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The White House soon will announce new rules on applying a minimum wage of $10.10 to federal contracting. A posting on the Office of Management and Budget's website has indicated that the rulemaking is in its final stage, meaning the announcement could come within days.Â (iStock image)

Economy

White House readies minimum wage rule for contractors

September 24, 2014 5:04 pm

Butterfly Labs' claim clouded the issue -- whether it delivered on what it promised.

Politics

Company says FTC going ‘to war on Bitcoin’ after court shuts it down

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September 23, 2014 9:24 pm

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a press release that announced $3 million in grants for projects intended to

Politics

Oops: Feds give out wrong contact information for data security effort

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September 20, 2014 9:00 am

Politics

Feds funding efforts to create single Internet password

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September 20, 2014 9:00 am

Top Senate lawmakers think they have found a way to allow states and local governments to tax Internet purchases: Link online sales taxes to separate legislation prohibiting Internet access taxes and pass it in the post-election

Politics

Senators look to lame-duck session to pass Internet sales tax bill

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September 19, 2014 9:01 am

Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., is the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has oversight of tax policy, and has been a key congressional voice in past trade deals. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Economy

Trade deal must have tobacco exception, key Democrat warns

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September 18, 2014 5:14 pm

Since Walker was starring in his own ad, he would have to file an OSHA complaint against himself. (YouTube)

Politics

Scott Walker accused of violating OSHA when he climbs out of pit in ad

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September 17, 2014 8:48 pm

The 1998 deal that settled a multi-state lawsuit against tobacco companies gives states broad power over advertising and related matters. (AP/Allen G. Breed)

Economy

Tobacco pulls Left to defend states’ rights

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September 17, 2014 9:00 am

Education

College “predatory loans” lawsuit by CFPB

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September 16, 2014 8:51 pm

Politics

Republicans introduce bill to hobble NLRB

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September 16, 2014 6:22 pm

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White House readies minimum wage rule for contractors

Company says FTC going ‘to war on Bitcoin’ after court shuts it down

Oops: Feds give out wrong contact information for data security effort

Feds funding efforts to create single Internet password

Senators look to lame-duck session to pass Internet sales tax bill

Trade deal must have tobacco exception, key Democrat warns

Scott Walker accused of violating OSHA when he climbs out of pit in ad

Tobacco pulls Left to defend states’ rights

College “predatory loans” lawsuit by CFPB

Republicans introduce bill to hobble NLRB

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