The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday that it had conducted a surprise inspection of e-cigarette maker Juul’s headquarters and collected more than a thousand pages of documents amid its crackdown on e-cigarettes. “As part of FDA’s ongoing efforts to prevent youth use of tobacco products, particularly e-cigarettes, last week the agency conducted an […]
Finance
Latest News
The Real Reason Why Amazon Is Hiking Minimum Wages…
Amazon hiking its minimum wage to $15 per hour – a “feel good” story that was praised by everybody and that even brought enemies like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders together – appears to be nothing more than another self-serving ploy by the world’s largest online retailer to not only bolster its staff for the […]
Related
Steelworkers Union: USMCA Labor Protections Much Stronger than NAFTA or TPP…
The new United States Mexico Canada Agreement, which will replace the North America Free Trade Agreement, is an improvement on its predecessor and on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the failed attempt at a multilateral trade agreement rejected by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. “In the area of workers’ rights, the draft text we […]
Sanders Introduces Bill to Break Up Big Banks…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would break up some of the largest U.S. banks, a long-standing goal of financial sector skeptics. The bill would force the federal government to dismantle any bank with total exposure greater than 3 percent of U.S. GDP, which is roughly equal to $584 billion. Banks above […]
ADP September Payrolls Grew by 230,000 in September…
Hold on to your MAGA caps there’s a winner wonderland ahead. According to the latest ADP private payroll release today, private sector payrolls grew by a stunning 230,000 jobs in September. [They were anticipating 185k] Massive jobs gains amid small, medium and large sized companies (report here). This comes on the heels of the latest […]
U.S. Wage Growth Hits 17-Month High…
National wage growth is at the highest it’s been in nearly 17 months — and, according to a new study released by Glassdoor, it’s not expected to slow down anytime soon. “We expect wages to continue to rise as demand remains for workers throughout a number of industries,” Glassdoor economist Daniel Zhao said in a […]
“We Listened to Our Critics” – Amazon Hikes U.S. Minimum Wage to $15/Hour…
If Bernie Sanders was trying to get under Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ skin, it appears he has succeeded. With Sanders’ “Stop BEZOS” act threatening to tax companies like Amazon to compensate for the government benefits that their employees collect, the company has instead opted to raise wages for more than 100,000 employees, the Wall Street […]
MASSIVE WIN – NAFTA Loophole Closed – Canada and Mexico Agree to U.S. Approval Authority of *ANY* Future Trade Agreements with Third Parties…
The U.S. now has veto authority over any trade deal made by Canada and/or Mexico with third parties. This is what Ambassador Lighthizer described as the “Third pillar”. Last year, despite the inevitability of it, we didn’t think Canada and Mexico would agree to it. The NAFTA loophole was/is a zero-sum issue: Either Can/Mex agree […]
Vulture Funds Stand to Make Millions in Wake of Hurricane Maria…
Vulture funds scooped up hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Puerto Rican debt after Hurricane Maria hit — underwritten by Wall Street and purchased at a massive discount, according to new numbers compiled by the nonprofit LittleSis and provided to The Intercept. Now it’s time for the payoff. A deal agreed to last week […]
80 Years Later, End of the Road for Volkswagen’s Iconoic Beetle…
German automaker Volkswagen (VW) announced it will stop making its iconic Beetle car which first rolled off the production lines in 1938. The carmaker says it will focus on more popular areas such as SUVs and electric vehicles. The company’s American unit said it would halt production at its plant in Mexico after making two […]
Amazon’s Aggressive Anti-Union Tactics Revealed in Leaked 45-Minute Video…
Amazon, the country’s second-largest employer, has so far remained immune to any attempts by U.S. workers to form a union. With rumblings of employee organization at Whole Foods—which Amazon bought for $13.7 billion last year—a 45-minute union-busting training video produced by the company was sent to Team Leaders of the grocery chain last week, according […]
Meet the Whistleblower Who Exposed a Record-Breaking $200B Money Laundering Scheme…
Exactly one week after a Danish law firm published a 70+ page report claiming that roughly 200 billion euros ($235 billion) – nearly all of the money flowing through Danske Bank’s Estonia branch – qualified as suspect, a Danish newspaper has finally revealed the name of the whistleblower who set in motion one of the […]
Musk Settles with the SEC: Will Resign as Tesla Chairman for 3 Years, Pay $20MM Fine, Stay as CEO…
Just one day after the SEC sued Elon Musk for securities fraud, in a move that shocked many who were skeptical the US regulator would do anything more than slap a few wrists – an action which it took only after it emerged that Musk had turned down a settlement offer from the SEC in […]
Related
Joint U.S-Canada Statement on Trade Agreement – USMCA…
“Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses a high-standard trade agreement that will result in freer markets, fairer trade and robust economic growth in our region. It […]
Related
The Fed Hikes Rates For The 8th Time, Ends “Accommodative” Era…
The Fed’s eight rate-hike since 2015 was perhaps the most anticipated yet, and Jay Powell did not let investors down, delivering the 25bps hike everyone expected. And so it was – but all eyes were on the dot plots and the language changes in the statement. As Bloomberg noted, Fed policy makers face two important […]
Central Planning Failed in the USSR, But Central Banks Have Revived It…
The Federal Reserve’s changing of the guard — the end of Janet Yellen’s tenure and the beginning of the Jerome Powell era — has me remembering what it was like to grow up in the former Soviet Union. Back then, our local grocery store had two types of sugar: The cheap one was priced at […]
Tesla Snared in Justice Department Criminal Probe…
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s tweet indicating he would take the company private after the stock price reached a certain level, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. Federal authorities in the Northern District of California are looking at a tweet by Musk in […]
China Retaliates After US Imposes New $200 Billion Tariffs…
The latest US salvo against China has escalated the threat of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. China has responded by announcing countermeasures affecting up to $60 billion worth of US exports. The United States has announced fresh tariffs on $200 billion (€171 billion) worth of Chinese goods, spooking markets worried about […]
President Trump and USTR Lighthizer Announce Round #2 Tariffs on $200 Billion of Chinese Imports – Full List Pdf…
President Trump has instructed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to execute Round Two of tariffs on Chinese imports. The first round applied to $50 billion in products. The current round applies a 10% tariff to $200 billion (effective Sept. 24, 2018), until January 1st, 2019, when the tariff increases to 25%. The list of products […]
Related
STUDY: Legal Marijuana Access Disrupts the Illicit Market…
Another study has found that people really prefer to buy their marijuana from legal sources, even if it is somewhat more expensive than illicit alternatives. A behavioral economics analysis published in the journal Addiction offers more evidence that legalizing and regulating cannabis sales can “disrupt and potentially reduce illegal purchases.” The idea that people would […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- …
- 148
- Next Page »