U.S. Stock Markets Drop Sharply Amid China Worries
According to Dow Jones, the first week of 2016 was the worst five-day start for the Dow on record. Over the course of...
Economy
OPEC Ignores Crude Oil Glut, Vows to Continue Pumping Flat Out
OPEC's implosion continues apace, with even more recent bad market decisions, proving that cartels never last. ...
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Taxpayers Subsidizing Peanut Glut to the Tune of $2 Billion
Because of the existence of federal subsidies, farmers are overproducing peanuts, putting taxpayers on the hook for $2 billion. ...
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More Signs the Economy Is Slowing
Signs that the economy is slowing are not aberrations due to bad weather or attitudes, but harbingers of the next recession. ...
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China Bids for Sheraton/Westin Hotels; TPP Will Help Beijing Buyouts
Globalists insist buyouts of U.S. companies by communist China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are a good thing. ObamaTrade/TPP praises SOEs, will speed Chinese takeovers....
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Walmart’s Stock’s Selloff Hinges on Perceived Economic Gloom
Walmart's stock selloff has nothing to do with a perceived declining U.S. economy, but everything to do with serving customers. ...
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Want a Raise? Work for the Government
According to the latest study from the Cato Institute, the best way to make the most money is to work for the government....
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United States, 11 Partners Approve the Still-secret TPP Pact
Americans who study the subject realize that the redrawing of national boundaries and domestic legal processes completed in secret this week by the...
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Uber, Lyft Continue to Upend Taxi Cartel and Its Lenders
One could say that ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft are restoring normalcy to an abnormal market. ...
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Will Glencore’s Financial Troubles Trigger an International Collapse?
Investors in the stock of Glencore, the giant commodities mining and trading company, lost almost a third of their portfolios’ value on Monday. ...
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Big Win for Uber: Judge Rules E-hails Are Legal
In a major setback to the taxi cartel, Queens Supreme Court Justice Allan Weiss ruled that e-hails in New York City differ enough...
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Communist China Battles Stock Market Plunge With Tyranny, Terror
In the face of the dramatic collapse of its stock market in recent months, the communist dictatorship ruling mainland China responded as it...
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Study: Businesses, Taxpayers Fleeing High-tax States
When allowed the freedom to choose, people and businesses choose to live where they're able to keep more of their money. ...
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Sovereignty, Other Concerns Slow TPP Negotiations
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, a key part of Barack Obama’s efforts to use "trade" agreements (treaties) to transfer econmic and political power to...
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Big Tobacco Eyes Easing Restrictions Via TTIP
Tobacco lobbyists are reportedly negotiating with trade representatives from the EU and the United States for less restrictive regulations in the Transatlantic Trade...
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