Trump Takes Credit for Banner Jobs Report
Within 15 minutes of Friday morning’s release of the July jobs numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), President Trump tweeted: “Excellent...
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Texas Grows 3.9 Percent in First Quarter. California? 0.1 Percent
Purely and simply: economic growth comes from political freedom. ...
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Goldilocks Stock Market Making Forecasters Nervous
There's one indicator that investors are missing when it comes to assessing the strength of the economy as it pertains to the stock...
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Jobs Market Getting Tighter, Says ADP
Jobs reports are becoming less and less relevant to measuring an economy's performance. ...
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Blockbuster Study: Seattle’s Minimum-wage Increases Cost Low-wage Workers $125 a Month
There are only two conclusions that might be drawn by a study that acknowledges the predicted economic pain inflicted on the poor by...
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Trump, Mexico Settle Sugar Dispute Just in Time for NAFTA Renegotiations
The new sugar agreement between Mexico and the United States is a sweet deal for Big Sugar, not so much for Americans wanting...
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Hartford, Connecticut’s Troubles Mounting; Looking to Invoke Bankruptcy
Hartford is the latest example of a fiscal death spiral. July 1 is the day when it runs out of both airspeed and...
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Aetna Next to Leave Connecticut for Better Business Climate
Aetna isn't just leaving Connecticut — it is escaping. ...
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May’s Jobs Report Stronger Than It Appears
Though May's job report doesn't look very good on the surface, a look behind the numbers shows positive developments. ...
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Trump Didn’t Cause Stock Market Decline
According to nearly every major news outlet, Wednesday’s 372-point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average was Trump’s fault. ...
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Ruling for Big Taxi in Europe Could Spell End for Uber, Lyft, Airbnb
In the same battle between the free market and the regulators that has been going on for centuries, the European Court of Justice...
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Stock Market’s Complacency Index Highest in 24 Years
Complacency among investors is high and getting higher. Is this a signal for higher stock prices? Or not? ...
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Labor Department’s April Jobs Report Strong and Getting Stronger
The report reflects far more than just temporal ebullience over potential strategies promised by the president to get the economy growing again. ...
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On NAFTA, Trump’s True Intentions Remain Unclear
The “Trans-Pacific Partnership” (TPP) fell almost immediately. But now, everybody is wondering what will happen next on one of the most disastrous “free-trade”...
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Supreme Court’s Non-decision Expands Passenger Ridesharing Freedom
Unless Big Taxi can wriggle out from under the rules that once protected them from competition, it wll soon be called Little Taxi....
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