Well shoot! I got up this morning early, intending to dive into a new book, when I made the fatal error of looking at

“After Congress failed to reach an agreement on a new spending bill, the federal government officially shut down. So roads won’t get fixed, public

CNBC’s Alison Linn, in her article, You think the Obamacare fight is ugly?, highlights the vicious political battles that were fought over the enactments of

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This morning Zara and I discussed all the goings on in Washington and how the market seems to be discounting it. Click here to

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Do my eyes deceive me? As I type (embarrassingly early on Tuesday October 1, 2013), day one of the 2013 U.S. Government shutdown, Dow

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As I type (9:22 pm, Monday, September 30, 2013), Dow futures are trading down about a hundred points. Of course you know why, right?

Rep Sander Levin D-MI, a week or so ago in a CNBC debate, chided his Republican opponent (can’t recall whom) for he and his