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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago:...
Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch
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Debt limit? We don't need no stinkin' debt limit!
Would the country be better off without a debt limit? Maybe. Probably. Honestly, I don’t know. But I’m certain I would be. If I didn’t have a debt limit, I’d have a house in Malibu, and a Ferrari, and a Gulfstream, and...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Credit and Debt, U.S. Congress, University of Chicago, Politics
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Ben Bernanke does a Jack Nicholson on Capitol Hill
Opinion L.A.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke tells it like it is -- sort of -- at a congressional hearing.... -
Fed lets bond-buying stimulus program expire amid weaker economic forecast [Video]
Money & CompanyAmid increasing domestic political pressure and turbulent global economic conditions, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would let its massive bond-buying program expire in a matter of days and announced no new initiative to prop up the American... -
Japan's crisis may have already derailed 'nuclear renaissance'
The nuclear crisis in Japan, even if authorities are able to bring damaged reactors under control, has cast doubts on the future of nuclear power as a clean-energy solution in the United States and around the globe.
Before the recent events in Japan, the...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Allergies, Natural Disasters, Los Angeles Times, Politics
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Two views of the post-housing bubble apocalypse
Opinion L.A.On Monday, my colleague Don Lee and Mark Whitehouse of the Wall Street Journal both took up the issue of how problems with mortgages are affecting the broader economy. But their approaches to the issue are so radically different, it's...... -
Ticket Replay: Two years into Obama's reign, Ron Paul's loopy ideas now making sense
Top of the TicketOnce-renegade Republican's fiscal conservatism gains new credibility amid Democrats' immense spending.... -
Unemployment: 9.5 percent
The Swampby Don Lee The nation's unemployment rate edged up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent in June as employers slashed nearly a half-million jobs over the month across a wide spectrum of industries, the Labor Department reported today. The......Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Economy, Business and Finance, Wages and Pensions, California
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Federal Reserve: Low rates holding
The Swampby Don Lee The Federal Reserve, offering a modestly more optimistic assessment of the economy today, reaffirmed its policy of keeping interest rates at near zero and suggested it could continue to spur economic activity without triggering inflation. The...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Inflation and Deflation, Bonds, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve
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GDP stabilizes: Recession 'will soon end'
The Swampby Don Lee The American economy performed better in the second quarter than most economists expected, shrinking at a much slower pace than the prior six months and setting the stage for a recovery later this year from the worst......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, State Budgets, Politics, Trade Policy, Moody's Corporation
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'Cash for clunkers' spurs manufacturing
The Swampby Don Lee American manufacturing activity turned up in July, the government said today, as the "cash for clunkers" car-rebate program helped spark a rebound in the hard-hit industrial sector. The Federal Reserve reported that industrial production rose...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles
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Fed: Rates stay near-zero for long while
The Swampby Don Lee The Federal Reserve today left interest rates near zero and said that the economy, while on more stable footing, was likely to remain weak for some time. The Fed gave no indication that, despite improving signs in......Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, T. Rowe Price, Federal Reserve, Economic Policy
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