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Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Video: Magazine’s managing editor, Richard Stengel, discusses the reasons behind choosing Fed chief Ben Bernanke.
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Citigroup gains huge tax break in deal with IRS
In effort to wean Citigroup and other firms from taxpayer bailout that helped them survive, IRS issues exception to longstanding tax rules.
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Dems to Lieberman: 'Say it's so, Joe'
Sen. Joe Lieberman, who no longer considers himself a Democrat but is holding tight to a coveted chairmanship, thoroughly rattled the Obama administration and his colleagues in the last 48 hours with his stance on the health care overhaul.
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House votes to lower volume on noisy TV ads
The House has voted to level off the abrupt spikes in volume felt by television viewers during commercial breaks.
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