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Geithner set for talks on cliff; senator sees “standoff”

December 25, 2018 at 6:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, President Barack Obama's chief negotiator in talks to avert the "fiscal cliff," will meet with Congressional leaders on Thursday amid signs that the...

A lot at stake for U.S. gun lobby in contempt vote

August 23, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before President Barack Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder formally took office in 2009, the National Rifle Association stated that the new administration's secret "gun-control...

A lot at stake for U.S. gun lobby in contempt vote

December 24, 2018 at 8:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before President Barack Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder formally took office in 2009, the National Rifle Association stated that the new administration's secret "gun-control...

Blair out to deport radicals

August 22, 2021 at 5:53 p.m.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, responding to last month's deadly bombings in London, outlined a series of unprecedented steps that would allow Britain to deport and exclude foreign nationals who promote...

Dividend-paying stocks not that stodgy, after all

August 20, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.

How's this for a surprising fact: Stocks that pay dividends tend to outperform those that don't. That's right. According to a recent research report by Richard E. Cripps, chief market...

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