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A day after the head of the General Services Administration resigned because of a procurement scandal at the federal agency, officials vowed Tuesday to implement spending reforms and disciplinary action she announced on the way out the door.

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The U.S. global voiceupdated: Tue Oct 06 2009 23:40:00

Thomas Friedman gives his unique take on the state of the world's economic situation.

Battleground states pollupdated: Thu Sep 18 2008 16:34:00

Watch American Morning's John Roberts as he uses "the magic wall" to explain CNN poll numbers in five battlegrounds.

Report: Voting problems in several swing statesupdated: Thu Sep 18 2008 16:34:00

A new Government Accountability Office report on voting system testing finds that the Election Assistance Commission has not notified election officials across the country about electronic voting machine failures.

Molly Ivins: They must be jokingupdated: Tue May 02 2006 14:37:00

Either the so-called "lobby reform bill" is the contemptible, cheesy, shoddy piece of hypocrisy it appears to be ... or the Republicans have a sense of humor.

CNNMoney: 5 great internshipsupdated: Tue Mar 01 2005 17:02:00

Fetching coffee isn't much of a skill.

Fortune: WATCHING THE MONEYGATE HEARINGSupdated: Mon Aug 04 1997 00:01:00

The summer's Moneygate hearings may be the best theater Washington has to offer this year. All the classic elements are there: Greed. Envy. Ambition. Pride. Lies. Cover-ups. Also cover-ups of cover...

Fortune: DON'T SHOW THEM THE MONEY! EVERYONE KNOWS THE CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM STINKS: THE GIVERS, THE TAKERS, THE VOTERS. SO JEROME KOupdated: Mon Mar 03 1997 00:01:00

Jerry Kohlberg is accustomed to being a pioneer and a pariah. As an investment banker at Bear Stearns in the 1960s, he invented the leveraged buyout and with it became one of the richest men in Ame...

Fortune: READY FOR YOUR ANNUAL MEETING? It's usually a dull affair and your most important shareholders seldom show up. But the gadflies updated: Mon Apr 24 1989 00:01:00

I HAVE SOME VERY interesting questions for them this year, you can be sure,'' says gadfly Evelyn Y. Davis about one FORTUNE 500 company whose annual stockholder meeting she plans to attend. Even if...

Fortune: PRAGMATIC PACS PREFER INCUMBENTSupdated: Mon Nov 07 1988 00:01:00

What labor is to Democrats, big business is to Republicans, right? Not when it comes to money. Corporate America is backing Democrats over Republicans in November's Senate and House elections. Prag...

Fortune: COMMON CAUSEupdated: Mon Oct 24 1988 00:01:00

They may be at opposite ends of the world, but angry protestors in Burma and Haiti are demanding the same democratic reforms and confronting remarkably similar obstacles. For decades dictators rule...

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