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• Buybacks a big factor behind market boom

  By Bernard Condon  |  May 20, 2013

  Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher — record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may be strengthening, central banks flooding the financial system with money. But you may want to spare a thought, and a healthy dose of worry, for what is...

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  GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 20, 2013

  The former head of the office that subjected tea-party groups seeking tax exemptions to tougher scrutiny is now running the tax agency's division in charge of implementing the health care law.

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  Stocks open slightly lower

  By The Associated Press  |  May 20, 2013

  Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as the stock market comes off of four straight weeks of gains.

• NFP names new CEO

  By The Associated Press  |  May 20, 2013

  National Financial Partners Corp. said Monday that it named Douglas Hammond, its current president and chief operating officer, as its new chief executive officer.

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  The IRS and its tea party tempest

  By Calvin Woodward  |  May 20, 2013

  The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.

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  Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

  By The Associated Press  |  May 20, 2013

  President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain.

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  What do we eat?

  By Mary Clare Jalonick  |  May 20, 2013

  Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace.

• Should whistleblower protections be wider?

  By The Associated Press  |  May 20, 2013

  The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.

• Calif. Senate considers family leave discrimination bill

  By Allison Bell  |  May 17, 2013

  A California lawmaker wants to protect workers who use the state's temporary disability insurance family leave program against employer discrimination.

• Premium increases remain steady

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 17, 2013

  Health insurance premiums have remained steady in the lead up to the implementation of the main provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to new analysis.