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Postal Service jobs on the line

The U.S. Postal Service announced on Thursday new plans to consolidate or close 223 mail processing plants, putting 35,000 jobs at stake starting in late May or June, CNNMoney reported.

The move would save $2.1 …

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Corporate tax plan would cut top rate to 28 percent

Corporate tax plan would cut top rate to 28 percent   The Obama administration today will propose cutting the top tax rate for corporations to 28 percent, to be paid for by eliminating dozens of…
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Consumer watchdog to examine bank overdraft fees

Consumer watchdog to examine bank overdraft fees   The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking a hard look at the overdraft fees charged by banks, The Hill reported. The agency announced today that it…
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SEC works on model for adopting international bookkeeping rules

A senior U.S. regulator was “optimistic” today about finding a framework for the world’s top economy to use global bookkeeping rules for investors to compare cross-border companies, Reuters reported.

“We are hopeful we can put …

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Consumer price index comes to India

The Indian government will begin releasing a consumer price index (CPI) Tuesday to accompany data on wholesale prices, the Deccan Herald newspaper reported. India’s CPI will track price movements in food, beverages and tobacco, fuel, …

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Trade deficit slows Japan’s recovery from earthquake and tsunami

Japan posted a record trade deficit in January as the yen’s strength and weaker global demand eroded manufacturers’ profits and slowed the nation’s recovery from last year’s earthquake and tsunami, Bloomberg reported.

The trade gap …

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A CLOSER LOOK: Chris Proskey


Chris Proskey is a Long Island native who was drawn to Iowa State University’s College of Engineering. Not content to rest on that educational achievement, he later earned an M.B.A. at the University of Minnesota’s …

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Citigroup agrees to $158.3 million settlement

Citigroup agrees to $158.3 million settlement   Citigroup Inc.’s Citimortgage unit agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle claims tied to its actions in a federal home-loan insurance program, Bloomberg reported.    The United States…
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Economic cheerleader in chief

The Obama administration’s budget predicts the U.S. economy will grow 2.7 percent this year, a forecast that’s more optimistic than those of private economists and Federal Reserve policy makers, Bloomberg reported.

The White House raised …

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Congressional Republicans ready to extend payroll tax cut

Republicans in Congress today proposed extending a tax cut for 160 million workers through the rest of the year without offsetting the cost with spending cuts elsewhere in the budget, Reuters reported. Party leaders in …