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Top 10 richest Americans
The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
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The Monitor's top 11 US stories of 2012
From storms to politics, the year was a wild ride. What are the most meaningful US stories of 2012? Here's the Monitor's list, in roughly chronological order.
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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.
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10 books to read after the election
Election season is finally almost over. Now it's time to actually tackle America's problems. Here are 10 books that offer context.
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Obama or Romney? How 5 undecided voters are making up their minds.
Last month, the Monitor profiled five undecided voters whose allegiances were especially prized because they live in swing states. Now, less than two weeks before Election Day, we check in with them to see what they’re thinking now.
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Twinkies return by midsummer? Hostess factories reopening soon. (+video)
Twinkies will return, announced the company that bought partnership that bought Hostess Brands' snack cake lines, including Twinkies.
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Stocks edge higher to end turbulent week
Stocks edged higher on Wall Street Friday, as a mixed set of earnings capped a turbulent week on Wall Street. By many measures, stocks have endured a rough five days.
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Energy Voices Wholesale power: bankruptcies and lessons
The possible bankruptcy of Energy Future Holdings shows how tough it is to make profits in wholesale power – or finance new coal plants. The fracking revolution is reshaping the energy landscape.
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Tax VOX Why the IRS should tax equity fund profits as ordinary income
Business profits should be taxed as ordinary income, Rosenthal writes, and private equity funds are the same as other businesses, in that they deploy capital, labor, and other inputs to make their profits.
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Supervalu Inc. to sell 5 grocery chains, including Albertsons, Acme, and Shaw's
The sale to AB Acquisition, an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management, will include 877 stores.
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Top 10 richest Americans
The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
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Energy Voices Cleantech venture investing: dying – or just resting?
Cleantech ventures seem to be suffering from the downsides of a 2006-08 investment bubble.
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Investors shun gun stocks in wake of Sandy Hook
Gun company stocks Sturm, Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp fall for the third straight day. Private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management says it will sell Freedom Group Inc., which makes the rifle used in the Sandy Hook massacre.
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Newtown students return to school (+video)
Students in Newtown, Connecticut, other than those from Sandy Hook Elementary, went back to school on Tuesday. Friday's mass shooting has left the community in recovery mode and politicians around the country rethinking the nation's gun laws.
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Focus
The Monitor's top 11 US stories of 2012
From storms to politics, the year was a wild ride. What are the most meaningful US stories of 2012? Here's the Monitor's list, in roughly chronological order.
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Energy Voices Clean energy's black swans
What important and unanticipated events lie ahead in the cleantech space?
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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.
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10 books to read after the election
Election season is finally almost over. Now it's time to actually tackle America's problems. Here are 10 books that offer context.
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Obama or Romney? How 5 undecided voters are making up their minds.
Last month, the Monitor profiled five undecided voters whose allegiances were especially prized because they live in swing states. Now, less than two weeks before Election Day, we check in with them to see what they’re thinking now.
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10 richest members of Congress
The 10 wealthiest members of Congress in 2012 include Senate and House members hailing from all over the US. Can you guess which political party had the most lawmakers on the list – and who grabbed the top spot?
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Ancestry.com sold for $1.6 billion. Shares soar.
Ancestry.com sold to a European private equity firm for a cash deal valued at approximately $1.6 billion. As a result of the deal, Ancestry.com shares jumped nearly 10 percent Monday.
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Mitt Romney's five sons: What's their role in the campaign?
There’s no “Mitt Mobile” or Five Brothers blog like there was in 2008, but Mitt Romney’s five sons – Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, and Craig – still play a vital role in the presidential campaign. Here's a quick look at the Romney Five and what each brings to the campaign.
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Sharper, more aggressive Obama shows up to second presidential debate (+video)
In a smaller town-hall style debate at Hofstra University in New York, the presidential candidates took the stage sometimes circling each other like prize fighters.
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Election 2012: top seven super PACs
Decoder profiles the seven top super PACs, the organizations that have spent the most trying to influence the elections – and still have the most money in the bank.
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Robert Reich Mitt Romney: A warrior for the wealthy?
MItt Romney represents an unprecedented concentration of wealth and power that’s undermining our economy and destroying our democracy, Reich writes.
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Romney paid excess taxes in 2011. Patriotic or dumb?
Mitt Romney paid $1.9 million in federal taxes on $13.7 million in income. But he could have paid less federal taxes had he claimed a full deduction on $4 million in charitable giving.
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Can Romney's campaign get back on track? (+video)
Following the release of a video from one of presidential candidate Mitt Romney's fundraisers, some commentators question his campaign strategy, while others defend him. Polls show the presidential race is still close.
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Decoder Wire Health-care reform: Has Team Romney embraced the individual mandate?
Conservatives have howled over the health-care reform law's requirement that people buy insurance. But recent comments from the Romney campaign have some wondering if the presumptive GOP nominee is now embracing it.
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Decoder Wire Romney repeats charge Obama is 'gutting' welfare reform. Is that a distortion? (+video)
At issue is whether the Obama administration's new waivers, allowing states to experiment with alternative work requirements, will undermine the historic welfare reform program. Independent fact checkers say, no.
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Decoder Wire Tough new Bain ad from Obama 'super PAC': Does it go too far? (+video)
The conservative Twittersphere has erupted in anger over a new ad that targets Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital. In it, a former steelworker basically charges that Mr. Romney’s actions caused his wife’s death.
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