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Jane Sasseen

Jane Sasseen

Jane Sasseen is Washington bureau chief for BusinessWeek. Previously, she was a national correspondent, responsible for investigative projects, and a senior editor, overseeing the News Analysis & Commentary section. From February, 1997, through December, 1999, she was responsible for BusinessWeek's coverage of corporate strategies. Sasseen joined BusinessWeek in 1985 as a staff editor from Forbes. She left BusinessWeek in 1986 and became a freelance journalist in Paris. In 1989, she joined International Management magazine. Sasseen rejoined BusinessWeek in February, 1995. Sasseen received the 1997 Gerald Loeb Award for financial journalism and the National Women's Political Caucus 1997 Exceptional Merit Media Award. Sasseen is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

Recent Articles by Jane Sasseen

February 24, 2010

Some CEOs Are Selling Their Companies Short

For investors in Switch & Data Facilities (SDXC), a telecom services startup, 2008 was a wild year. From a low of 8.60 in mid-March, shares more than doubled, to 18.17...

January 20, 2010

Taxes: Ready to Rumble

If you thought the fight over health care was tough, wait until the White House tries to raise corporate taxes. The budget deficit, bloated by the costs of President ...

November 24, 2009

The Slow Road to Jobs

Could it take as long as five years for the economy to replace all of the 8 million jobs lost since the Great Recession began? The most bearish economists think so. ...

November 3, 2009

Health-Care Reform's Hidden Taxes

As a candidate and President, Barack Obama has had one core message for the middle class: I won't raise your taxes. The White House has pledged that only the ...

October 26, 2009

Behind Harry Reid's Bid for a Public Option

As the battle to shape the health-care reform bill comes down to the wire, maneuvering in Washington is intensifying enormously. Politicians are strategizing to get ...

October 22, 2009

Who Picks Up the Tab for Health Reform

The odds are shifting in favor of health-care reform legislation making it through Congress this year, to the point where bookies could put money on the ultimate ...

October 21, 2009

Public Option Shows Signs of Life

Not long ago, as attention centered on the Senate Finance Committee's moderate health- care reform bill, pundits dismissed the idea of a publicly run insurance program...

October 13, 2009

Health Care: What Comes Next

So now what? After months of debate, the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) finally passed a version of a bill to overhaul the U.S. ...

October 9, 2009

A New Push for Obama's Consumer Finance Agency

Those weren't olive branches President Barack Obama was tossing at the financial industry at the White House on Oct. 9. In an effort to jump-start his faltering ...

October 7, 2009

Does the U.S. Chamber Speak for Big Business?

There aren't many who would willingly take on Apple (AAPL) icon Steve Jobs—and lecture him on technology. But Thomas J. Donohue, the combative head of the U.S. Chamber...