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| SEC going high-tech with real-time trade data Dec 25th 2012, 00:18 As computing power and big data have revolutionized stock trading in recent years, one market player has lagged far behind: the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose job policing the markets has been hampered by a serious technology gap. Read full article >>   |  | For Republicans, it's not about deficit reduction Dec 24th 2012, 21:08 Perhaps the oddest of the conservative rationalizations for refusing any kind of budget compromise is the insistence that budget deals are pointless -- and maybe even counterproductive -- because Democrats rig them such that the taxes are real and spending cuts are illusory. Read full article >>   | | Why CEOs could lose out on the 'fiscal cliff' Dec 24th 2012, 15:00 The prospects for a grand bargain on the "fiscal cliff" have diminished rapidly, with both Congress and the White House going home for Christmas with nary an agreement in sight. Instead, as President Obama mentioned in passing before leaving town on Friday, talk has shifted to an emergency "small deal" that would avert tax hikes for the middle class in the short-term and suspend at least some of the sequester. Entitlements and the debt ceiling would be dealt with later on in January. But any other big reform could end up falling by the wayside — including corporate tax reform, a top priority for many of the CEOs who have poured millions into lobbying on the fiscal cliff. Read full article >>   | |
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