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Federal Reserve Bullish While World Awaits Its Next Move
BOCA RATON, Fla., June 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Despite holding interest rates unchanged in their May meeting, the Federal Open Market…
Read More »Sometimes Saving Money Is Rocket Science
It’s ironic Elon Musk, one of America’s premier subsidy farmers, is also a perfect example of the difference between the…
Read More »Is Organic Food Worth the Cost?
Are organic foods really healthier than non-organic foods? Are they better for animals? Are they better for the environment. Bjorn…
Read More »Does the Minimum Wage Prevent Poverty?
Does the minimum wage help Americans who are in financial straits? No. In fact, it makes their lives worse. Learn…
Read More »Financial Freedom & Unlimited Travel with a Second Passport
Are you restricted in your personal or capital movements? Then it’s time for you to consider a CBI program to…
Read More »What would mother think?
Baby boomers, whose parents looked askance at ‘moving in together,’ are doing just that in their old age, according to…
Read More »Apple, plagued by bad news, jumps on the Trump train
Apple is pledging to dump one billion dollars to create an “advanced manufacturing fund” just after being threatened with import…
Read More »Job Growth Accelerates in April
Job growth accelerated in April, reversing Marches downward move, according to a report from the Department of Labor released Friday.…
Read More »Tech firms to hire 10,000 Americans after Trump orders review of H1-B Visas
Indian technology firm Infosys Ltd said Tuesday that it will hire 10,000 American tech workers over the next two years,…
Read More »Mexico and Canada agree to renegotiate NAFTA after Trump threatens to pull out
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that both Mexico and Canada have agreed to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement…
Read More »U.S. slaps new tariff on Canadian lumber imports
The U.S. Department of Commerce imposed tariffs on Canadian softwood imports after trade talks on U.S. milk exports fell through.…
Read More »How Regulations Hurt Small Businesses
What do McDonald’s, 7-Eleven, and Subway have in common? They’re all franchisors that license franchises to small business people, who…
Read More »Trump administration denies ExxonMobil permission to drill for oil in Russia
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement Friday that the administration has denied ExxonMobil’s request to bypass sanctions and…
Read More »Trump Stands up to Unfair Steel Trade Practices
President Trump signed an executive memorandum Thursday prioritizing an investigation into unfair trade practices in steel importation. “As imports of…
Read More »North Korea’s bluster may save struggling U.S. coal industry
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un may have inadvertently revitalized America’s coal industry by continuing to develop and test nuclear weapons…
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