Tag: Joseph Lawler

Mike Huckabee aggressively defended Social Security by saying he would raise revenues for the program by taxing "illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, all the people who are freeloading off the system now." (AP Photo)Â

Huckabee: Tax ‘illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers’ to save Social Security

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2015 2:47 am

Global stock markets were muted Thursday, as jitters about upcoming U.S. jobs data kept buying appetite in check. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jobless claims beat expectations at 270,000

Joseph Lawler · August 6, 2015 12:34 pm

OMBÂ Director Shaun DonovanÂ Donovan wrote that the IRS funding levels would undermine "the fairness and integrity of the tax system in ways that would increase burdens on taxpayers..."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Cynical abuse’: White House slams GOP banking reform bill

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 10:19 pm

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Washington.

Pay for CEOs to be compared with workers

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 5:00 pm

Women in a number of majors out-earn their male counterparts right out of college, according to an analysis published Wednesday. (iStock Photo)

New York Fed: Women in many majors out-earn men right out of college

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 1:16 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will appear on the undercard at Thursday's debate.Â (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Economic fault lines to watch for in Thursday’s debate

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

JPMorgan Chase has nearly $4 trillion in total exposures. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

JPMorgan named world’s most ‘systemically important’ bank

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2015 7:27 pm

U.S. regulators and Wall Street critics want new rules on high-speed trading. (AP Photo)

Rules suggested for high-speed trading

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks during a forum Monday, in Manchester, N.H. (Getty Images)

Fiorina blames Fannie and Freddie, porn-watching regulators for the financial crisis

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2015 1:18 am

Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens during an event in Washington, D.C. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

Regulation may be harming markets, Fed governor says

Joseph Lawler · August 3, 2015 4:24 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill July 16, 2015. The latest economic stats do not show clear signals of economic improvement.Â (Washington Examiner)

Disappointing economic data make it tough for Yellen

Joseph Lawler · August 2, 2015 4:01 am

The Labor Department releases the employment cost index for the second quarter of 2015, a measure of wage and benefit growth, on Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Pay growth disappoints in second quarter

Joseph Lawler · July 31, 2015 12:38 pm