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Tax Bill 2017

Tax reform law takes a bite out of legal settlements

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 4, 2019
Under the new tax law, legal fees are generally not tax deductible.
Documents stack up before a hearing of the House Rule Committee on tax reform legislation on Dec. 18, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
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Are wages finally starting to pick up?

by Justin Ho
Feb 1, 2019
The January jobs report was the fourth report where average hourly earnings topped 3 percent compared to a year earlier. But do four months of solid gains make a difference to wages across the board?
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Extreme cold is hard on the country's infrastructure

by Ben Bradford
Feb 1, 2019
The extreme cold that gripped a large part of the country this week is beginning to let up, but not without leaving some damage in its wake.
A man takes a picture along the lakefront as temperatures hovered around -20 degrees on January 30, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Trade showdown

The trade war impacts everything from Apple to apples

by Kai Ryssdal , Sean McHenry and Liz Sanchez
Jan 31, 2019
How the U.S.-China trade war is affecting agribusiness and the rest of the global economy.
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Government shutdown 2019

Federal contractors are cut out of shutdown back pay

by Sasa Woodruff
Jan 31, 2019
We hear from two workers on how it's affected their lives and finances.
A sign outside the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 27.
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Government shutdown 2019

Will the recent government shutdown show up in the jobs report?

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 31, 2019
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its January jobs report on Friday.
Recruiting companies are removing race and gender from résumés to eliminate bias.
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5 things to know about GDP

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 30, 2019
Here's what those numbers reveal — and don't reveal — about the U.S. economy.
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Closing the homeownership gap in Houston and beyond

by Amy Scott
Jan 30, 2019
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, a black trade group, is on a mission to add 2 million new black homeowners nationally in five years.
Nationally, the rate of black homeownership is less than 42 percent, compared to a rate of about 73 percent among white households.
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Make Me Smart | Episode 98

Can we shut down the shutdowns?

Jan 29, 2019
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Government shutdown 2019

Federal workers owed back pay set to receive it this week

by Renata Sago
Jan 29, 2019
Government agencies responsible for payroll worked over the weekend to start issuing missed paychecks.
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