The number of people who applied for jobless benefits in early August climbed to a six-week high of 220,000, though the level of U.S. layoffs remains near a post 2008 recession low. Most of the […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading at session lows on Wednesday morning as investor anxieties about a recession in the U.S. and elsewhere hurt buying. The Dow was off 772 points, or 2.9%, at […]
The Trump administration announced a delay in planned new tariffs on Chinese goods Tuesday, pushing back imposition of the additional taxes in order to give U.S. businesses more time to stock up for back-to-school and […]
Has anyone checked to see if CNN’s Dana Bash still has a job after accurately reporting on the Trump administration’s new immigration rule? The White House announced Monday that it was instituting an awaited rulethat […]
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, suggesting the labor market remains strong even as the economy is slowing. (snip) The jobless claims report from the Labor Department on […]
In their first four debates, the Democratic presidential candidates did not have much to say about the overall health of the economy — and what little they did have to say was out of step […]
China on Friday threatened retaliation if U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned tariff hikes go ahead, while the renewed acrimony between the two biggest global economies sent stock markets tumbling. China’s government accused Trump of violating […]
(Bloomberg) — U.S. employers kept adding workers at a healthy pace in July and wage gains picked up, underlining a solid labor market ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and President Donald Trump’s […]
“Trade talks are continuing, and during the talks the U.S. will start, on September 1st, putting a small additional Tariff of 10% on the remaining 300 Billion Dollars of goods and products coming from China […]
Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Ben Carson and his staffers were kicked out of a church in Baltimore on Wednesday after he attempted to hold a press conference at the location to defend Donald […]
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