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How an $84,000 Drug Got Its Price: 'Let's Hold our Position... Whatever the Headlines'
Gilead Sciences executives were acutely aware in 2013 that their plan to charge an exorbitantly high price for a powerful new hepatitis C drug would spark public outrage, but they pursued the profit-driven strategy anyway, according to a Senate Finance Committee investigation report released Tuesday.
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Volkswagen Plays Down Hopes of Quick Answers Over Emissions Cheating
Volkswagen said today it would take time to get to the bottom of its rigging of diesel emissions tests, hours before the carmaker is due to give updates on its findings to German regulators and US lawmakers.
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US Senate Votes to Grant President Barack Obama Fast-Track Power on Trade Deals
US President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the Senate voted to give him "fast-track" powers that would help wrap up negotiations on a 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal central to projecting American influence in Asia.
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Republicans Reject US President Barack Obama's $4 Trillion Budget
Republicans in control of US Congress summarily rejected US President Barack Obama's $4 trillion budget on Monday, accusing him of "shamelessly pandering" to Democrats ahead of the 2016 Presidential election.
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US Senate panel backs Lew for Treasury secretary
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday backed President Barack Obama's nominee to head the US Treasury, Jack Lew, despite some concerns about his perks from previous employers, clearing the way for a confirmation vote in the full Senate.
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Jack Lew gets Senate committee approval for US Treasury chief
US President Barack Obama's nominee Jack Lew today received approval of the US Senate Finance Committee to become the treasury secretary, as the ex-White House chief of staff cleared the first hurdle on his way to a full Senate confirmation vote.
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Tentative deal on raising taxes on wealthy
Furious last-minute negotiations between the White House and the Senate Republican leadership Monday secured a tentative agreement to allow tax rates to rise on affluent Americans, but the measure was not going to pass in time for Congress to meet its Dec. 31 deadline for averting automatic tax increases and spending cuts deemed a threat to the eco...
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'Buffett rule’ to yield only $47 bn over 10 years, finds US Congress tax body
A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama's plan for a "Buffett rule" tax on the wealthy would rake in just $47 billion over the next 11 years.
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How an $84,000 Drug Got Its Price: 'Let's Hold our Position... Whatever the Headlines'
Gilead Sciences executives were acutely aware in 2013 that their plan to charge an exorbitantly high price for a powerful new hepatitis C drug would spark public outrage, but they pursued the profit-driven strategy anyway, according to a Senate Finance Committee investigation report released Tuesday.
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Volkswagen Plays Down Hopes of Quick Answers Over Emissions Cheating
Volkswagen said today it would take time to get to the bottom of its rigging of diesel emissions tests, hours before the carmaker is due to give updates on its findings to German regulators and US lawmakers.
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US Senate Votes to Grant President Barack Obama Fast-Track Power on Trade Deals
US President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the Senate voted to give him "fast-track" powers that would help wrap up negotiations on a 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal central to projecting American influence in Asia.
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Republicans Reject US President Barack Obama's $4 Trillion Budget
Republicans in control of US Congress summarily rejected US President Barack Obama's $4 trillion budget on Monday, accusing him of "shamelessly pandering" to Democrats ahead of the 2016 Presidential election.
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US Senate panel backs Lew for Treasury secretary
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday backed President Barack Obama's nominee to head the US Treasury, Jack Lew, despite some concerns about his perks from previous employers, clearing the way for a confirmation vote in the full Senate.
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Jack Lew gets Senate committee approval for US Treasury chief
US President Barack Obama's nominee Jack Lew today received approval of the US Senate Finance Committee to become the treasury secretary, as the ex-White House chief of staff cleared the first hurdle on his way to a full Senate confirmation vote.
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Tentative deal on raising taxes on wealthy
Furious last-minute negotiations between the White House and the Senate Republican leadership Monday secured a tentative agreement to allow tax rates to rise on affluent Americans, but the measure was not going to pass in time for Congress to meet its Dec. 31 deadline for averting automatic tax increases and spending cuts deemed a threat to the eco...
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'Buffett rule’ to yield only $47 bn over 10 years, finds US Congress tax body
A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama's plan for a "Buffett rule" tax on the wealthy would rake in just $47 billion over the next 11 years.
