Obama administration

• Aetna CEO Sees Healthcare Reform Doubling Some Premiums

  By Alex Nussbaum, Bloomberg  |  December 13, 2012

  Some small businesses, individuals are in for "premium rate shock" in 2014, Bertolini says.

• Fed To Expand Asset Purchases Next Year

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  December 12, 2012

  Central bank says it will keep rates low as long as the jobless rate is above 6.5%.

• Corporate Taxes Now Part of Budget Talks (WSJ)

  December 12, 2012

  White House says it will consider overhauling corporate taxes as part of fiscal cliff solution.

• Republicans Counter Obama Plan with Entitlement Cuts

  By Heidi Przybyla and James Rowley, Bloomberg  |  December 4, 2012

  Boehner proposes $2.2 trln of spending cuts and new revenue.

• Treasury Says China Isn’t Currency Manipulator

  By Kasia Klimasinska and Ian Katz, Bloomberg  |  November 28, 2012

  Yuan still ‘significantly undervalued,’ according to report.

• Chamber Sidestepped in Budget Talks

  By Julie Bykowicz, Bloomberg  |  November 26, 2012

  Groups such as Fix the Debt and Partnership for New York City have supplanted the Chamber in fiscal-cliff negotiations.

• Budget Talks Threaten $150 Bln in Corporate Tax Breaks (CNBC)

  November 19, 2012

  LIFO inventory accounting and deductions benefiting fossil fuel companies among those facing the axe.

• GOP Governors Balk at Healthcare Reform

  By William Selway and Jennifer Oldham, Bloomberg  |  November 15, 2012

  In the wake of Romney’s loss, state leaders cite concerns over law’s costs, regulatory burdens.

• Tax Deduction Cap Idea Deserves Closer Scrutiny, Baucus Says

  By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  November 14, 2012

  Cap could serve as part of the resolution for the looming fiscal cliff.

• Wall Street Hopes for Bowles at Treasury

  By Christine Harper, Bloomberg  |  November 8, 2012

  Signing on Clinton’s chief of staff would signal Obama is ready to strike a deal to cut deficit.