Bill Gale

Bill Gale

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  Gov't finances are improving over the short term

  The annual federal budget deficit is sinking out of $1 trillion-plus nosebleed territory where it has hovered for the past four years. 

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  1st witness testifies in Gulf oil spill trial

  BP failed to implement a new safety plan on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig even though the company realized a blowout in the Gulf of ... 

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  Analysis: Cliff deal is another pain-free punt

  Congress' hectic resolution of the "fiscal cliff" crisis is the latest in a long series of decisions by lawmakers and the White House to do less than ...