February Jobs Numbers Explode, Blowing Past Economists’ Expectations
The ADP/Moody’s jobs report released on Wednesday showed job growth 50-percent ahead of Wall Street’s expectations: 298,000 jobs were created in February versus...
Economy
AT&T Agrees to “Re-source” Jobs Back to United States
The union representing AT&T workers in five southern states has reached a tentative agreement...
Americans Eating Out Less Thanks to Higher Prices
A Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Tuesday revealed that one-third of U.S. adults are eating...
Jobs Report: Across-the-board Growth, Except for Government
The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for January showed a job growth of...
Success of Las Vegas SHOT Show a Harbinger for Gun Industry Growth?
The success of the Las Vegas SHOT Show may herald gun industry growth to...
OPEC Claims That U.S. Shale Producers Won’t Threaten Its Efforts to Raise Crude Oil Prices
The oil-producing world has made OPEC nearly irrelevant, but the oil minister from Saudi...
Fiat Chrysler Announces $1 Billion Investment in U.S., Creating 2,000 Jobs
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced on Sunday that it was investing $1 billion in expanding...
Trump Meets With Ma: One Million U.S. Jobs Over Five Years?
Trump continues to press for new American jobs, this time with the head of...
Another Setback for Big Taxi: Uber, Lyft OK’d to Serve Atlanta Airport
The free market, left to its own devices, destroys as it creates. Efforts to...
Trump Says Sprint, OneWeb to Create 8,000 New Jobs in U.S.
Let's give Trump some credit for creating the psychological environment that billionaires need in...
Boomers Are Retiring, Draining Pension Plans
As Baby Boomers retire, pension promises won't be kept. What happens then? Athens? London's...
Mexico’s Huge Oil Reserves Now Open to Private Exploration
Mexico’s new proven reserves, potentially 125 billion barrels, are now open to private exploration....
Latest Jobs Report Masks Continuing Weakness
Today's headlines about the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report are deceiving: The economy...
Chinese Communist Wants to Own Hollywood Studio
Lenin saw the cinema as critical to Communist take-over. Now, his Chinese comrades are...
Ethanol Mandates Mean Big Profits for Big Oil
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 required oil refiners to add ethanol...
Behind the Jobs Report: Weakness in Manufacturing, Transportation
Heading into the Christmas shopping season, manufacturing and transportation numbers should be much better...
Elites Fear Backlash Against Globalization
The elites at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meeting this week in Washington, D.C.,...
Hanjin Bankruptcy: a Harbinger for the Global Economy?
Last week, following years of losses as the global economy has slowed, South Korean...
Apple’s Issue With EU Order to Pay $14.5B Tax to Ireland Is About Sovereignty
When the European Commission ruled that Apple must pay $14.5 billion to Ireland in...
U.S. Oil Shale Producers Putting OPEC Into Financial Bind
OPEC was producing crude oil at top rates to force the U.S. oil shale...