That’s the share of Virginia’s gross domestic product that stems from defense spending, according to a Bloomberg Government study. Virginia is the state most dependent on military spending, followed by Hawaii and Alaska, the November report found. Policymakers in Virginia...
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The Pentagon building in Arlington, Va.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 14 pct
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Ozombie Care
Ozombie Care
President Obama’s push for near-universal health insurance coverage may be harder to kill than most zombies. If the Supreme Court decides to take a metaphorical stake to Obama’s health-care overhaul law and tosses the individual mandate out on the front...
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
Mr. Dimon Goes to Washington
The highly vaunted hearing is almost upon us. Tomorrow, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. will be the sole witness at a Senate Banking Committee hearing, “A Breakdown in Risk Management: What Went Wrong at JPMorgan Chase?” It...
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A tour guide leads a group past the Capitol.
Signs of ‘Small Progress’ in a Lost Year
At a time when corporate America bemoans the lost year it faces, with Congress unable to work in harmony during the election campaigning under way, one CEO says there could be cause for optimism. “There are some signs of hope,”...
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