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U.S. corporate tax reform should be the top priority in the government's efforts to restore economic growth, FedEx Chairman and CEO Frederick Smith told CNBC.
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U.S. corporate tax reform should be the top priority in the government's efforts to restore economic growth, FedEx Chairman and CEO Frederick Smith told CNBC.
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The Obama administration is offering a compromise on new Obamacare rules that would allow religious employers to exclude contraceptives from health insurance for employees, but would still guarantee those employees access to free coverage for birth control.
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Alan Krueger, White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman, discusses today's employment report, adding 157,000 new jobs in January, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.9 percent.
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Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director, National Security Network talks about the Obama administration's foreign policy shift as Hagel's Defense Secretary confirmation faces even more hurdles.
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Dissecting the day's major business news, with the Fast Money traders; and whether January's positive market action will hold up in 2013, with Rebecca Patterson, Bessemer Trust. "If I take money out of the high yield, I'm going into stocks," she explains.
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The Democratic-led Senate on Thursday approved must-do legislation to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, putting off one Washington showdown even as others loom in coming weeks.
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The Obama administration has adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance that will deny assistance to millions of Americans with modest incomes who cannot afford family coverage offered by employers, The NYT reports.
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Dissecting the day's major business news, including worse than expected GDP data, with the Fast Money traders and Michelle Meyer, Bank of America.
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Dissecting the market's rally, with the Fast Money traders. Also a look at Amazon's wild trade higher after reporting fourth quarter earnings, with CNBC's Jon Fortt. And, Jon Najarian, TradeMonster, explains why tomorrow is not a "make or break" moment for RIM with the launch of its new BlackBerry 10.
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President Obama called on Congress to make good on plans to overhaul the immigration system and offer a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. He said that if Congress is unable to act quickly, he will propose legislation and demand lawmakers vote on it.
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A bipartisan group of leading senators unveiled an agreement Monday on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country.
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CNBC's Sue Herera looks back at the week's top business and financial stories, including the massive tumble in Apple shares, and a drop in new home sales.
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Republican governors are moving to cut income taxes, including proposals that would increase reliance on state sales taxes, setting up ambitious experiments in tax reform that could shape what is possible on a national level.
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To many, Geithner deserves credit for helping steady the banking system and helping restore investor confidence. Yet his toughest critics say his policies consistently favored big banks over struggling Americans.
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The Senate's senior Democrat and Republican reached a tentative agreement to impose modest limits on the filibuster, the delaying tactic that minority parties have long used to kill legislation and was immortalized in the film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
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President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, tapping an attorney with broad experience in prosecuting white-collar crimes to lead an agency that has a central role in implementing Wall Street reform.
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Apple is reporting revenue of $54.51 billion, and an EPS of $13.81 for Q1, with Jeff Gundlach, DoubleLine CEO & CIO and the Fast Money traders.
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With tacit support from President Barack Obama, the GOP-controlled House approved an extension of the debt ceiling Wednesday, heading off an economy-rattling fiscal crisis for at least four months.
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) got tough with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the Benghazi attack, reports CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
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Debating whether Obama's remarks yesterday were actually intended to drive a wedge into the Republican Party. Mark Hannah, former campaign aide for John Kerry & Barack Obama; Kevin Madden, GOP strategist; and Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, discuss motives behind the President's speech.