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Though the point is to position their brands as hip and current, advertisers do take some risks when they delve into politics.

author By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD, source www.nytimes.com

Labor leaders say Jason Furman, Barack Obama’s new economic policy director, focuses too much on corporate America and not enough on workers.

author By LOUIS UCHITELLE, source www.nytimes.com

A half dozen or so hotels in Washington are undergoing extensive renovations, in part to take advantage of business related to Inauguration Day.

author By JANE L. LEVERE, source www.nytimes.com

Adam Smith’s understanding that the invisible hand is often benign but not always has important implications from economic policy to the recent debate about gasoline taxes in particular.

author By ROBERT H. FRANK, source www.nytimes.com

As Americans, we like the dollar, but as investors, we’re a little more willing to go where the money is.

author By ROB WALKER, source www.nytimes.com

To the next president: There is a retirement crisis coming.

author By ROGER LOWENSTEIN, source www.nytimes.com

The candidates have taken different approaches to the gas tax, the mortgage crisis and retirement savings.

author By DAVID LEONHARDT, source www.nytimes.com

The senator called for the federal government to give money to states to help cover people who have been denied health insurance.

author By MICHAEL COOPER and KEVIN SACK, source www.nytimes.com

In the clearest view yet of his plans, the senator called for a series of tax cuts and backed away from a pledge to balance the budget by the end of his first term.

author By MICHAEL COOPER, source www.nytimes.com

In a speech on his economic policies, Senator John McCain called for suspending the federal gas tax and other cuts.

author By MICHAEL COOPER, source www.nytimes.com

In a speech on his economic policies, Senator John McCain called for suspending the federal gas tax and other cuts.

author By MICHAEL COOPER, source www.nytimes.com

In a speech, Senator John McCain called for a long list of tax cuts and a suspension of the federal gas tax.

author By MICHAEL COOPER, source www.nytimes.com

While ordinary citizens cherish the right to shield their personal financial records from public view, presidential candidates are expected to make disclosures.

author By ROBERT H. FRANK, source www.nytimes.com

Democrats and Republicans used trade as a surrogate for an election-year battle over jobs, national security and the sinking economy.

author By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, source www.nytimes.com

A campaign for a trade deal with Colombia has former Clinton administration aides aligned with Republicans.

author By ERIC LIPTON and STEVEN R. WEISMAN, source www.nytimes.com

Mark Penn’s resigning under fire as Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief strategist threatens to put Mrs. Clinton on the defensive over trade.

author By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, source www.nytimes.com

A campaign to promote a trade deal with Colombia has former Clinton aides aligned with Republicans.

author By ERIC LIPTON and STEVEN R. WEISMAN, source www.nytimes.com

Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the the early 1990s.

author By DAVID LEONHARDT and MARJORIE CONNELLY, source www.nytimes.com

Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s.

author By DAVID LEONHARDT and MARJORIE CONNELLY, source www.nytimes.com

Since news of blood ties between presidential candidates and unlikely famous people spread last week, many have rushed to genealogy resources to see if they, too, could have important relations.

author By CATE DOTY, source www.nytimes.com