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Features by David Gura

Everybody loses as the FAA remains unfunded

Congress has gone on vacation without funding the FAA. Now inspectors have to work without pay, and the nation goes $1.2 billion short
Posted In: Airlines

Debt deal won't cut entitlements


Cuts you can count on

Whatever the ultimate debt ceiling deal, some things are certain

If debt deadline is missed, who will get paid?


Cutting spending will hurt jobs

Neither debt ceiling plan under debate in Congress addresses the nation's high unemployment -- they only cut government spending. Economists say the question isn't whether that will hurt employment, it's by how much?
Posted In: Jobs

In the debt ceiling debate, Obama warns of worst case scenario


AT&T presses its case for merger

The giant phone company delivers more data to the Federal Communications Commission to support its argument that a merger with T-Mobile will improve service and even cut costs for consumers.
Posted In: Mergers and Acquisitions

How the Dodd-Frank rules are made

One year after President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act, more than 300 new rules for the financial sector are on the way. How banks and other interests go about shaping them is fairly straightforward, at least to start: Write a letter. Get in line to talk to the rule-makers.
Posted In: Banks

Balanced-budget amendment would do what?

A Republican proposal for an amendment requiring the U.S. government to balance its budget won't pass Congress. But it's worth looking at why the government doesn't have that requirement.

Clorox, meet your activist investor

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has offered to buy Clorox for $10 billion, which would give him a major say in the company's fiscal operations.
Posted In: Retail


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