Budget Battles
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House Votes to Dodge Shutdown, Ditching Trump Demand
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Trump-Approved Spending Plan Goes Down in Flames
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Trump Blows Up Johnson’s Bipartisan Spending Deal
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Republicans Fume Over ‘Dumpster Fire’ Funding Bill
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Congress Struggles to Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
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GOP Hardliners Say Border Bill Should Come Before Tax Cuts
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Senate Tees Up Vote on a Social Security Boost for Millions
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Will the Nasdaq Surge End in Another Tech Wreck?
It's feeling like 1999 again. The Clintons are in the headlines. Everyone is enamored with new technologies (VR, autonomous vehicles, robotics). And the sluggish pace of rate hikes from the Federal...
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How Apple Could Put Your Favorite Website Out of Business
By Andrew LumbyFor media companies and other businesses that rely on web advertising for income, ad-blocking has long been a scourge that threatens their livelihood. Thankfully for them, though, ad-blockers such as...
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Here’s What Will Rock the Stock Market Next
By Patti Domm, CNBCEarnings season may not give investors that warm and fuzzy feeling this quarter. For the first time in six years, earnings are in a real decline, expected to be negative with a 2.9 percent drop in S...
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The Pros and Cons of Holding Large Stakes in Apple
By David Randall, ReutersAt more than 15 percent of his fund's assets, John Burnham, manager of the $136 million Burnham Fund, has a larger stake in Apple Inc than any other diversified fund. "I think they are doing...
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Apple’s App Store Bigger Than Hollywood Box Office
By Amey StoneOn Tuesday, Apple posted the largest quarterly profit of any company in history. Its $18 billion net income, up from $13 billion a year ago, is mainly due to selling 74.5 million iPhones in the...
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Why Google Keeps Struggling Against Facebook
By John Melloy, CNBCShares of Google may struggle in coming years as the company faces a maturing search business, lower margins in other products and increased competition from Facebook , according to a Wall Street...
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CES 2015: Prepare for 3D Printers and VR
By Cnbc Staff, CNBCDon't hold your breath for any completely brand new technologies coming out of the International Consumer Electronics Show this year, as the focus among the 3,500 vendors will be more on improving—...
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Why 2015 May Be the Year of the Ear for Wearables
By Nyshka Chandran, CNBCForget smartwatches and the Google Glass - 2015 may be the year of the ear for wearable technology. "There's some interesting information you can capture through the ear. We've been looking at things...
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How Apple Won Christmas 2014 — and the Year in Mobile
Apple capped off a strong comeback year with a very merry Christmas. The iPhone 6 and other Apple smartphones and tablets accounted for 51.3 percent of all such devices activated in the week through...
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Guess Where Most Skilled Immigrants Are Going
By Emilio Zagheni, The ConversationThe United States has always been known as a nation of immigrants and a top destination for scientists and other highly skilled professionals. That ability to attract the world’s most educated and...
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Sony Hack Attackers Go Up Against James Bond
By Mary Milliken, ReutersEarly villains have emerged in the next James Bond film "SPECTRE": hackers who stole a version of the screenplay as part of a devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures. Producers of the James Bond...
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All Eyes on Oil and Interest Rates as Fed Action Looms
By Patti Domm, CNBCOil could have markets over a barrel as the Fed meets in the week ahead. The central bank is widely expected to signal it is on a course toward raising rates next year by changing the language in its...
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The $100 Million Cost of the Sony Cyber Attack
By LISA RICHWINE, ReutersSony Corp's (6758.T) movie studio could face tens of millions of dollars in costs from the massive computer hack that hobbled its operations and exposed sensitive data, according to cybersecurity...
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The 9 Holiday Gifts Everyone Wants This Year
By Benjamin Glaser, dealnews.comLots of so-called experts put out lists of the "Top Gifts This Season," but DealNews has what puts everyone in the holiday spirit: cold, hard, quantitative data. Since an overwhelming number of...
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The Robot Guard That Might Actually Prevent Crime
By Michelle Fox, CNBCMeet Silicon Valley's newest crime fighter: the K5 robot. As the world grapples with the onset of drones and trembles at the increasing likelihood of sentient machines, a 300-pound machine is being...