Markets - The New American

FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality Rules on Thursday

The mindset that anything left unregulated is a sin from which we must be saved drives the latest effort from the FCC. ...

Bob Adelmann February 24, 2015

China Stock Market Off Sharply After Regulatory Crackdown

Bob Adelmann January 19, 2015

That popping sound in Shanghai isn't champagne; it's economic bubbles in securities, real estate, art, and more. ...

U.S. Businesses Failing Faster Than They’re Created

Michael Tennant January 15, 2015

U.S.businesses are failing at a faster rate than new ones are being created, suggesting that genuine economic recovery may still be far off....

Auto Loan Bubble a Replay of Housing Mortgage Bubble?

Bob Adelmann January 12, 2015

With the number of subprime auto loans increasingly dramatically and defaults increasing apace, will the country's gains in GDP take a tumble when...

Mercedes-Benz Latest to Leave New Jersey Owing to High Taxes

Bob Adelmann January 8, 2015

Taxes matter, and when escape is possible from high-tax areas such as New Jersey, escapes occur. ...

Gas Prices: How Much Lower and Longer?

Bob Adelmann December 5, 2014

Lower gas prices are providing a welcome if temporary relief to beleaguered taxpayers, and we tell why prices have gone down. ...

Gun Sales Triple on Black Friday

Bob Adelmann November 30, 2014

Black Friday ought to be renamed Freedom Friday, considering the dramatic increase in gun sales. ...

Taxi Union Flexes Its Muscle, Shuts Down San Francisco International Airport

Bob Adelmann November 20, 2014

Using outdated tactics to gain clout, the taxi union's shutdown of San Francisco International Airport on Monday night merely hastens the day of...

Obama’s “Net Neutrality” Rules: Threat to Free Speech

Thomas R. Eddlem November 13, 2014

President Obama's November 10 announcement that he would seek the “strongest possible rules” through the Federal Communications Commission to enforce "net neutrality" will...

U.S. Tax Code Puts America 32nd Out of 34 Countries

Bob Adelmann September 15, 2014

Just as Washington is revving up to impose limits on "tax inversions" on corporations seeking tax havens in other countries, along comes this...

Market Basket Employees Return to Work; Unions Surprised

Bob Adelmann August 28, 2014

The employees' strike and customer boycott against the Market Basket supermarket chain was ended with the reinstatement of CEO Arthur T. Demoulas after...