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Trade wars and tariffs... imports and exports... NAFTA, WTO, TPP...There's no doubt the Donald Trump presidency has turned international... Read More
Since his election, President Trump has had a big influence on Wall Street. Stocks are up 25 percent, but it has not always been a smooth... Read More
It's about curtailing inequality and saving democracy. Read More
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The current troubles in the U.K. can be traced back to a fateful decision of King George III and the British Parliament in 1765 with the... Read More
2017 was the costliest year on record solely for weather-related economic losses, which totaled more than $344 billion. Read More
The synchronous opening of a physical flagship in Manhattan and a digital flagship in China speaks volumes about both the direction of... Read More
The effect of the protectionist policy has so far been quite different from what President Trump first promised and still keeps pretending. Read More
Job growth is shifting from media-favored superstar cities to more sprawling metro regions and the suburban periphery. Read More
Domestic passions and pressures seem to be drowning out the World Economic Forum's internationalist concerns. Read More
The world today needs a new framework for global cooperation in order to preserve peace and accelerate progress. After the cataclysm of World... Read More
Index investing - buying tracker funds - has revolutionised equity investing. But it's not without its problems. John Stepek looks at how... Read More
Today pharma distribution companies are being unfairly blamed for the opioid epidemic. Read More
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In case you missed our Week In Review, let us reiterate our concern about a potential major debacle in the U.S.-China trade negotiations. It... Read More
Following his recent death, Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle was widely and generously eulogized – and justifiably so. But if everyone... Read More
A new model suggests that from early 2017 through much of 2018, the U.S. stock market was a bubble. Our advice, consistent with our portfolio... Read More
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U.S. stocks historically have fared well after government shutdowns, and we believe this shutdown will have limited long-term impacts on... Read More
As the government shutdown persists, Commonwealth CIO Brad McMillan says the short-term economic effects continue to pile up. Read More
After a near-bear market decline into Christmas last year, U.S. stocks have staged a remarkable record-breaking breadth rally … more... Read More
Our Steel Industry is the talk of the World, President Trump tweeted in September. It has been given new life, and is thriving.Yet nearly a... Read More
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Trade wars and tariffs... imports and exports... NAFTA, WTO, TPP...There's no doubt the Donald Trump presidency has turned international... Read More
The year began with repeated public assurances from Fed officials that they would remain sensitive to changes in the economy. And the... Read More
Let's be clear that trade isn't war. It's the opposite. War successfully conducted is about individuals killing other individuals, while... Read More
In order to make high taxes work, the government needs to plug loopholes that let high earners worm their way around them. Read More
Does the government have the power to suppress a film if it criticizes a candidate running for office? Read More
Jill Abramson on her lessons in journalism — and management — from editing the New York Times during the great digital disruption. Read More
While serving in elected office, in positions from the Clerk of Jefferson Davis County Mississippi, to United States Congressman, I always... Read More
Forbes Travel Guide reveals the shiny new properties that you have to visit this year. Read More
Why? Because he's offering to do something the courts will say he has to do anyway. Read More
On Saturday President Trump shrewdly flipped the table on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the government shutdown standoff. Read More
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The chairman of President Trump's Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett, recently proclaimed that there are a heck of a lot of U.S.... Read More
The Rams are headed to Super Bowl LIII after a thrilling overtime victory in eliminating the Saints in the NFC Championship Game, 23-20. Los... Read More
So many, many A.I. startups have been funded. Read More
Minimum Wage: As part of their never-ending effort to "help" struggling workers, Democrats want to raise the minimum wage from the current... Read More
The world economy will be more sluggish this year, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday, citing trade disputes that have seen China... Read More
Want to learn how to save money — more money! — for retirement? Need more money for your child's education? Here are four tips for how to spend less money, so you can flip the cutback into saving for another goal. Each tip can slice your spending by at least $1,000 a year. Read More
Employees of Apple “should be humiliated and ashamed†because of the iPhone company’s “clearly sleazy†decision to minimize its corporate taxes, New York Times columnist David Brooks claims.“The Apple corporation exists because of American institutions,†Brooks writes, complaining that “Apple parked its intellectual property in an Irish subsidiary so it could avoid paying taxes in Read More
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