Economy
USDA Approves Import of Poultry Processed in China
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) quietly lifted its restriction on processed poultry (such as...
America’s Re-shoring of Jobs Is Accelerating
The latest report from Boston Consulting Group provides encouraging evidence that millions of American jobs off-shored will soon be returning. ...
Read moreUnited States to Become the World’s Primary Energy Producer in Four Years
The direct and indirect impacts of the United States becoming the world's primary energy producer in the next fours years are just coming...
Read moreChinese State-Owned Company Purchases Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the world, based in Smithfield, Virginia, has been purchased by Communist Chinese state-owned enterprise Shuanghui Group. ...
Read moreWarren Buffett’s Railroad Tests Natural Gas to Drive Its Locomotives
The announcement by BNSF Railway that it is testing liquefied natural gas to power its locomotives is one small indication of the huge...
Read moreNewest Jobs Report: There’s Good News, and Then…
Another report on unemployment, another slight uptick. But the numbers don't reflect reality, nor do they portend a stronger economy in the future....
Read moreMonsanto and Walmart Influence Secret TPP Negotiations
Giant corporations participate in the secret TPP negotiations set to continue later this month in Washington, though U.S. congressmen are barred from inclusion....
Read moreJackson Hole Conclave: Central Bankers Plan Global Theft, Massive Pain
Investing legend Jim Rogers: “They’re going to take our bank accounts and retirement accounts.” ...
Read moreJPMorgan Chase Hit With China Bribery Probe
The banking giant with insider connections to the Fed is facing a new scandal, on the heels of its $6.2 billion "London Whale"...
Read moreFederal Court Rules That the Bitcoin Is Money
The federal court ruling that bitcoins are money is just one more step toward full and wide acceptance of the digital currency as...
Read moreDeclines in Trust, Revenues Force Sales and Spinoffs of Newspapers
Back-to-back sales of prominent newspapers this week continues a trend at least a decade old as their readers increasingly get their news from...
Read moreJobs Reports: U.S. Turning Into a Part-time Worker Economy
The gradual conversion of the American economy into one of part-time workers continues apace. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Read moreHome Ownership Rates Continue to Fall; New Plans to Reflate Bubble
In the face of evidence that home ownership rates continue to fall, bureaucrats are trying to soften rules that were written to keep...
Read moreTaxpayers, Economic Outlook to Lose Big on the Auto Bailouts
Despite surges in revenue and a catalog of new vehicles from the U.S. auto industry, taxpayers are still suffering from the auto bailouts....
Read moreWalmart Shrugs: Pulls Plans to Build Stores in Washington, D.C.
If Washington D.C.'s Mayor Vincent Gray doesn't veto a discriminatory minimum-wage law targeted at Walmart, the retailer is likely to shrug, and find...
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