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Washington - Under pressure to make deeper spending cuts and blindsided by embarrassing floor defeats, House Republican leaders are quickly discovering the limits of control over their ideologically driven …

The New York Stock Exchange, a symbol of American capitalism for more than two centuries, may soon have new owners — in Europe. The exchange, facing pressure from electronic …

Washington - Is President Obama a friend of business or a critic of business? The answer: Yes. A close reading of Obama's speech this week to the U.S. Chamber …

Cairo, Egypt - Thousands of workers throughout industry, education and transportation joined Egypt's popular revolt Wednesday by staging strikes or protests that raised the specter of a general strike, …

 

Rachel Maddow talks with Richard Engel reporting from Cairo, Egypt as he describes the changing nature of anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt as the movement grows and spreads to the …

Advanced countries’ economies still have plenty of room to grow, yet some economists have been arguing lately that global growth is hitting supply-side limits, and that not much can …

The Super Bowl is over, and although the Pittsburgh Steelers lost a record-setting seventh victory, star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is still grabbing a lot of media space with little …

The Obama administration, whose efforts to bring high-speed rail to the United States were sidetracked by Republican governors in a couple of states, pressed ahead with its vision of …