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Furlough Friday: Budget cuts mean an unpaid day off for many at IRS, HUD and other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Career and Workplace, Government Debt, Government
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Portugal PM says may need new easing of 2014 deficit goal
ReutersLISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is on course to meeting this year's deficit target but the government may require further easing of the goals agreed with its EU and IMF lenders for 2014, Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Friday. Under the recently...Tags: Portugal, Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho, Lisbon (Portugal), Politics
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Shrink resistant
Think back -- back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists. Think all the way back to February, when all anyone...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics
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South Korea trade deal produces bleak first-year results for US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON More than a year after it took effect, a highly touted trade deal with South Korea has failed to produce as expected for the U.S.: Exports are down, imports are up and the trade deficit with the Asian economic powerhouse has ballooned. In...Tags: Trade Balance, Sales, Agriculture, Park Geun-hye, Cherries
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ECB can't solve euro zone crisis alone: Weidmann
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Speaking in Paris,...Tags: Market and Exchange, Central Bank, Foreign Exchange Market, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke
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Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. The improving employment picture is helping to prop up housing,...Tags: Unemployment Rate, Career and Workplace, Central Bank, Dwayne Johnson, Ben Bernanke
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Shrink resistant: That's what sequestration is to the budget deficit
Philadelphia Daily NewsThe following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News on Monday, May 20: Think back back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Fiscal Cliff, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Portuguese leaders build faith in bailout exit
Reuters* President's support key for government survival * PM seen enduring despite early election calls * Europe shows new forms of solidarity By Andrei Khalip LISBON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Anibal Cavaco Silva thanked Portugal's patron saint for a...Tags: Anibal Cavaco Silva, Central Bank, Government Debt, Portugal, Government
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Shrinking U.S. deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
Reuters(Repeats story with no changes to text) By Jason Lange and David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the U.S. tax system, trim government spending and reform...Tags: Paul Ryan, Health Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Government Debt, Government
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Root Canal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government, Jerry Brown, Unemployment Benefits
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ECB's Weidmann tells France: Don't repeat budget mistakes
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - France must step up reforms to rein in its budget deficit, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in a magazine interview, urging Paris to avoid repeating "the mistakes of the past." The European Commission has proposed that EU states...Tags: European Central Bank, Weather, Budgets and Budgeting, Foreign Exchange Market, Paris (France)
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From Apple to storms to immigration, GOP divisions may dilute focus on White House scandals
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama's latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-...Tags: Politics, Tom Coburn, Washington, DC, Peter T. King, U.S. Senate
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