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"The Macarena" was Billboard's number-one song in 1996. Fifteen years later, that song still gets stuck in my head. Also that year  "Braveheart" won the Oscar, Charles and Diana got divorced, E-bay was launched, and Bill Clinton was in the White House.

"The Macarena" was Billboard's number-one song in 1996. Fifteen years later, that song still gets stuck in my head. Also that year  "Braveheart" won the Oscar, Charles and Diana got divorced, E-bay was launched, and Bill Clinton was in the White House.

Tonight Regulation Nation week continues. It's our look at how the regulatory culture of this country is impacting businesses - and consumers.

As we wait for Obamacare to make its way to the Supreme Court, supporters of the sweeping law keep bringing up the same point.

As we wait for Obamacare to make its way to the Supreme Court, supporters of the sweeping law keep bringing up the same point.

Earlier this month, President Obama actually seemed business-friendly. He vowed to cut through hundreds of governmental regulations.

Big market selloff days are often times people shoot off their mouths -- take, for instance, presidential contender Michele Bachmann, who today said were she to be president, gas prices would go back down to $2 per gallon.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says there is no threat of inflation. He calls the bad economic news we've seen recently "headwinds.

Being down 600 points one day, up 400 the next is not just an emotional roller coaster for professional investors. Many Americans' retirements are based on what happens in the markets... and last week's roller coaster is turning into a potentially stormy future for taxpayers.

Things are going from bad to worse at the United States Post Office. The agency is facing a second year of losses topping $8 billion, and they are now prepared to take even more drastic actions!

Should you be worried about Europe? The headlines seem so overwrought.

We are looking ahead to the Super Committee - you know the group formed by the debt deal to do the work that Congress failed to do -- find serious budget cuts!

Pity poor Standard & Poor's. The rating agency is the focus of criticism from all sides.

We have a lot more to discuss on the downgrade of America - and the escalating battle between the white house and S&P. But I want to turn for a moment to the subject of jobs.

The debt deal may have been signed, sealed and delivered earlier this week - but the impact of that bitterly-debated piece of legislation is just beginning to be felt.

If you thought the debt deal meant Congress was back on the same page... think again! They're still incapable of agreeing on simply anything - including what to do about the Federal Aviation Administration.

Debt deal. Done. It's over. And now onto the next big thing, which the president says is jobs.

Before we talk about the impact of the debt deal on the economy or even whether this deal can work as a practical matter, let's get down to brass tacks. What does the deal mean for your wallet?

Meet your new bosses. Financial bosses that is.

There's one number I want to talk to you about today. Just one. And that number is 80 million.