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- Congress is moving closer to approving an omnibus spending bill that will keep the government running past Friday, when the current short-term funding measure expires. [Washington Post]
- Several issues still need to be resolved before Europe gets a handle on its fiscal crisis. [New York Times]
- Bank credit in the U.S. “is growing at the fastest pace in three years, giving the Federal Reserve confidence in the economic expansion’s staying power.” [Bloomberg]
- According to the OECD, borrowing by industrialized nations will top $10 trillion this year, and is projected to grow more in 2012. [Financial Times]
- Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to march on several West Coast ports today. [Reuters]
- Business lobbyists are pushing for a measure allowing companies to write off capital investments to be included in any deal to extend the expiring payroll tax cut. [The Hill]
- U.S. and Swiss officials are getting close to a deal that would end “a long-running dispute over wealthy Americans using secret Swiss accounts to dodge taxes.” [Reuters]
- How for-profit colleges used a lobbying blitz to water down new regulations. [New York Times]
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