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Obama, Republicans face new Washington battles

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama returns to a transformed Washington next week, with empowered Republicans bristling for a defining budget fight and the calendar relentlessly pointing to the 2012 election. President Obama will swap the peace of his Hawaii vacation for a stormy new political season, looking more resilient and self-confident…

56 percent of bankers say bonuses ‘not enough’

Men 24 times more likely than women to feel bonuses ‘unfair’ Wall Street’s five biggest banks had a banner year in 2010, racking up their second-highest revenues on record, and to celebrate they put aside some $90 billion for year-end bonuses. But an informal poll suggests that more than half…