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Trump picks could reverse Obama-era labor rulings

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 26, 2017
Republicans have control of the NLRB for the first time in almost a decade.
Fast food workers and activists demonstrate outside McDonald's downtown flagship restaurant in Chicago, Illinois back in 2014.
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Manufacturers of survival bunkers say that sales are up, thanks to escalating tensions with North Korea

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 26, 2017
Bunker sales are up. But disaster preparedness experts question if they're a good investment.
Atlas Survival Shelters CEO Ron Hubbard sits inside a model BombNado shelter at his Montebello, California factory. 
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Desperately needed: details on the federal tax plan

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 25, 2017
The president is scheduled to talk more about it on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump talks about his tax reform plan in Springfield, Missouri, in August.
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Former Sen. Bill Bradley talks tax reform

by Lizzie O'Leary
Sep 22, 2017
Marketplace Weekend digs into the issue of tax reform, plus, a look at taxes as a tool for social engineering.
Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley speaks during a news conference to discuss Cory Booker's campaign run for the Senate on June 2013. 
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If Graham-Cassidy’s doomed, what's that mean for the economy?

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 22, 2017
A roundup of this week's business and economic news.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listen during a news conference on health care September 13, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Mobile merger greenlight more likely now

by Reema Khrais
Sep 21, 2017
Sprint and T-Mobile have tried to merge before, but federal regulators nixed the plan. The business climate under Trump may smooth the way for a deal. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Is bipartisanship good for the economy?

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 15, 2017
We already know what partisans think.
President Donald Trump meets with Democratic and Republican members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House September 13, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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As technology and geopolitics change, so does scrutiny of foreign business deals

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 14, 2017
President Trump put the brakes on a plan for Chinese investors to buy U.S.-based Lattice Semiconductor, after the Committee on Foreign Investment gave the deal a thumbs down. Foreign companies who want major stakes in U.S. firms face a federal process anytime national security is deemed at stake. With technology evolving, more deals may be […]
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Will Trump's deal with Democrats affect tax reform?

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 8, 2017
The deal on the debt ceiling and the budget also begs the question if there will be more bipartisanship in the future.
President Donald Trump speaks about the need for tax reform at Andeavor Refinery in Mandan, North Dakota, on Wednesday.
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It'll be hard to cut the corporate tax rate as much as President Trump wants

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 6, 2017
Every percentage point cut in the corporate tax rate would cost the U.S. Treasury an estimated $100 billion over a decade.
President Donald Trump with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (L) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R), delivers remarks during a meeting with members of Congress and his administration regarding tax reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on September 5, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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