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A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a type of weapon that emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. It transfers energy

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz warned there’s a “significant” chance the U.S. economy will contract in the second half of next year, and urged the

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The New York Times reports investigators in the U.S. Congress at the Securities and Exchange Commission and at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority have launched

The Federal Reserve proposed offering banks the opportunity to park their money at the central bank in “term deposits,” which would pay interest. The move

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By William Grigg The RAND Corporation, one of the most fecund research arms of the Military-Industrial-Homeland Security Complex, has released a study entitled A Stability

By Walter Pincus The aim was also to save money, but last year Congress reported that contract employees were each costing the government an average