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New York Wants Its Money Back From Amazon As States Turn On Corporate Tax Breaks
Amazon may forfeit part or all of its $3 billion incentive package to build a new headquarters in New York…
Read More »One Nation Under Debt
By Jeff Szymanski, AMAC Yoga classes for bureaucrats. Brown snake eradication program. Congressional pensions. Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. Those are actual lines in…
Read More »The inheritance enigma
By Marina Krakovsky, Knowable Magazine Americans are notoriously bad at saving money for the future, especially compared with their elders,…
Read More »Trump Goes To Bat For Big Coal As TVA Weighs Shutting Down Another Plant
President Donald Trump pleaded with the Tennessee Valley Authority Monday to rethink closing one of its largest coal power plants…
Read More »Amazon May Bail On New York Headquarters After Locals Rage Against It
Amazon is reportedly rethinking its promise to build a headquarters in New York City after receiving pushback from local officials…
Read More »New Data Show Big Oil On Verge Of Fulfilling One Of Trump’s Promises
Domestic oil production in the U.S. is expected to explode over the next decade as other energy producing countries struggle…
Read More »Federal Oil And Gas Lease Sales Break $1 Billion In 2018, Nearly TRIPLE Previous Record
Federal oil and gas lease sales earned roughly $1.1 billion in 2018, nearly tripling the previous record set a decade…
Read More »ROPEC? Saudis Look To Build New Oil Cartel With Russia
Looking to bolster its influence on the international oil market, Saudi Arabia is pushing Russia to enter into a formal…
Read More »Nearly 7 In 10 Retirees Say They Live As Well Or Better In Retirement Than During Their Working Years
More than two-thirds of retirees say they live as well or better in retirement as they did when they were…
Read More »Half of Millennials Have Had Their Go-To Credit Card Longer Than Their Most Recent Romantic Relationship
Half of millennial credit cardholders say that their primary card has lasted them longer than their most recent romantic relationship,…
Read More »Justice Department Warns Taxpayers to Avoid Unscrupulous Tax Return Preparers
As tax filing season begins, the Department of Justice warns taxpayers to beware of unscrupulous tax return preparers. The Department…
Read More »Gov Cuomo Blames Trump As Citizens Flee New York For Low Tax Red States
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other public officials from blue states are blaming President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul for…
Read More »January Jobs Report Smashes Expectations Despite Government Shutdown
The Department of Labor released the January jobs report showing 304,000 jobs were created in the month of January despite…
Read More »Average New-Car Prices Up More Than 4 Percent Year-Over-Year
Analysts at Kelley Blue Book reported Friday that the estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle in the United States was $37,149 in January…
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