Tag: Joseph Lawler

Fifty-seven percent of respondents said that the Democratic candidate won the town-hall debate. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Clinton scored another big win, CNN poll says

Joseph Lawler · October 10, 2016 4:00 am

"Many of her friends took bigger deductions. Warren Buffett took a massive deduction," Donald Trump alleged. (AP Photo)

Trump justifies tax write-off: Soros and Buffett did it too

Joseph Lawler · October 10, 2016 2:46 am

As a share of economic output, the deficit rose to 3.2 percent, up from 2.5 percent in fiscal 2015. (iStock Photo)

Deficit for 2016 rose to $588 billion

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 9:29 pm

Forty-seven percent of men ages 25-54 say they take pain medication, and two-thirds of it is prescribed. (iStock Photo)

Study: Nearly half of working-age men out of labor force take daily pain meds

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 8:56 pm

President Obama signed the legislation excluding medals and bonuses from taxes into law Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

It’s official: Olympians are getting a tax break on medals

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 7:55 pm

Jamie Dimon says he would like to run for president but won't. "We torture those people," he said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

JPMorgan CEO would love to run for president, and he has a Trump-like slogan

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 5:44 pm

"I'm pretty sure that the big goals of the reform of regulation that took place in Dodd-Frank have been achieved in certain areas, namely the banking sector," Stanley Fischer said. (AP Photo)

Big goals of Dodd-Frank have been reached, Fed official says

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 4:02 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Underemployment hasn’t improved since February

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 1:32 pm

The construction industry has essentially stopped adding jobs even as the rest of the economy has continued to generate jobs at a pace more than sufficient to keep the unemployment rate trending down. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Construction job creation has stalled since the spring

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 1:06 pm

September's job creation fell just short of expectations. Economists in the private sector had expected payroll job growth to rise to 168,000. (Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co. via AP)

Job creation falls just short of expectations in September at 156,000, unemployment at 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 12:32 pm

Economists in the private sector had projected that jobless claims would rise just slightly to 256,000. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims plumb lowest levels since 1973 in good sign for US

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2016 12:33 pm

Payday loan products are still advertised in Google search results, five months after the technology company excited consumer groups by pledging to ban payday lenders from its ad system. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Payday loans still advertised on Google after pledge

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2016 4:01 am