Politics


Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Close Mostly Lower On Jitters Over Trade-deal Delay, Weak Chinese Data

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U.S. stocks close mostly lower Thursday as investors digested headlines suggesting progress toward a U.S.-China trade de... Read more

Germany Could Take The Notion Of European Banking Union To Market

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Merkel’s prospective successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer suggests in op-ed that Europe move toward the creation of a ... Read more

Bond Report: 10-year Treasury Yield Struggles To Lift Off From 2.60% As Brexit Uncertainty Lingers

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Treasury yields mostly held their ground Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a vote to delay the U.K.’s exit from t... Read more

Currencies: British Pound Hit By Volatility As Mays Key Brexit Gets Rejected A Second Time

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Tuesday’s session is dominated by the British pound and news flow surrounding Brexit ahead of a key votes on how the U... Read more

Is Universal Basic Income The Solution To Technological Unemployment?

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The rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) has, and will continue to, cast a long shadow over the future o... Read more

Fed Chair Powell: 'The Law Is Clear,' Trump Can't Fire Me

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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell tells "60 Minutes" that President Trump cannot remove him from office. Read more

Northern Ireland Is Taking A Business As Usual Approach As Brexit Looms

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As the March 29 deadline for Brexit approaches with no sign the U.K. government is close to a final deal, one region is ... Read more

Larry Kudlow Says The Weak Jobs Report Is 'very Fluky,' And He Wouldn't Pay Attention To It

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Kudlow's comments came after the Labor Department's employment report showed U.S. job growth came to a near halt in Febr... Read more

Ex-Obama Advisor Larry Summers Rips 'dangerous' Economics Backed By Ocasio-Cortez And Other Dems

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Advocating the government print money without worrying about the bills is a dangerous approach being pushed by far-left ... Read more

Trump Scraps India's Preferential Trade Treatment, While Delhi Downplays The Impact

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President Donald Trump said Monday he intends to end India's preferential trade treatment under a program that allows $5... Read more

Bond Report: Treasurys Rally As U.S. Stocks Turn Negative, Spurring Bid For Havens

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Treasury prices rise Monday, pushing yields lower, after investors pour into the perceived safety of government paper, a... Read more

Chris Christie Says He Turned Down 7 Jobs From Trump: 'I'm Not Desperate For A Title'

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The Republican former governor of New Jersey says he wants to help the president, but he's content to do it from afar. Read more

France's Tax On Tech Giants Like Google And Amazon Could Bring In $570 Million Per Year

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A three percent tax on the French revenue of large internet companies could yield $568.3 million per year, France's fina... Read more

Huawei CFO Suing Canada Over December Arrest

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The lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou are suing the Canadian government, its border agency and fed... Read more

Goldman Sachs Takes A Look At What A US-China Trade Deal Might Look Like

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The process of reaching a U.S.-China trade deal could take place in three phases, said investment bank Goldman Sachs in ... Read more

After Trump Walked Out On Kim Jong Un, Don't Expect A US-China Trade Deal

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The German trade surplus is stifling the economic growth in the rest of Europe, Michael Ivanovitch writes. Read more

UK Firms Report Weakest Growth Since April 2013: CBI

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British businesses reported their weakest growth in nearly six years during the past three months due to fears of a no-d... Read more

Trump Says Strong US Dollar, Rate Hikes Are Hurting Economy

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President Donald Trump made wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday. Read more

TaxWatch: Owe The IRS? Heres Why You Probably Shouldnt Pay Your Taxes With A Credit Card

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Reward-hunters especially should think twice. Read more

Currencies: Dollar Pares Losses, Advances On Track To Reverse Weekly Loss

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The U.S. dollar ekes out a gain in afternoon trading on Friday, reversing a weekly loss. Read more