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Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Diana Britton	Obama: A Truman Redux? Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist for S&P Capital IQ, says the S&P has traditionally advanced 1.2 percent in the November following an incumbent's re-election, 2.7 percent in December and 3.7 percent in the November through December period.
National Defense January 2013 McGrath et al.	Tough Penalties for Failing to Comply With Immigration Rules Since 2009, the E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule requires most U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to verify the employment eligibility of employees assigned to federal contracts, and all newly hired employees.
On Wall Street December 1, 2012 Mason Braswell	Millionaires Clamor for Safety as New Year Approaches With the threat of the fiscal cliff and other uncertainties, wealthy investors are speeding up recognition of gains and taking other defensive measures.
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Lynn Claudy	TV's Future: The Broadcast Empire Strikes Back New digital technologies could put over-the-air TV back in vogue in the United States and around the world.
HBS Working Knowledge November 26, 2012 Dina Gerdeman	New Winners and Losers in Internet Economy Although much of the United States still struggles to recover from the 2008 economic crisis, the online world defies that bleak economic picture -- the Internet continues to put a growing number of Americans to work.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Gorsen et al.	OTC Crunch Time in California Over-the-counter products face a new wave of regulation.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler	Budgets, Biosimilars, and Bad Ads While the nation was embroiled in the presidential elections, a number of important legal and regulatory issues absorbed pharmaceutical executives.
Chemistry World November 15, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Obama re-election worries chemical industry Groups such as the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates and the National Association of Chemical Distributors are worried that the president's second term will feature more forceful environmental regulation.
National Defense December 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Piracy: A Threat to Maritime Security and the Global Economy One of the least understood global security threats is the ongoing struggle to contain piracy off Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Drawdown: It's Been All Talk, Now It's Time to Walk U.S. military spending peaked in 2010 at $668 billion. It has dropped slightly since then, as the military started withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But real austerity has yet to come.
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