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Get news bulletins by email>> Dow up 90 points as U.S. stocks post gains in return from Memorial Day weekend HONG KONG - China appeared to move ahead with stimulus policies on Tuesday, as the State Council approved a broadening of a tax-reform trial, while the regulator of government-related spending projects speeded up the pace of new approvals.

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign grassroots event at the Iowa state fairgrounds, in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, May 24, 2012.

On Tuesday, Rex Nutting ofA MarketWatch ,A who per hisA Linkedin profile A is the site's Washington bureau chief, publishedA a column A titled "Obama spending binge never happened." This column will show that it did, but that clever accounting has largely concealed its existence.

U.S. stock futures rose on Tuesday ahead of housing and consumer-confidence data, as investors continued to keep an eye on developments in debt-laden Greece and Spain.

What are the expectations for this week's big jobs report? John Wordock gets insights from CareerBuilder's Jennifer Grasz and MarketWatch D.C. bureau chief Steve Goldstein.

Fox's Chris Wallace Asks Cardinal About MRC's Finding of a Near-Blackout of Evening News on Catholic Lawsuits NewsBusters reported Friday that the Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gave a MarketWatch piece claiming President Obama's "spending binge never happened" three pinocchios for its utter falsehoods.

Larry Kramer's track record with digital and advertising strategies led Gannett to appoint him to his position at USA Today.

Ultimately, will journalism be hurt by the recent decision by the Times Picayune and other media to go primarily digital? SHREVEPORT, LA, May 28, 2012 -- A new technology based advertising medium is now in pre-launch phase in Shreveport and other U.S. cities.

There are those who tell the truth. There are those who distort the truth. And then there's Mitt Romney.

Corsair Components Inc., which makes gaming products, and Tria Beauty Inc., which advertises laser-hair removal on infomercials, both decided not to go public on their previous time horizon.

The Obama administration's latest proof that they are fiscally responsible is Rex Nutting's piece at CBS Marketwatch .

The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars.

"We are hostage again to what goes on in Europe," Pension Partners LLC Chief Investment Strategist Michael Gayed said.

Investor Carl Icahn has acquired a 7.56 percent stake in the beleaguered natural gas company, Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Very Annoyed Matthews Rips 'Horse's Ass Right-Wingers' Who Cite 'Thrill Up My Leg,' Calls C-SPAN Host a 'Jackass' CNN failed to correct bogus numbers claiming that the growth rate of spending under President Obama is the lowest since Eisenhower.

Investors are taking a "wait and see" approach going into the long holiday weekend, says Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates.

It was quite a stretch for the markets, and Facebook's monumentally botched IPO owned the headlines for much of the period, overshadowing a strong tech rally that saw the Nasdaq Composite In an effort likely to appease regulators and help retain capital, J.P. Morgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon this week said the firm was suspending share buyback ... (more)

It's been going around Facebook and the Twitters. It's been rated "mostly true" by Politifact.

As Marketwatch reports , on an internal conference call with brokers, Morgan Stanley U.S. brokerage wealth management chief Andy Saperstein ordered brokers to expedite addressing unresolved trades.

Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years." This column by Rex Nutting of MarketWatch was seized on by President Barack Obama and criticized by many of Obama's critics.