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Is Stephen Colbert a comedian, political candidate or professor of campaign finance law?
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose to 377,000 last week, but the overall trend continues to show improvement in the job market.
Bill Gates says the wealthiest countries should not use austerity measures as an excuse to cut charitable funding.
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President Obama gives a little more shape to his proposed Buffett rule, but not nearly enough to really understand how it would work.

The release of Mitt Romney's tax returns offer an important policy lesson: Investment income should be taxed at the same level as labor income. A commentary by tax expert Joseph J. Thorndike.
Billionaire George Soros says he would be significantly hit by a minimum 30% tax on the rich but he thinks it is appropriate.
The massive size and daunting complexity of the US electricity sector means companies often have trouble proving their contributions to their customers' lives; benefits for the consumer are often counted in things that don't happen, whether that be price increases or blackouts.

Despite Republicans' claim in State of the Union response, Obama's spending created far more jobs than Apple's Steve Jobs ever did.
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