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The Paul Ryan budget: your guide to what's in it
Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, is best known for drawing up a series of spending-and-tax plans meant to challenge the Obama administration's policies from the right. But it's been some time since his latest budget, which Mr. Ryan terms a "path to prosperity," was released. Here's a primer on what's in it.
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What can be done to create jobs? Six leading ideas.
The job market has shown some very welcome signs of improvement lately, but it still has a long way to go before approaching something Americans would call normal. Here’s a look at some of the proposed solutions out there.
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How the tea party can 'agree' with Occupy movement's demands
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Six ways the rich really do get richer
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Steve Jobs: One of the greatest business leaders?
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Global markets drop sharply on US, Europe outlook
Global markets reflect worry about rising interest rates for eurozone's weakest nations and possibility of a US recession. Among global markets to tumble most: Germany, down 5.3 percent and France, down 4.7 percent.
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Faulty mortgage loans catch up with 17 big banks
Faulty mortgage loans were a major contributor to the recession and now a US regulator is suing 17 big banks for their role in those faulty loans.
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US sues biggest banks over risky mortgages
Government lawsuit claims 17 banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan, misrepresented the value of $196 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities when it sold them to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Steve Jobs: One of the greatest business leaders?
Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs saw the company through its infancy, its early tremors of doubt, and its wild bouts of success. Among his more significant lessons was this: Being best is more important than being first. How does Jobs, who passed away Oct. 5, 2011, stack up against America's great business leaders when tested by his own rule? Here's a look at how he compares with five of the greats:
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Rating falls, markets plunge, critics rage. But tea party isn't blinking.
Tea party lawmakers say the S&P's downgrade of the US credit rating and the markets' convulsive reaction on Monday is merely confirmation that they had been right all along.
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Dow skids 600, worst day since credit crisis
The Dow closed down 634 points, the S&P 500 lost 79 points, and the Nasdaq ended 174 points lower. For every stock that rose at the New York Stock Exchange, more than 69 fell.
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Foreclosures in New York City near 2,000. Are banks keeping up the buildings?
Foreclosures come into the spotlight in New York after a fire at one of those foreclosures claims three victims. State senator says banks that own properties aren't maintaining them.
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US debt deal kicks spending problems down the ... cul-de-sac
Debt deal includes no meaningful spending reductions, which signals beginning of the end for US as the world's sole economic superpower.
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Banks bulldoze houses, despite millions being homeless
Bank of America and others plan to raze repossessed, vacant homes in some cities. Is demolition really an ethical solution?
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Can the Treasury Department really run out of money?
Probably not, because the Federal Reserve would probably not bounce a check from Treasury. But that might violate the debt ceiling.
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Lost $30,000 in stock market. Should I reinvest?
First foray into stock market led to a 90 percent loss. What's a better way to invest in the stock market? Question No. 1 in this reader mailbag.
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The Monitor's View: Debt defaults as moral fault
What do Greece, Washington, and potential mortgage-skippers have in common? They're on the verge of debt default. Why the ethical disregard about the effects of default on others?
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Tim Pawlenty's plan to revive the US economy: the 'Google Test'
Pawlenty offered a new spin on the classic spending-cuts idea: If Google can identify a private-sector provider of any good or service, the government should get out of that business. By invoking Google, he hopes to snatch media attention from the antics of Trump, Palin, and Weiner.
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Paying to protect credit score, from underwater
Should underwater home owners go down with a sinking home to save a credit score?
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Home prices slip in March
The latest monthly house price index shows that prices fell a quarter of a percent since February, which puts them about 6 percent lower than a year ago
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The pain of restoring investor confidence
Americans and Europeans have bailed out banks, run public deficits, and added to debts. What will it take to restore investor confidence?
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'Too Big to Fail' – real story's not over
'Too Big to Fail' movie ends early in the crisis. But policymakers, public still struggling with aftermath of 'too big to fail' decisions.
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Opinion: Paul Ryan's reality check on budget hysteria: GOP plan bolsters the safety net
Congressman Paul Ryan explains why the GOP's 2012 budget not only prevents a fiscal disaster, it strengthens America's safety net by directing more assistance to those who need it most.
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How not to fix the housing market
The mortgage interest deduction should be seen for what it really is: A spending program that favors the wealthy
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Opinion: From the American dream to a foreclosure nightmare
I got behind on mortgage payments. Now I’m at the courthouse to see if my house is up for auction. My story is a preview of the next, ugly phase of America's housing crash: ultraquick foreclosures managed by a team of mercenaries.
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Getting bin Laden and five other boosts to Obama's reelection bid
"Yes We Can” was so 2008. Now President Obama is the incumbent, with a record to defend. More than whom the Republicans nominate to run against him in 2012, how voters perceive Mr. Obama’s accomplishments and liabilities – two highly subjective categories, at times overlapping – will determine whether he gets four more years. Here are his top six accomplishments, including the killing of Osama bin Laden:
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Talks begin on deficit reduction. What can be cut in the federal budget?
Vice President Joe Biden hosted a meeting with lawmakers from both parties Thursday on curbing deficits. Although some options are controversial, there's still room for agreement on other parts of the federal budget.
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Two ways for the US to go broke
When it comes to foreign debt, the US can either honestly default or it can inflate the dollar and pay back the debt
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After Fannie and Freddie, a role for government in mortgages?
Whatever system replaces Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will need government participation. Please keep it small.
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Underwater mortgages rise: Nearly a quarter of borrowers affected
Underwater mortgages rose to 23 percent at the end of 2010. In Nevade, underwater mortgages account for roughly two-thirds of home loans.
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