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  12 presidents’ big State of the Union ideas on economy

  By Dan Berman  |  February 15, 2013

  "From time to time" the president must give to Congress a State of the Union. Here's a look back, from FDR to the second Bush.

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  Disability Insurance Observer: Data

  By Allison Bell  |  January 15, 2013

  If the new comparative effectiveness research doesn't work, carriers should make it work.

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  Stocks slide on "fiscal cliff" warning

  By Steve Rothwell  |  November 27, 2012

  Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington.

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  GOP and Dems Debate Tax Cuts for Businesses

  By Alan Fram  |  July 10, 2012

  Senate leaders of both parties belittled each other's tax cutting plans Tuesday.

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  U.S. Hiring Stalls Over Economic Uncertainty

  By Paul Wiseman  |  April 6, 2012

  The U.S. job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy's growth prospects.

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  Manufacturing

  By Richard Hoe  |  February 2, 2011

  It's popular to say that manufacturing in the United States is dead, but, of course, such statements are very much an exaggeration, aren't they?