President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to Warren Buffet in Washington
President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Warren Buffet during a ceremony at the White House in Washington on February 15, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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The dust-up last week concerning the national debt ceiling was a reminder just how precarious U.S. finances are these days and the level of partisan bickering that makes resolving the situation nearly impossible.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The most pressing business for the U.S. Congress is ensuring the payroll tax holiday is extended until the end of the year, President Obama said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Warren Buffett's secretary and retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelley are among first lady Michelle Obama's guests Tuesday for the State of the Union address.
FLORENCE, S.C., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, announcing Tuesday he will release his federal income tax returns, said his effective rate is 15 percent.
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Americans named President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the most admired man and most admired woman living today, Gallup said Wednesday.
W.W.W.B.D?
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Warren Buffett considered the third quarter a good time to go shopping for stocks, a Berkshire Hathaway regulatory filing revealed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Billionaire executive Rajat Gupta turned himself into the FBI Wednesday in connection with the Galleon Group insider trading case, The New York Times reports.
Understatement of the week:
President Barack Obama turned the tables on Republicans, asking the quick-to-criticize party to come up with a jobs bill of its own.
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