One of the fun parts of being governor, Chris Christie tells the schoolchildren: “Any bugs on your desk, you’re allowed to kill them without getting in trouble.” Faced with an uninvited visitor making himself comfortable in his office, the New...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a town hall meeting at Raritan Valley Community College, on April 11, 2013, in Branchburg, N.J.
Christie Kills Spider for Schoolkids, Channeling Obama’s Fly-Swatting
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Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP.
Schwarzman Hopes to Hold James
Steve Schwarzman doesn’t want to lose his right-hand man. Asked whether his chief operating officer, Hamilton “Tony” James, could be the next Treasury secretary, the Blackstone Group CEO told CNBC this morning that such a prospect worries him — not...
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Lloyd C. Blankfein says he would be willing to pay higher taxes if he felt the increase was part of a solution aimed at helping reduce the national debt.
Blankfein: Tax Me, If It Will Help
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein says he would be willing to pay higher taxes if he felt the increase was part of an overall solution aimed at helping reduce the national debt. “No one is...
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Sen. John McCain appearing on CNBC's Power Lunch to discuss the jobs report.
McCain Wouldn’t `Put Anything Past’ Obama — Giving Welch a Lift
Updated at 4:05 pm EDT If the dip in unemployment below 8 percent came as an October surprise in the presidential election contest underway, the rumblings of a conspiracy theory have the makings of another politically volatile story. None other...
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Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP.
Private Equity’s `Miserable’ Defense
In a year when political ads attacking private equity are becoming the norm, the chief of the world’s largest buyout firm has some blunt words for his peers. “I think the industry has done a miserable job of marketing,” Blackstone...
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