Economy
Trump “Slump” in Gun Sales Is Only Temporary
The high sales volume that the gun industry saw under President Obama is declining, but the "new normal" will be at a much...
Friday’s Jobs Report Confirms Wednesday’s Blowout Numbers
Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report removes any doubt that Wednesday's robust jobs report was an aberration. By Bob Adelmann ...
Read moreSamsung to Expand in United States, Bringing Back 500 Jobs From Mexico
The South Korean behemoth maker of consumer electronics, semi-conductors, ships, and telecommunications equipment was reported by the Wall Street Journal to be investing...
Read moreFebruary 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...
Read moreAT&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 with AT&T Southwest that includes a promise to hire...
Read moreAmericans Eating Out Less Thanks to Higher Prices
A Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Tuesday revealed that one-third of U.S. adults are eating out less frequently than they were just three months...
Read moreJobs Report: Across-the-board Growth, Except for Government
The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for January showed a job growth of 227,000 new jobs. On the flip side, government employment...
Read moreSuccess 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 meet increasing demand for self-protection and the relaxing of...
Read moreOPEC 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 Arabia hasn't noticed. ...
Read moreFiat 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 its plants in Warren, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio — a...
Read moreTrump 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 Alibaba, a huge online sales company. ...
Read moreAnother 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 repeal this economic law continue to fail. ...
Read moreTrump 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 order to make these kinds of decisions. ...
Read moreBoomers Are Retiring, Draining Pension Plans
As Baby Boomers retire, pension promises won't be kept. What happens then? Athens? London's "Winter of Discontent?" ...
Read moreMexico’s Huge Oil Reserves Now Open to Private Exploration
Mexico’s new proven reserves, potentially 125 billion barrels, are now open to private exploration. ...
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