FEATURE
Government Shutting Down in Impasse
October 1, 2013 | New York Times
A flurry of last-minute moves by the House, Senate and White House late Monday failed to break a bitter budget standoff over President Obama’s health care law, setting in motion the first government shutdown in nearly two decades. The impasse meant that 800,000 federal workers were to be furloughed and more than a million others would be asked to work without pay.
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Is Innovation Leading to a New Age of Productivity in the U.S.?
September 25, 2013 | BusinessWeek
So-called intelligent machines increasingly communicate among themselves and with people. Mobile devices allow round-the-clock interconnectivity. Computers crunch terabytes of data. Such innovations have convinced some economists that the stage is set for a wave of productivity gains to rival the one spawned by the 10-year Internet boom that began in 1995.
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The Crowdfunding Economy Has Popped
September 24, 2013 | Time
Crowdfunding has enabled millions of people to donate money to make prototype products a reality and support artistic projects, among other proposals. In exchange, supporters have received free gifts, verbal thanks, even hugs. Now the stakes are about to increase dramatically thanks to a law paving the way for direct investment in startup businesses. In the week since the SEC put its conditional OK on crowdfunding, the LCW editor has watched a minimum of 50 entrees a week to start seeking funds for all sizes and shapes seeking funds...the large and the small, public and private, expected and unusual.
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HHS Puts Final Touches on Affordable Care Sites, Launches Today
October 1, 2013 | USA Today
More than three years after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and President Obama signed it into law, the most controversial piece of the law begins today — the requirement that uninsured Americans buy health insurance — and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the government is ready.
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