by Linda Beale GOP two-step approach problematic Discussion continued apace yesterday about the “supercommittee” and the idea of agreeing to agree someday on some revenue increases while going ahead with…
Mother Jones points us to a Stimson Center study, titled What We Bought: Defense Procurement From FY01 to FY10 (PDF), (via Reader Supported News). From the report Procurement funding grew…
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…the first trading day (Tuesday the 4th) to 0.62% on Friday the 28th. The 3 year rate declined all of one basis point on the 13th then rose 5 on…
…have been running about 8.3% higher year over year, comparing the same 33 business days between Tuesday, January 8 and Monday, February 25. … Regardless, there is no doubt that…
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/02/26/business/26reuters-usa-fdic-earnings.html?src=busln&nl=business&emc=edit_dlbkpm_20130226&_r=0 The U.S. banking industry in 2012 recorded its highest earnings since before the 2007-2009 financial crisis, according to data released on Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The…
From the NYT …the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a new campaign finance lawsuit that challenges long-established federal caps on the total amount an individual can contribute to…
…will have to wait for another day. The standoff gives new meaning to Fat Tuesday: The nation’s finances are a mess, but — what the heck? — let’s have another…
…of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama is apparently planning to give us yet another salvo in that left-right war, as he did in his second Inaugural Address. One…
…Frontline exposé aired on Tuesday, which is the main subject of Greenwald’s piece. But, good grace. Why did it take a Frontline exposé, in 2013, to prompt his (presumably) forced…