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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Economic Indicator, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Finance, Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance
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Cloned: Inheritance Windfall: Record-Breaking Year For Estate Taxes Helps Fuel Budget Surplus
The Hartford CourantEven if death and taxes are the only things certain in life, state legislators say they can never be certain about death taxes. With no crystal ball and no idea when spectacularly wealthy Connecticut residents might die, state officials make an educated...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Macy's, Stamford, Mutual Funds, Laws
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Exclusive: Ghana plans up to $1 billion Eurobond in 2013
ReutersACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana plans a Eurobond worth up to $1 billion to refinance debt and fund infrastructure projects, its vice president said, adding to the list of developing countries tapping yield-hungry investors to bolster their economies. "We are...Tags: Credit and Debt, International Monetary Fund, Politics, Economic Indicator, Africa
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Defense workers' furlough days cut
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThere was good news and bad news in the Pentagon's announcement Tuesday that it will furlough up to 680,000 civilian defense workers for 11 days this summer. The number of furlough days has dropped from 22 to 14 and now 11. The Pentagon also is...Tags: Career and Workplace, Marketing, U.S. Department of Defense, Shipbuilding, U.S. Army
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As Afghan duty winds down, Army adjusts its focus
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserAbout 79,000 U.S. soldiers in the region are refocusing on working with other nations in Asia and the Pacific, as well as preparing for contingency operations, with the troops being taken off war duty rotations to Afghanistan, the head of U.S. Army...Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Malaysia, Armed Forces, Marketing
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The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Kevin Leininger column
The News-SentinelWhen the Fort Wayne 9-12 group was created three years ago, organizers of the conservative political group discussed whether to seek tax-exempt status. They ultimately decided against it because "we were afraid of the Internal Revenue Service and wanted...Tags: Barack Obama, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Media Industry, Politics
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District 15 tables iPad purchase
Fretful that dwindling state funding and rising expenses could lead to an estimated $7.9 million budget deficit, the Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education has delayed plans to buy $1.2 million worth of iPads for students....
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Apple iPad
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Head Start Centers Feeling 'Sequester' Pain
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.When the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect in March, Margaret Molloy and her staff at a Head Start agency in the Tucson, Ariz., area started looking for places to make cuts. Child-Parent Centers Inc., which oversees...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, John McCain, Politics, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Education
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U.S. charges 89 people in $223 million Medicare fraud schemes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials charged 89 people including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in eight U.S. cities on Tuesday with Medicare fraud schemes that the government said totaled $223 million in false billings. In the...Tags: FBI, Tampa, Politics, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Kathleen Sebelius
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St. Mary's College trying to fill freshman class
St. Mary's College of Maryland has only locked in about two-thirds of the students it needs for a full freshman class next school year, a shortfall that could cost the public liberal arts school $3.5 million in lost tuition. Though the school's...
Tags: Students, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Education
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U.S. charges 89 people with healthcare fraud
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday the Department of Justice had charged 89 defendants in eight cities with healthcare fraud, and warned that budget cuts could limit future efforts to crack down on fraudulent claims....Tags: Politics, Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice, Brooklyn (New York City), Budget Control Act of 2011
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Pentagon, short on cash, puts civilians on unpaid leave
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon told its civilian workforce on Tuesday that it will put most of them on unpaid leave for one day a week starting in July, a deeply unpopular move that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel blamed on sweeping budget cuts imposed...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense
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