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Standard & Poor's rating agency served the Obama administration with notice Friday afternoon that it planned to downgrade the US government's AAA credit rating, according to an administration ...

President Obama has faced a barrage of criticism for a handful of energy companies that went bankrupt after receiving government funding.

President Obama slapped tariffs on Chinese tires in 2009. It ended up costing more jobs than it saved, one study found.

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A decade ago, the economy was about to fall off a cliff. Today it's about as good as it gets.

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The Dow plunged almost 1,600 points at one point, easily the biggest point decline during a trading day.

Eddie Antar, the founder of electronics chain Crazy Eddie who went to prison for fraud, died on Saturday at the age of 68.