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Bloomberg Visual Data

About Visual Data

Bloomberg Visual Data is a team of designers, developers, and journalists working together to create a new genre of editorially-driven interactive data products for the global business consumer. We view infographics and live, updating interactive data apps as two ends of the current data visualization spectrum that provide either explanation for the uninitiated or exploration for the expert. Our ultimate goal is to fulfill our consumer’s need for both explanation and exploration, with a complete suite of visual data products on a variety of topics such as economics, politics, business, law, healthcare, education, energy, real estate, and technology.
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Find today's top performers and tomorrow's opportunities. This tool compares 55 global industries and the 600 market leaders within them along size, performance, profitability and forward-looking metrics.

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MLB Team Values

Compare the value of Major League Baseball teams. Explore data on everything from ticket sales and concession revenue to interests in TV channels and real estate.

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Pain at the Pump

Comparison of worldwide gasoline prices, relative to a country's average income and fuel consumption, which can be displayed in different currencies and units of measurement.

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Best (and Worst)

Interactive rankings to enlighten and entertain readers on topical issues in business, economics, lifestyle, investing, politics and more.

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Billionaires Index

Dynamic daily ranking of the world's richest people based on changes in markets, the economy and their personal assets.

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State-by-State

Comparative economic and political data for the 50 states, including unemployment, housing, banking, demographics, elections and more.

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Infographics

Timeline: Chevy Recall

Timeline: Chevy Cobalt Ignition Switch Defect

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PUBLISHED: 4/17/14

Metro Labor Shortages

With U.S. metro area unemployment rates below 5 percent, some companies are struggling to fill positions.

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PUBLISHED: 4/16/14

Canada's Corn Belt

Corn was once ungrowable in the fertile farmland of Canada’s breadbasket. Last year it harvested more than 550 million bushels of the grain.

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PUBLISHED: 4/15/14

Obamacare Enrollment

The Obama administration announced that 7.5 million people signed up for health insurance through federal or state exchanges.

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PUBLISHED: 4/12/14

Has Obamacare Worked?

A look at what we know so far about Obamacare's effectiveness, and what we don't yet know.

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PUBLISHED: 4/10/14

Medicare's Mixed Bounty

Medicare spent about $1,900 per enrollee to pay individual medical providers across the country that year. Spending in Florida was 54 percent higher.

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PUBLISHED: 4/10/14

Core Inflation

Health care services are dragging down core inflation. The core PCE gauge is running at 1.1 percent versus 1.99 percent in February 2012.

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PUBLISHED: 4/9/14

Medicare Payments

Medicare released data detailing how much it paid physicians for procedures for the first time since a court injunction sealed those records in 1979.

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PUBLISHED: 4/9/14

World Economic Outlook

The U.S. economy will pick up this year and next, the International Monetary Fund predicts, helping drive the global economy.

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PUBLISHED: 4/8/14

Capex Comeback

After accelerated business investments did not materialize last year, economists and investors anticipate a growth in capital expenditures in 2014.

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PUBLISHED: 4/7/14

Faulty Chevy Cobalt Part

Faulty switches, that caused air bags to fail, have been linked to at least 13 deaths in GM cars.

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PUBLISHED: 4/4/14

Yellen's Jobs Dashboard

While all 9 jobs indicators identified by Yellen are improving, only 2 are back to pre-recession levels. See how the rest are faring.

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PUBLISHED: 4/2/14

Campaign Giving Cap Cut

The Supreme Court overturned the aggregate limit on campaign contributions — set at $123,200 for the 2013—2014 election cycle.

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PUBLISHED: 4/2/14

March Auto Sales

Warmer weather boosted sales as most automakers beat analyst estimates in March.

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PUBLISHED: 4/1/14

Activists Beat S&P; 500

Activists generated a 48 percent average gain for investors in companies they targeted, beating the S&P; 500 by 17 percentage points.

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PUBLISHED: 3/31/14

Clean Coal Moves Forward

A Mississippi power plant literally built on top of a seam of lignite coal, will mine and refine the coal into a synthetic gas.

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PUBLISHED: 3/28/14

Crisis in Ukraine

Bloomberg News tracks the latest information on the ongoing Russian intervention in Ukraine.

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PUBLISHED: 3/20/14

Tax-Free Energy Companies

Master Limited Partnerships own pipelines, storage tanks and other energy infrastructure and give practically all their income to investors

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PUBLISHED: 3/17/14

Where is Flight 370?

New satellite data indicates Malaysian Flight 370 was last spotted in an arc of radar reaching north to Kazakhstan and southwest of Australia.

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PUBLISHED: 3/14/14

83 Planes Have Vanished

Some 83 aircraft have been declared “missing” since 1948, according to data compiled by the Aviation Safety Network.

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PUBLISHED: 3/13/14

Ortega's Property Empire

Amancio Ortega has quietly amassed a real estate empire worth as much as $10 billion and is emerging as a formidable competitor for prime properties.

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PUBLISHED: 3/13/14

Timeline: Flight 370

The disappearance of Flight 370 has galvanized a multinational air-and-sea search, spawned theories ranging from an accident to air piracy.

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PUBLISHED: 3/13/14

Top-Ranked Colleges

Countries are changing education policies to climb the lists of top-ranked universities. The top 100 worldwide:

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PUBLISHED: 3/13/14

Housing & Core Inflation

Core PCE inflation owes much of its small climb to housing-related prices

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PUBLISHED: 3/12/14

Offshore & Out of Reach

Corporate profits earned outside the U.S. aren't subject to federal taxes until they are brought home by U.S.-based companies.

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PUBLISHED: 3/12/14

Bloomberg National Poll

Bloomberg Poll finds Americans split on Obama, suspicious of Putin, and supportive of a hike in minimum wage

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PUBLISHED: 3/12/14

Automation's Job Threat

Mobile robots and ‘smart’ computers make it likely that occupations employing about half of today's U.S. workers could be automated.

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PUBLISHED: 3/12/14

Crimea's Cost to Putin

Markets are reacting in real time to Russia's military incursion into the Crimea section of Ukraine.

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PUBLISHED: 3/7/14

China's Air Pollution

The world's largest emitter of greenhouse gas has a plan to clean the dirty air in Beijing.

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PUBLISHED: 3/7/14

IPO Market More Stable

Market valuations, first-day pops and company maturity point to a more stable IPO market.

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PUBLISHED: 3/6/14

February Auto Sales

The cold and wintry weather, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast, kept car shoppers off of dealers' lots again in February.

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PUBLISHED: 3/4/14

Afghan Mineral Riches

Afghanistan’s mineral riches of iron, copper, and rare earths are valued by the Pentagon at about $1 trillion.

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PUBLISHED: 2/28/14

Data View: Housing

Immersive chart experience that explores the U.S. housing market's wild ride, from bubble to bust to recovery, explaining what happened and why.

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PUBLISHED: 2/25/14

Gridlock Slows Auto Sales

In the globe's growing megacities, pollution and gridlock are putting a damper on auto sales.

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PUBLISHED: 2/21/14

Stingy 401(k) Plans

Increasingly companies are adjusting 401(k) contributions, cutting into workers’ retirement accounts.

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PUBLISHED: 2/21/14

U.S. Natural Gas Boom

The U.S. is in the midst of a natural gas boom as advances in drilling technology have opened up previously unreachable reserves.

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PUBLISHED: 2/20/14

Coal Power Fades

Stricter emission standards and competition from natural gas have forced companies to announce the closure of more than 150 coal boilers in the U.S.

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PUBLISHED: 2/20/14

Tech Executive Pay

For most of the top-paid technology executives based on 2013 data, a majority of their pay came from either stock or award options.

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PUBLISHED: 2/18/14

Spirit Airlines Tardiness

Spirit Airlines flights arrived on time 67 percent of the time in 2013, worst among 35 carriers in the U.S. and Canada.

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PUBLISHED: 2/11/14

Sochi Olympic Medals

Norway has won the most Winter Olympic medals since the games were first held in 1924. Track how nations perform in the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia.

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PUBLISHED: 2/7/14

Twitter's First Earnings

Twitter's fourth quarter revenue beat analysts' estimates in its first financial results since an initial public offering.

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PUBLISHED: 2/5/14

Keystone Review Synopsis

Selected findings from the Keystone report which says the proposed pipeline doesn’t pose a significant threat to the climate.

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PUBLISHED: 2/4/14

History of the 401(k)

The accidental success of the 401(k) plan. How a little noticed provision of the Revenue Act of 1978 became the ubiquitous savings plan we know today.

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PUBLISHED: 2/3/14

Reincorporating Abroad

In 2004, Congress passed a law to discourage companies from shifting their legal addresses to tax havens. However, the reincorporations continue.

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PUBLISHED: 1/27/14

State of the Union Firsts

The State of the Union has evolved over time. A look at some famous firsts associated with the Constitutionally mandated message.

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PUBLISHED: 1/27/14

Bird Flu in China

New cases of H7N9 bird flu have surged in China in recent weeks after a temporary slowdown in 2013.

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PUBLISHED: 1/24/14

Super Bowl & Private Jets

Airports that cater to private and charter planes will be jammed as hundreds of aircraft attempt to launch into the sky following the Super Bowl.

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PUBLISHED: 1/23/14

Gov. Christie's Scandal

N.J. Gov. Christie is facing scrutiny over his staff's involvement in the closing of traffic lanes to the George Washington Bridge last September.

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PUBLISHED: 1/23/14

Global Investors Poll

Our survey of 477 investors, analysts and traders who are Bloomberg subscribers reveals optimism about the global economy.

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PUBLISHED: 1/21/14

Extreme Weather Events

Weather around the world has swung from one extreme to the other in recent years.

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PUBLISHED: 1/17/14

New Limits on NSA Spying

President Obama defended U.S. electronic spying but promises greater privacy protection. See where key players stand in the debate on surveillance.

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PUBLISHED: 1/17/14

Replacement Body Parts

Each year in the U.S., tissues are removed from about 30,000 cadavers and transplanted in an estimated 1 million surgical procedures.

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PUBLISHED: 1/16/14

Super Bowl Ticket Tracker

Super Bowl ticket prices tend to be the lowest in the final days leading up to the game, though the quantity drops quickly when prices come down.

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PUBLISHED: 1/16/14

Defunct Project Lives on

NASA will complete a $350 million tower to test rocket engines for a program that was canceled in 2010. NASA says it no longer needs the tower.

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PUBLISHED: 1/8/14

December U.S. Auto Sales

Automakers cited December storms as industrywide sales trailed estimates last month.

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PUBLISHED: 1/4/14

2013 Auto Sales Recap

U.S. new vehicles sales increased for a fourth straight year in 2013

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PUBLISHED: 1/4/14

Deadliest Fraternity

Since 2006, nine people, mostly students, have died in events related to Sigma Alpha Epsilon – more than any other fraternity.

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PUBLISHED: 12/30/13

Rights for India's Women

India is the world's largest democracy, but 66 years after winning independence, its women still labor under the yoke of inequality and abuse.

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PUBLISHED: 12/27/13

South Dakota's Tax Havens

South Dakota lawmakers have loosened the state’s laws to encourage wealthy out-of-staters to set up trusts there, often for tax reasons.

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PUBLISHED: 12/27/13

Data View: Retail

Immersive chart experience that analyzes the numbers behind consumer spending, combining data with editorial opinion.

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PUBLISHED: 12/20/13

Blackstone's Big Bet

After acquiring 41,000 homes in the past two years, Blackstone is offering the first-ever "rental-home-backed" security on Wall Street.

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PUBLISHED: 12/20/13

Wall St. Is My Landlord

Institutional investors have acquired more than 1 million homes in the past three years to convert to rental units.

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PUBLISHED: 12/20/13

Selling Pension Risk

Global aging foreshadows the risk of a new financial crisis triggered by innovative investments dubbed "death derivatives".

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PUBLISHED: 12/19/13

Kidnapped for Marriage

The number of women kidnapped for marriage in India has grown as the gender gap widens.

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PUBLISHED: 12/18/13

Boomers' Basic Retirement

The typical household facing retirement has only $42,000 in 401(k) savings and will rely on Social Security for 70% of retirement income.

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PUBLISHED: 12/18/13

Ireland's Bailout Exit

On Sunday, Ireland will become the first European nation to leave its emergency bailout since the region’s debt crisis began four years ago.

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PUBLISHED: 12/13/13

Plant Sings, City Sinks

The only remaining auto assembly plant located entirely within Detroit is flourishing as residents in nearby neighborhoods face an area in decline.

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PUBLISHED: 12/12/13

Auto Design Renaissance

Bloomberg automotive critic Jason Harper discuss five new vehicles that got it right, and five that embody Detroit’s troubled past.

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PUBLISHED: 12/12/13

Bloomberg National Poll

The Bloomberg National Poll, conducted December 6-9 for Bloomberg News is based on interviews with 1,004 U.S. adults ages 18 or older.

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PUBLISHED: 12/11/13

November Health Exchanges

From Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, nearly 365,000 have selected an exchange health-insurance plan.

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PUBLISHED: 12/11/13

Six Degrees of Separation

How an attorney's government connections bring his firm influential Democratic Party contacts.

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PUBLISHED: 12/10/13

Japan's Quality of Death

Even though Japan has the world's longest life expectancy, it rates poorly for quality of death. Japan ranked 23rd of 40 nations in end-of-life care.

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PUBLISHED: 12/8/13

November U.S. Auto Sales

GM and Chrysler gains led November U.S. auto sales that accelerated to the fastest pace in more than five years.

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PUBLISHED: 12/4/13

Iran Agrees to Limits

Iran agreed to the demands from world powers to curtail uranium-enrichment activities at its Natanz and Fordo facilities.

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PUBLISHED: 11/25/13

Baltimore Stadiums

Projections that new sports stadiums in Baltimore would generate hundreds of new jobs and bring economic rebirth to downtown fell short.

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PUBLISHED: 11/25/13

Politics and Gridlock

Poll results from investors regarding the political climate, the budget, major political and economic figures.

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PUBLISHED: 11/22/13

Banks and Fines

Poll results regarding banking fines and JPMorgan's recent disclosure on legal expenses.

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PUBLISHED: 11/22/13

Bloomberg Poll: Nov. 2013

The Bloomberg Global Poll, conducted November 19 2013, is based on interviews with 750 Bloomberg custumers.

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PUBLISHED: 11/21/13

Data View: Jobs Report

Immersive chart experience that analyzes the numbers behind the latest jobs report, combining data with editorial opinion.

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PUBLISHED: 11/8/13

How Twitter Makes Money

As Twitter prepares to go public under the stock symbol TWTR, losses at the social-networking giant continue to widen.

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PUBLISHED: 11/7/13

Twitter's IPO

Twitter Inc. raised $2.1 billion in its initial public offering, the largest IPO by a technology company since Facebook.

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PUBLISHED: 11/7/13

Preservation Tax Break

The developers of The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans hotel, housed in an historic edifice built in 1909, say they are owed a $7.4 million tax break.

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PUBLISHED: 11/6/13

Election 2013 Results

Governor Chris Christie bolstered his standing as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016 by easily winning re-election in New Jersey.

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PUBLISHED: 11/6/13

2014 Minimum Wage

Among the states, Washington has the highest minimum wage at $9.19, it rises to $9.32 on Jan 1, 2014. Georgia and Wyoming have the lowest wage: $5.15.

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PUBLISHED: 11/6/13

Top 100 Billionaires

The top 100 billionaires are a diverse crew with a combined net worth bigger than the GDP of most countries.

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PUBLISHED: 11/5/13

October U.S. Auto Sales

Automakers said showroom traffic and sales accelerated after Congress and President Barack Obama struck a deal to fund the government.

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PUBLISHED: 11/4/13

Tesla Stock Slumps

Tesla Motors, the best-performing auto stock for much of the year, failed to hang on to some of its gains in October.

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PUBLISHED: 11/1/13

Rural Depopulation

Since 1980, the population has declined in large swaths of rural counties across the U.S.

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PUBLISHED: 10/31/13

Risking Habitat

As record commodity prices have pushed farmers to put more land into production, land enrolled in federal conservation programs has declined.

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PUBLISHED: 10/29/13

Dell's Path to a Deal

Now that Dell's long-contested leveraged buyout has officially closed, founder and CEO Michael Dell will embark on a tough business turnaround.

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PUBLISHED: 10/29/13

Boehner's Contrarians

When House Speaker John Boehner cast votes this year, there were nine Democrats who sided with him more than 50 percent of the time.

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PUBLISHED: 10/28/13

Ireland Profits Pile Up

Ireland is increasingly in the global spotlight for its role helping multinational companies avoid taxes around the world.

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PUBLISHED: 10/28/13

Small Government Growth

During the last 30 years, the number of special purpose districts collecting taxes in the U.S. has increased by 32 percent.

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PUBLISHED: 10/28/13

Illinois Government Glut

While Illinois has shed state and local public-sector jobs since 2007, local taxing units have remained largely untouched.

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PUBLISHED: 10/28/13

Elder Care Sex Survey

A survey of medical directors for long-term care facilities finds few provide staff training addressing sexual behavior in nursing homes.

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PUBLISHED: 10/28/13

Ballmer at Microsoft

Since CEO Steve Ballmer took over Microsoft in 2000, sales are up four-fold, though the company's stock has plummeted.

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PUBLISHED: 10/24/13

Somber Oil Forecast

The deteriorating security situation in Iraq will challenge the government’s plan to raise oil production in 2014.

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PUBLISHED: 10/24/13

Less Time Watching TV

As more viewers access content online, the time spent watching traditional television has declined since 2011 for all age groups except 65 and older.

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PUBLISHED: 10/21/13

LBO Bankruptcy

Creditors are haggling over Texas's largest electricity provider, Energy Future Holdings Corp., in anticipation of a bankruptcy filing.

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PUBLISHED: 10/21/13

Post-Default Bills to Pay

Though no precedent exists for a government default, the treasury may attempt to pay some or all of it bills under two different scenarios.

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PUBLISHED: 10/15/13

Freshmen Frat Deaths

Bloomberg News identified 60 fraternity-related deaths in the U.S. since 2005. Of the 60, 24 were freshmen.

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PUBLISHED: 10/15/13

Iran's Nuclear Program

Inspectors would like wider access to Iran's nuclear facilities, where work to enrich uranium for use in atomic weapons is suspected.

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PUBLISHED: 10/14/13

Health-Insurance Coverage

Republicans represent more U.S. congressional districts with below-average health insurance coverage than Democrats.

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PUBLISHED: 10/14/13

When the Money Runs Out

A study by the Bipartisan Policy Center says the U.S. will be unable to meet all of its financial obligations sometime between Oct. 22 and Nov. 1.

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PUBLISHED: 10/9/13

The Great Gatsby Curve

The Gatsby Curve shows a rigid U.S. economy in which rich children are predestined to grow up wealthy and poor children are destined to remain poor.

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PUBLISHED: 10/8/13

Trans-Pacific Trade

The U.S. and 11 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade deal are seeking an agreement by the end of the year.

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PUBLISHED: 10/7/13

September U.S. Auto Sales

U.S. sales of cars and light trucks slipped 4.2 percent in September, the first monthly decline in more than two years.

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PUBLISHED: 10/2/13

End of Shutdown Vote

At least 20 House Republicans would likely vote for a clean continuing resolution to end the government shutdown.

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PUBLISHED: 10/2/13

World of Opportunities

Industry and government are beginning to respond to climate change threats and, in some cases, find new business possibilities.

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PUBLISHED: 10/1/13

Obamacare Marketplace

Table shows average monthly premiums of the lowest cost silver and bronze health exchange policies offered in each state, before tax credits.

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PUBLISHED: 9/25/13

Immigrant Detention

Federal law requires that the government contract for at least 34,000 prison beds a day even as border crossings have declined since the recession.

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PUBLISHED: 9/24/13

Poll: National Direction

The Bloomberg National Poll, conducted September 20-23 is based on interviews with 1,000 U.S. adults ages 18 or older.

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PUBLISHED: 9/24/13

The End of Retirement

Most baby boomers haven’t come close to saving enough for retirement. They simply can't afford to stop working.

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PUBLISHED: 9/23/13

Death Dinners

End-of-life care decisions, medical intervention and burial wishes are topics that most baby boomers would rather ignore.

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PUBLISHED: 9/19/13

Senior-Living Mecca

Bloomberg ranked Florida counties with a critical mass of seniors to determine the mecca for senior living. Sarasota County received the best score.

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PUBLISHED: 9/18/13

Pay TV in Peril

Cable and satellite TV providers are losing subscribers as more consumers turn to online streaming services.

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PUBLISHED: 9/18/13

Senior Consumer Myths

Today's senior consumers are richer and carry more clout than ever before, and companies ignore them at their peril.

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PUBLISHED: 9/17/13

Global Retirement Dilemma

The U.S. is far from the only country grappling with how its citizens will be able to afford retirement.

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PUBLISHED: 9/17/13

Exporting Grandma

German seniors are migrating to Polish nursing homes, hundreds of miles away from their children in Germany.

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PUBLISHED: 9/16/13

Navy Yard Shooting Scene

Map showing the site of the Navy Yard shooting rampage in Washington, D.C. .

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PUBLISHED: 9/16/13

The Casino Next Door

The Tohono O’odham Nation is planning to build a casino resort far from its Tucson-area reservation -across the street from a suburban high school.

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PUBLISHED: 9/16/13

Poll: BRIC Investments

The latest Bloomberg Global Poll shows that Brazil, Russia, India and China are seen as offering investors the worst opportunities next year.

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PUBLISHED: 9/13/13

Avoiding the Estate Tax

America's richest families have found ways to avoid estate taxes through legal loopholes that allow them to pass money to their heirs tax-free.

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PUBLISHED: 9/12/13

Poll: Fed Chairmanship

The latest Bloomberg Global Poll shows that more people think Larry Summers will be named the next U.S. Federal Reserve Chair than Janet Yellen.

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PUBLISHED: 9/12/13

How Crop Insurance Works

Federal crop insurance has overtaken disaster relief payments as the main safety net for America‘’s farmers.

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PUBLISHED: 9/10/13

Covering Insurers' Costs

Between 2004 and 2008, soaring commodity prices inflated crop insurance premiums, causing subsidies to more than double to $2 billion.

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PUBLISHED: 9/10/13

Apple's Golden Goose

The iPhone product line made up 51 percent of Apple’s total revenue last quarter. See how the device became their top gadget.

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PUBLISHED: 9/9/13

VA Medical Malpractice

U.S. government payments to resolve medical malpractice claims filed against the Department of Veterans Affairs came to $91.7 million last year.

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PUBLISHED: 9/9/13

Congress Votes on Syria

Graphic documents the increasing opposition in Congress to a resolution authorizing force in response to Syrian chemical weapon attacks.

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PUBLISHED: 9/6/13

August U.S. Auto Sales

General Motors Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. in August drove the best month for U.S. auto deliveries since May 2007.

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PUBLISHED: 9/4/13

Rules of Limited Reach

Five years after derivatives accelerated the global credit crisis, banks are coming under new U.S. rules aimed at preventing another meltdown.

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PUBLISHED: 9/4/13

BM's 50 Most Influential

The ties among our Most Influential range from an educational background shared by 18 of them to a web of common causes, deals and interests.

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PUBLISHED: 9/4/13

Banks Push Back on Swaps

After passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, Wall Street preserved its hold on the derivatives market with one of the largest sustained lobbying attacks ever.

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PUBLISHED: 9/4/13

Keystone Pipeline Jobs

The Keystone XL Pipeline project would result in a surge of short-term construction employment, to be followed by only 35 full-time jobs.

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PUBLISHED: 8/28/13

A Look at Currency Spikes

Recurring currency spikes may provide evidence that traders are manipulating the rates used to value trillions of dollars of investments.

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PUBLISHED: 8/27/13

Strike Force Near Syria

Defense Secretary Hagel says that U.S. forces are “ready to go” if the administration decides to strike against alleged Syrian chemical weapon use.

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PUBLISHED: 8/27/13

Pipeline to the Gulf

Proponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline say it move the U.S. from dependence on unfriendly regimes such as Venezuela.

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PUBLISHED: 8/26/13

Homegrown Energy

Higher electricity costs and cheaper solar panel technology threaten the traditional electric grid as more consumers turn to local energy production.

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PUBLISHED: 8/22/13

Felony Predictor

A privacy expert found several features that correlated highly with having a felony record in Kentucky, such as being a male or having hazel eyes.

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PUBLISHED: 8/15/13

Stock Splits Lose Allure

Stock splits are losing their allure as pressure eases to hold prices at levels that let individuals amass shares.

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PUBLISHED: 8/14/13

Tracking Gold's Fall

After peaking at $1,921 per ounce in September 2011, gold lost more than a third of its value before recovering to $1,322.

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PUBLISHED: 8/14/13

Wal-Mart's Flights

Congress spared Wal-Mart from losing taxpayer-funded controllers to guide its approximately 20 jets based in Rogers, Arkansas, near its headquarters.

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PUBLISHED: 8/13/13

Colorado Oil Drilling

State regulators have approved more permits to drill horizontal wells in Colorado as an oil boom accelerates.

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PUBLISHED: 8/8/13

Top Family Offices

Bloomberg Markets’ annual ranking of the richest "family offices," Investment and management services for high net-worth families.

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PUBLISHED: 8/5/13

Facebook Surpasses IPO

Facebook closed above its $38 initial public offering price for the firsttime since its debut amid optimism that mobile advertising can boost sales.

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PUBLISHED: 8/2/13

Apple vs. Samsung

Apple says that Samsung’s Galaxy phone series copied the iPhone and undercut its pricing, leading to huge Samsung profits at Apple’s expense.

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PUBLISHED: 8/1/13

July U.S. Auto Sales

General Motors Co.'s broad gains with small cars and big pickups kept the U.S. auto market on pace for its best year since 2007.

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PUBLISHED: 8/1/13

How Much Senior Care?

In almost every world region, the senior population is growing at a faster rate than the general population. How much senior care can we afford?

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PUBLISHED: 7/23/13

Nursing Home Rules on Sex

Nursing homes are confronting legal and ethical questions regarding the capacity or residents to engage in consensual sexual activity.

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PUBLISHED: 7/22/13

Private Prison Assaults

In the four privately run prisons holding Mississippi inmates in 2012, the assault rate was three times higher on average than in state-run lockups.

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PUBLISHED: 7/12/13

Alternative Investments

Real estate and private equity led the pack of alternative investments over the past three years according to Bloomberg Markets magazine.

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PUBLISHED: 7/11/13

China Pollution Protests

China's middle class has become more vocal in its criticism of pollution, forcing its leaders to reassess a growth-at-all-costs economic approach.

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PUBLISHED: 7/11/13

State Abortion Laws

North Dakota recently passed the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., and other states have been revisiting their abortion laws.

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PUBLISHED: 7/9/13

Biggest Trade Deal Ever

U.S. and EU interests from Fed Ex to Audi to Zappa see trade talks as new chance to write rules

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PUBLISHED: 7/8/13

Too Slow an Approach?

The Asiana Airlines plane that crashed while landing in San Francisco had slowed to 125 miles per hour as it neared the runway.

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PUBLISHED: 7/8/13

June U.S. Auto Sales

GM, Ford and Chrysler gained U.S. market share in the first half of 2013, putting their domestic market on pace for its best annual sales years.

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PUBLISHED: 7/2/13

Voting Rights Law Limited

The Supreme Court ruled that a key component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is outdated and unconstitutional.

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PUBLISHED: 6/25/13

Syrian Refugees

Secretary of State John Kerry travels to the Middle East to discuss military aid for Syrian rebels and humanitarian aid for 1.6 million refugees.

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PUBLISHED: 6/22/13

Sterilization in India

Women in India are being offered incentives to participate in a government sterilization program.

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PUBLISHED: 6/11/13

Clinton Support in 2016

Four in 10 Americans say they’d definitely or probably vote for Hillary Clinton if she decides to run for president in 2016.

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PUBLISHED: 6/7/13

Same-Sex Marriage Poll

Fifty-two percent say they back giving gay couples the right to marry, according to a Bloomberg National Poll.

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PUBLISHED: 6/6/13

Center of Cyber Security

Major defense contractors are turning the tranquil suburbs of Maryland into a Silicon Valley for cybersecurity products and startups.

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PUBLISHED: 6/6/13

Effects of Fracking

The EPA has undertaken a three-year study of the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water amid complaints of water contamination.

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PUBLISHED: 6/6/13

U.S. Split on Immigration

The latest Bloomberg National Poll shows almost half of Americans say revising immigration laws would be “mostly good” for the U.S. economy.

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PUBLISHED: 6/6/13

Bangladesh Job Safety

On a pair of $22 jeans sold at a Wal-Mart subsidiary, 90 cents covers all of the factory's operational costs, including safety and worker's pay.

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PUBLISHED: 6/5/13

Buying Your Medical Data

Bloomberg News made records requests to 12 of the most-populous states to see who's buying hospital-discharge data.

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PUBLISHED: 6/5/13

Re-Identifying Records

Even though your name isn't attached to the health records being sold to marketers, an anonymous hospital record can often be traced back you.

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PUBLISHED: 6/5/13

May U.S. Auto Sales

U.S. pickups led a surge in light-vehicle sales in May as sales climbed 8.2 percent to 1.44 million.

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PUBLISHED: 6/4/13

The World's Wealth

The world’s privately-held financial wealth grew 7.8 percent to $135.5 trillion in 2012 led by a surge in the Asia-Pacific region.

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PUBLISHED: 5/30/13

Linking Spain's Elite

Prior to Bankia, Rodrigo Rato worked at Lazard, where the links he built lasted through his tenure at the lender.

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PUBLISHED: 5/27/13

IRS Scandal Hits Obama

Who knew what and when? How news of IRS abuses reached the highest levels of the administration.

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PUBLISHED: 5/20/13

Global Economic Poll

Bloomberg interviewed 906 customers via their terminals. Respondents represent an elite group of financial decision makers.

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PUBLISHED: 5/15/13

Female Lobbying Pay Lags

Women running top Washington lobbying groups earned on average 68 cents for every dollar their male peers made.

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PUBLISHED: 5/15/13

Redefining Drunk Driving

The NTSB has recommended states lower the allowable blood-alcohol level for drivers to .05 percent from .08.

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PUBLISHED: 5/14/13

States Pass on Exchanges

Most states have opted to let the federal government set up health-insurance exchanges instead of establishing state-run programs.

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PUBLISHED: 5/13/13

U.S. Recovers as EU Slips

Even amid the weakest recovery in modern history, the U.S. economy is outperforming the euro area and soon may break even higher.

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PUBLISHED: 5/13/13

A $7 Billion Move

As the U.S. military prepares to pull most of its troops out of Afghanistan, it faces the costly process of safely withdrawing.

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PUBLISHED: 5/12/13

Decline of the White Vote

Almost two in three eligible blacks voted in the 2012 presidential election, the highest voter turnout by race.

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PUBLISHED: 5/8/13

From Revolution to Chaos

The proliferation of weapons and a spate of vigilante killings and sexual attacks are eroding hope born from Egypt’s Arab Spring.

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PUBLISHED: 5/8/13

Stolen Military Secrets

Since 2007, hackers in China have targeted QinetiQ, a company that makes spy satellites and robots for the U.S. military.

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PUBLISHED: 5/2/13

April U.S. Auto Sales

Ford, GM and Chrysler’s U.S. sales all rose more than the industry average in April, building on first-quarter market-share gains.

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PUBLISHED: 5/1/13

Most Charitable Russians

Led by the owner of Chelsea FC, ten of Russia’s richest billionaires gave a total of $1.3 billion to charity from 2010 through 2012.

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PUBLISHED: 4/23/13

China’s Credit-Card Spree

Card issuance in China more than tripled over the past five years, making the nation the world’s fastest growing credit-card market.

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PUBLISHED: 4/22/13

Boston Bomber Captured

Police captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, after a massive search that shut down Boston.

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PUBLISHED: 4/19/13

Christie Tested on Jobs

Since Chris Christie was elected New Jersey governor, the state’s unemployment rate has improved at a slower pace than the U.S.

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PUBLISHED: 4/19/13

Can Abenomics Fix Japan?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ripped up Japan’s monetary playbook to heal the wounds from the country’s bubble economy in 1989.

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PUBLISHED: 4/18/13

Tracking H7N9’s Spread

H7N9 is the latest strain of animal influenza to infect humans, causing Chinese health officials to watch for signs of a pandemic.

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PUBLISHED: 4/18/13

The Immigrant Workforce

A Senate plan to rewrite immigration laws has stoked a years-old debate over providing undocumented residents a path to citizenship.

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PUBLISHED: 4/16/13

Gold Prices Take a Hit

Gold prices fell in April on concern that an improving U.S. economy will spur the Federal Reserve to cut its stimulus program.

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PUBLISHED: 4/15/13

Background Check Bill

A plan introduced by Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey would extend the existing background-check system to gun shows.

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PUBLISHED: 4/10/13

A $3.8 Trillion Budget

Obama’s 2014 budget would make reductions to social programs in an effort to revive a deficit-reduction deal with House Republicans.

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PUBLISHED: 4/10/13

Bank Donations Add Up

Banks gave more than $5 million from 1997 to 2012 to members of the Senate Banking Committee who may one day ascend to chairman.

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PUBLISHED: 4/4/13

March U.S. Auto Sales

U.S. light-vehicle sales in March climbed 3.4 percent to 1.45 million, the highest monthly total since August 2007.

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PUBLISHED: 4/2/13

Fatal Flaws in Aircraft

Failures to spot safety flaws during certification of new aircraft were a factor in 70 percent of U.S. airline-crash deaths in the past 20 years.

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PUBLISHED: 3/28/13

Same-Sex Marriage Laws

The Supreme Court overturned a federal provision that limited marriage to a man and a woman, leaving states to set same-sex marriage laws.

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PUBLISHED: 3/25/13

How Gun Checks Work

Although federal gun laws prohibit a database of background-check information, the data can still be used to find a gun's owner.

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PUBLISHED: 3/21/13

A Republican Edge in N.C.

Republicans won both houses of the North Carolina state legislature in 2010 and redrew the map to deliver election day wins – Part 2.

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PUBLISHED: 3/19/13

Fewer Votes, More Seats

Republican-led redistricting in Michigan helped the party win 9 of 14 U.S. House seats despite losing the statewide vote – Part 1.

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PUBLISHED: 3/18/13

A Manufactured Crisis

The Obama administration and Republicans in Congress have passed up several chances to resolve the impasse over the U.S. deficit.

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PUBLISHED: 2/25/13

Too-Big-to-Fail Fighter

The F-35 fighter program faces renewed scrutiny amid delays and rising life-cycle costs, which may top $1.5 trillion – Part 4.

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PUBLISHED: 2/22/13

Little Ship, Big Costs

Envisioned as a replacement for aging vessels, the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship faces design setbacks and rising costs - Part 3.

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PUBLISHED: 2/21/13

Protecting War Contracts

Congressional Democrats and Republicans agree on at least one thing, protecting local defense contracts from cuts – Part 2.

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PUBLISHED: 2/20/13

A Super-Sized Military

U.S. defense costs made up more than 40 percent of global military spending in 2011. The Pentagon now faces cuts – Part 1.

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PUBLISHED: 2/19/13

Wives Cut Infidelity Gap

The percentage of married U.S. women who reported having an affair increased from 10.6 percent in 1991 to 14.7 percent in 2010.

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PUBLISHED: 1/2/13

Fiscal Cliff

The U.S. has run budget deficits in every year since 2001, owing to a combination of economic slowdowns, tax cuts and spending increases.

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PUBLISHED: 12/5/12

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