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The Black Room: Your Next Job Or Promotion Could Depend On Your Credit

Roland Martin talks with  Frank Keating, President and CEO of American Bankers Association and former governor of Oklahoma about employers basing their hiring decisions on your credit report.

Health Care Survey Shows Employers May Cut Plans After 2014 (VIDEO)

Source: Alan Farnham / ABC News Employees can kiss goodbye employer-provided health coverage, at least as it exists today. That's the message of a survey of 1,300 employers just released by McKinsey & Co. Overall, 30 percent of employers said that after 2014, when most of the provisions of the Obama administration's health reforms kick in, they would definitely or probably stop offering company-sponsored health coverage. The findings dramatically differ from those of previous surveys and analysis. The Congressional Budget [...]

LeBron James Says Game 5 My 'Biggest Game Of My Life'

Source: Brian Windhorst / ESPN Dallas – After spending a sleepless night reading columns about his struggles in Game 4, LeBron James is fully aware of the gravity of Thursday night's Game 5 of the NBA Finals. It's the biggest game of his life to this point. "I understand what is at stake," James said Thursday morning. "This is a big game, probably the biggest game of my life. I'm approaching it that way. Not probably, it is." James scored [...]

Weiner's Lies, Not Tweets, Did Him In

If anyone can qualify for the phrase "stuck on stupid," it's Rep. Anthony Weiner. This story was a benign and silly one for me from the beginning. OK, the New York congressman said his Twitter account had been hacked, that he really wasn't the one who sent that picture to the woman in Seattle. It has happened before. But what was crazy was listening to him give a different explanation over and over. I was bugged with that, and it [...]

Hillary Clinton May Quit State Dept. For World Bank

Source: Lesley Wroughton / MSNBC Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about leaving her job next year to become head of the World Bank, sources familiar with the discussions said on Thursday. The former first lady and onetime political rival to President Barack Obama quickly became one of the most influential members of his cabinet after she began her tenure at State in early 2009. She has said publicly she did [...]

Jon Stewart Press Conference (VIDEO)

The Daily Show – Jon Stewart Press ConferenceTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon takes full responsibility for not covering the Anthony Weiner press conference.

Unemployment Claims Stuck Above 400,000

Source: Blake Ellis / CNN Money New York – The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose again and stayed above the 400,000 mark for the ninth consecutive week. While a level below 400,000 is typically associated with payroll growth, claims have now topped this mark for the last nine weeks. There were 427,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended June 4, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was up 1,000 from the week before, and [...]

Citigroup Data Breach: Hackers Gain Access To Citi Account Online

Source: The Huffington Post Bangalore – Citigroup Inc confirmed a computer breach at Citi Account Online, giving hackers access to the data of hundreds of thousands of bank card customers. The bank recently discovered unauthorized access at Citi Account Online through routine monitoring, a spokesperson told Reuters in an email. The bank said about 1 percent of its card customers were affected by the breach. The name of the customers, account numbers and contact information including email addresses of the [...]

OPEC Deadlocked On Oil Production Hike; Oil Prices Spike

Source: Steve Hargreaves / CNN Money New York – Oil prices breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday after OPEC said it could not reach an agreement about raising crude production. U.S. crude jumped $1.70, or 1.7%, to $100.81 a barrel. Oil prices were trading down about $1 just before the OPEC announcement. The price of brent crude – the European benchmark – rose 1.2% to $118.20 a barrel. OPEC's quarterly meeting was widely watched by analysts. The cartel had been under intense pressure [...]

Winnie Mandela On Biopic Starring Jennifer Hudson: I Wasn't Consulted (VIDEO)

Source: CNN Winnie Madikizela-Mandela still isn't supporting a film about her life starring Jennifer Hudson, but she tells CNN that it has nothing to do with the Oscar winning actress. "I have absolutely nothing against Jennifer, but I have everything against the movie itself," she told CNN's Nadia Bilchik. The film, titled "Winnie," has sparked controversy not only because an American was cast in the role rather than a South African actor, but also because Mandela sought to impede the film's production. [...]