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Volcker Rule Limps To Finish Line

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 01.18.2012 | Business
Read More: Watchdog Column, Regulatory Umbrella, Cruise Ship Regulations, SEC Accomplishments, Allen Stanford, Watchdog Blog, Fda, Volcker Rule, Cftc, Thewatchdog, SEC Financial Crisis, Regulations, Watchdog, Sec, Usda, John Engler, Business News

"The Watchdog" is back off the leash, with more bark and bite. After a six-month break to focus on some other duties here at HuffPost, I'm happy to be...

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The Tea Party's Impossible Anti-Government Dream

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sarah Palin Tea Party, Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Gm, Republicans Tea Party, The Graduate, Gop Tea Party, Anti-Tax, Big Government, Chrysler, Acorn, Tea Partiers, Barack Obama, General Motors, Tiger Woods, Sarah Palin, Leon Drolet, Fox News, Dick Armey, Tea Party, Palin Tea Party, John Engler, Republicans, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

The recent outsized importance given to a small band of anti-government activists only sets up an epic struggle between Big Government Obama and the Angry Anti-Tax crowd. As usual, we ignore the majority in the middle.

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CEOs, Union Leader Agree: Manufacturing Strategy Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Wheatland Tube Corp., General Electric Co., Ge, Nucor Corp., U.S. Labor Secretary, Bill Ford Jr., United Auto Workers, Carnegie Mellon University, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, Usw, United Steelworkers, China, Ford Motor Co., TMK IPSCO, Barack Obama, Jeff Immelt, U.S. Steel Corp., U.S. International Trade Commission, Obama Administration, Cnbc, V&M TCA, Maverick Tube Corp., Hilda Solis, Dan DiMicco, Maria Bartiromo, National Association of Manufacturers, Uaw, V&M Star LLP, John Engler, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Since precious few Americans, even those in the same political party, agree on how to realign America, a typecast smack down between CEOs and unionists might have begun when they met. But it didn't.

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Republicans Fire Strategist for Telling Them How to Win

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Arlen Specter, Gop, Proposal 2, Ronald Reagan, Jeff Timmer, Dave Doyle, Barack Obama, Jennifer Granholm, Gay Rights, Republicans, Mike Bishop, Dennis Darnoi, GOP Strategist, Moderate Republicans, Arlen Specter Republicans, Michigan, John Engler, Tax Increases, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

What happens when a Republican strategist tries to figure out why the party keeps hemorrhaging votes? Well, in Michigan, he loses his job.

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Bailouts, Bubbles, Boils, and Trouble

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Automaker Bailout, New America Foundation, Richard Medley, Michigan, Economy, William Frenzel, World Trade Center, Michael Moore, Roger & Me, Consumption, China, Auto Industry, Japan, John Engler, Recession 2008, Recovery, Business News
Steve Clemons

Economic recovery cannot mean re-enabling the gluttony of manic consumption without pumping up "production" and getting a more balanced portfolio between what we produce at home and ship in from others.

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