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2014 State of the Union Address: Nine Ideas You'll Hear Tonight and Why They Matter

By , Executive Producer, Money Morning -

SOTU 2014: U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his fifth State of the Union address tonight, which means tomorrow most media outlets will graph and "wordcloud" his most used buzzwords like "jobs," "invest," and "innovate."

Instead of waiting until after the SOTU, we put together the nine phrases you're likely to hear tonight - as well as why President Obama needs to address them.

Here's your outline of State of the Union 2014:

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The Surprising Benefits of Raising the Minimum Wage

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

It's common wisdom that raising the minimum wage is bad for business, and thus bad for the economy. Or is it? Some conservative economists are now arguing that increasing the minimum wage would stimulate the U.S. economy and save the government billions of dollars in addition to improving the lives of low income workers.

It makes more sense than you'd think...