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Fortune 500: Top 10 companies in 2013

Fortune has released its annual list of the largest corporations in the United States, and there were a few notable changes in this year’s group. Here are the Top 10.
Election 2012: 12 reasons Obama won and Romney lost

President Obama went into his reelection fight facing significant head winds – most important, high unemployment and slow economic growth. But for a multitude of reasons, including Obama’s positives and Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s negatives, Obama succeeded. Here’s our list.
Six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong

Mitt Romney’s economic plan is largely based on a whitepaper written by several “heavyweight” economists. The problem is, it's riddled with fundamental flaws. Here are six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong about what ails the American economy and how to fix it.
Seven battleground states: Does economy help Obama or Romney?

Seven states have emerged as battlegrounds that may well determine the 2012 presidential election. Here's a look at seven battleground states and how their economic situation is shaping the presidential election:
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Obama vs. Romney 101: 5 ways they differ on jobs

Whether Mitt Romney or Barack Obama occupies the White House in January, one of them will have to deal with more than 12 million jobless Americans, or a little over 8 percent of the total workforce. Where do the candidates stand on issues relating to jobs?

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ECONOMIC SCENE: Will Fed’s stimulus send inflation soaring?

The central bank says it will pull back when the US recovers, but the timing is tricky.
Seven steps to reviving Michigan

Reliance on the beleaguered auto industry is out. But what to do? Economic sages weigh in.
Despite differences, Obama and medical community vow reform

Many doctors want to see caps on medical malpractice awards – something the president did not endorse in his healthcare speech on Monday.
Obama looks for ways to pay for healthcare

The goal is to make reform deficit neutral, including trims in Medicare and Medicaid.
Summers: Obama doesn't want to sell cars
Fewer car dealers: Good for GM, bad for America?
Obama looks to overhaul executive pay

The administration's plan includes enabling shareholders to act as checks on top executives' compensation and appointing a pay czar for bailed-out firms.
Supreme Court steps aside on Chrysler-Fiat deal but questions remain

The legal issues raised in the case against the deal are likely to arise again with General Motors.
With Whitacre at GM, Detroit outsiders will be 'in'
Fiat closes Chrysler deal – with no money down
Opinion: As the Globe reels, papers must drop elitism

Newspapers can survive by reclaiming their roots and remembering their readers.
US Justice Ginsburg delays Chrysler reorganization
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Penske's Saturn plan a new model for car industry
Wal-Mart expanding in US, Russia. Is it the new GM?
Why taxpayers won't get return on GM investment

The auto company would have to bounce back to sustained profits before the US government would get any money back.
US auto sales down, but optimism rising

But US automakers did better than expected while Japanese brands did worse.
Michigan leaders give Obama deputy an earful over GM plans

Cabinet members are touring auto country to offer the administration's support. Michigan stands to be hit hardest by GM's bankruptcy plans.
At a shuttered GM plant, frustration, confusion...and flowers

The Willow Run Transmission plant in Michigan will close in late 2010, bringing uncertainty to the people and the places that built their lives around America's largest automaker.
The Monitor's View: Obama's socialized bankruptcy for GM

His plan prevents even greater layoffs in a recession. But once the economy recovers, GM must be let loose from federal strings.
In GM's bankruptcy, lessons for whole US economy

Is the automaker, an icon of brawny American capitalism, among the first to confront an 'era of diminishing expectations'?
For 'leaner GM,' which workers are the fat?

The impact will spread beyond the industrial Midwest to employees in states like Florida, Delaware, and Virginia.
GM bankruptcy: How will it impact the US?

The automaker got key concessions from bondholders this weekend to help smooth bankruptcy proceedings, which are expected to begin Monday.
Classic review: The People's Tycoon

Henry Ford was the very image of the America of his day: idealistic and far too self-assured.
Can government be trusted to steer a GM bankruptcy?

The Obama team is helping to push the automaker's debt holders, unions, and executives toward tough choices, but the risks of intervention are many.