concerned President Obama's budget doesn't try to balance the budget, and may include additional taxes.
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Robert Romasco, President of AARP, defends the organizations stand on social security reforms and the impact of entitlement program on the nation's growing deficit problem.
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Executives of the biggest U.S. banks are expected to meet with President Barack Obama, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The U.S.'s F-22 fighters are the most expensive in use. That could change if the F-35 Lightning II were deployed. Yet by all indications, that won't be happening anytime soon — if at all.
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Rick Santelli sees a lack of incentives to get people off disability benefits. (3:24)
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Paul Ryan's proposed budget would cut taxes for just about everyone, with the top earners getting the biggest tax cuts.
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Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, warns that growth will go down and unemployment will go up as a result of these forced budget cuts.
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David Blanchett, Morningstar Investment Management, discusses whether some 401(k)'s are overloading on employer stock.