Dec 09 U.S. sells the last of its General Motors stocks Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images The United States sold the last shares of its General Motors stocks, nearly five years after bailing out the Detroit automaker from near-liquidation to the tune of around $49.5 billion. Continue reading
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Sep 21 Watch Deep Cuts in Food Stamp Program Could Impact Millions After a showdown in the House ended with a vote to cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion dollars, the controversial measure is headed to the Senate. Wall Street Journal reporter Damian Paletta breaks down some of the… Continue watching
Aug 02 Panetta: Protecting the U.S. While Protecting Privacy Comes Down to Integrity Leon Panetta, left, then-director of the CIA, sits with National Intelligence director James Clapper, center, and FBI director Robert Mueller, to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in February 2011. "To be in charge of the… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Social Security Recipients to Get 3.6% Boost, but How Much Will it Help? Starting in January, 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent bump in benefits. Margret Warner discusses the cost-of-living adjustment, which is tied to inflation, with Robert Reischauer of the Urban Institute. Continue watching