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Obama's Energy Stance Taxes the Brain

EMac: The oil and gas industry forks over more money to local, state and federal governments in taxes and fees than what it earns after taxes in the United States.

GAO: Banks Paying Back TARP with Federal Money

In a new report, the Government Accountability Office says banks that have repaid the Treasury for its TARP bailout program did so with funds they received from other federal rescue programs.

Obama to Street: I Hate You. Call Me.

Gasparino: Is Rahm Emanuel back in New York to raise money for his old boss, President Obama, from the same Wall Street fat cats the president loves to attack as he ramps up his re-election effort?

Goldman Sachs Hits Back

Current and former Goldman Sachs executives dispute claims made in an editorial Wednesday that the culture at Wall Street’s most powerful firm has eroded to the point where it is now "toxic and destructive."

Teen Spirit

When I was a teenager I was so eager to join the workforce (after years of babysitting) that I lied about my age so I could work at the mall. They found out, and I was dismissed a few weeks later, but I learned something important: if you have  the determination to work, you will, and it can start at any age. 

HHS Strong Arms Insurers in Nine States

The federal government is going full bore on insurers who hike premiums to cover health care’s soaring costs -- increases which, ironically, continue to rise partly because of health-care reform.

After the Stress Tests: Now What?

It may be a long, hard slog for shareholders of Citigroup and the other three firms that failed the Federal Reserve’s stress tests. Without any hope for returning capital to shareholders for this year, the four banks run the risk of falling behind.

Fannie and Freddie: Shangri-La for Lawyers

Exclusive: Remember that eye-popping $110 million bill taxpayers are on the hook for in defending former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac execs since 2004? Turns out, that was just the tip of the iceberg.

The Politically Tactical Petroleum Reserve

President Barack Obama is now mulling tapping the SPR, as he now says on the campaign stump that we can’t drill our way out of problem, because that won’t move the needle. So then why tap the SPR? 

Oil & Gas Industry, Clean Up Your Act -- and Make Money

The Natural Resources Defense Council says companies in the oil and gas sector could add billions of dollars to their bottom line if they did more to capture leaking emissions for sale instead, like methane, created when natural gas and oil is produced.

Where the Jobs Are This Week

This week’s seasonal jobs are opportunities that will run through 2013.  Even though Christmas is next week, these are companies worth looking at all year long.

Taxpayers Foot Legal Bills for Fannie and Freddie Execs

In a bad deal for taxpayers, a federal watchdog is suggesting that the government only 'limit' -- not eliminate -- the exorbitant legal fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are paying on behalf of former executives accused of fraud.