Economic news and numbers
Obama: Slash corporate tax breaks
Feb 22 2012, 10:00 AMAfter more than a year in the making, the Obama administration on Wednesday released its plan to overhaul the corporate tax code.Read more
Consumer bureau targets overdraft fees
Feb 22 2012, 08:14 AMThe new consumer bureau said Wednesday that it plans to target a kind of bank fee that makes customers see red: Overdraft protection penalty fees on checking accounts.Read more
Economy in recovery? Not so fast
Feb 22 2012, 07:31 AMEmployers are hiring, manufacturing is revving up and stocks are rallying. It looks like the recovery could finally be taking hold.Read more
Fannie, Freddie legal fees: $110 million and counting
Feb 22 2012, 04:10 AMA watchdog agency said Wednesday that the legal tab for former leaders of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is at least $110 million.Read more
Chris Christie to Warren Buffett: Just 'shut up'
Feb 22 2012, 07:41 AMOutspoken New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some rather harsh words for billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Tuesday.Read more
A third-party deficit hawk for president?
Feb 20 2012, 02:25 PMIn the not-so-distant past, a crusading third-party presidential candidate ran a grass-roots, national campaign on a platform of fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets.Read more