economy
Obama picks full-employment advocate Yellen to head Federal Reserve
October 9, 2013President Obama has nominated Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve vice chair, to run the Federal Reserve, the most important central bank in the world.
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New York City Opera files for bankruptcy
October 4, 2013With the Oct. 3 announcement that New York City Opera is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the city and the entire country are losing a major cultural institution.
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Top pollster says Americans will punish Republicans for shutdown
October 2, 2013"When all is said and done, the most telling thing that people will remember is that at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the Republicans shut down the government."
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Government shutdown to crash into debt ceiling crisis?
October 2, 2013Way over a million workers are immediately affected by the shutdown. Will they get back pay once the government starts up again? With this Congress, who knows?
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Government shutdown: Monumental idiocy
October 2, 2013"Punishing federal workers and taxpayers to prove a point is a temper tantrum worthy of a four-year old, not a policy choice of a responsible political party."
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