Jobs Numbers Come in Higher Once Again, Supporting Trump’s Policies
The jobs market is cooperating with President Trump, adding more than a million jobs since his election. ...
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Wall Street Facing Headwinds as Boomers Forced to Liquidate Their IRAs, 401Ks
Under the law those reaching age 70 and a half must start taking their “required minimum distributions” (RMDs) from their various tax-deferred accounts....
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Austin Booted Uber and Lyft, Startups Struggle
When politicians interfered with Uber and Lyft and ran them off, they got a playing field at a much lower level, leaving customers...
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Success of Las Vegas SHOT Show a Harbinger for Gun Industry Growth?
The success of the Las Vegas SHOT Show may herald gun industry growth to meet increasing demand for self-protection and the relaxing of...
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OPEC Claims That U.S. Shale Producers Won’t Threaten Its Efforts to Raise Crude Oil Prices
The oil-producing world has made OPEC nearly irrelevant, but the oil minister from Saudi Arabia hasn't noticed. ...
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Trump Meets With Ma: One Million U.S. Jobs Over Five Years?
Trump continues to press for new American jobs, this time with the head of Alibaba, a huge online sales company. ...
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Another Setback for Big Taxi: Uber, Lyft OK’d to Serve Atlanta Airport
The free market, left to its own devices, destroys as it creates. Efforts to repeal this economic law continue to fail. ...
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Trump Says Sprint, OneWeb to Create 8,000 New Jobs in U.S.
Let's give Trump some credit for creating the psychological environment that billionaires need in order to make these kinds of decisions. ...
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Mexico’s Huge Oil Reserves Now Open to Private Exploration
Mexico’s new proven reserves, potentially 125 billion barrels, are now open to private exploration. ...
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Ethanol Mandates Mean Big Profits for Big Oil
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 required oil refiners to add ethanol to their product or buy ethanol credits. Those credits...
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Apple’s Issue With EU Order to Pay $14.5B Tax to Ireland Is About Sovereignty
When the European Commission ruled that Apple must pay $14.5 billion to Ireland in taxes, Apple vowed to fight back because the commission...
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Bill Would Prohibit Federal Reserve Bailouts for States, Cities
A coalition of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress that would prohibit any federal or “funny-money” funding to bail out to state,...
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Is Trump Right About Trade?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made trade a signature issue of his campaign. Are trade agreements such as NAFTA and TPP bad...
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Revolving Credit Lines to Oil Industry Pose New Hazards to Banks
Ten or the largest banks have $147 billion in revolving credit lines to the oil industry that are likely to expand their exposure...
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Will a Market Selloff Turn Into Worldwide Recession?
Predictions of a global recession are now coming more and more from mainstream economists and analysts. ...
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