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Schumer Pushes For Federal Sports Betting Legislation
Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 9:13am | 534The reversal of PAPSA, the federal ban on sports betting enacted in 1992, marks a new era in American sports culture. What legal sports betting will ultimately look like is up for debate by lawmakers, and it does not appear it will be made available as quickly as some had hoped. What Happened...
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Google Prematurely Calls Time Of Death For Orrin Hatch, Sergio Marchionne
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 9:35am | 606Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the first place many people go to find the answer to a question. But the search engine isn’t infallible. After all, as Sen. Orrin Hatch pointed out, he’s still kickin.' Hatch’s office submitted ample proof of life Monday...
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Analyst: Here's What To Expect From Congress On Debt Ceiling, Tax Reform
Monday, August 7, 2017 - 10:48am | 462Nearly seven months into President Donald Trump’s term in office, his administration is still struggling with his top campaign promise: healthcare reform. Investors hoping that Trump and Congressional Republicans would quickly breeze their way through healthcare reform and tax reform have...
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Puerto Rico Goes Bankrupt: 'There's Going To Be Losses'
Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 1:24pm | 751Puerto Rico’s restructuring of $73 billion in debt — a bankruptcy four times the size of Detroit’s — has been a long time coming, analyst Cate Long said on Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep morning show Thursday. The territory’s bankruptcy is not a Chapter 9 filing, as...
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Investors Mull The Impact Of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact As Congress Moves To Fast Track It
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 1:49pm | 303On Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers moved one step closer to passing a bill that will fast track trade deals through Congress, something that will benefit Obama's initiative to create a trade partnership with Asia. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch has been positive about the...
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An Early Holiday Gift? 'Extended' Tax Breaks Head To Obama's Desk
Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 1:12pm | 693The bill H.R. 5771 has yet to receive President Obama's signature, but the news of extended tax breaks for 2014 is cause for a sigh of celebration and lots of preparation. Congress on Tuesday voted to extend a handful of tax breaks that have met their expiration date through the end of 2014...
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Athenahealth's Park to Help Fix Healthcare.gov
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 8:58am | 545With the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sylvia Burwell, refusing to guarantee that the Obamacare website would be completely working by December 15, the pressure is on. So far the Obama administration’s best response has been to announce a “tech surge” involving the “best and...
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Key Health Care Provision Delayed Until 2015
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 7:44am | 635The Obama administration will not require employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insurance for those workers on January 1, 2014. This key and important provision of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, has been delayed until 2015, according to Reuters. The move is...
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Hillary Clinton for Supreme Court?
Monday, April 12, 2010 - 1:27pm | 72Rumor has it that Hillary Clinton, currently Secretary of the State, has been mentioned in relation to the Supreme Court vacancy. Justice John Paul Stevens' retirement leaves one seat vacant in the Supreme Court. According to Senator Orrin Hatch, Clinton's name has been tossed into the mix. Time...