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Economy
The Standard and Poor’s Index rose 8.14 points Friday, continuing its longest winning streak since 2004 and capping a week of generally good news for the U.S. economy. The S&P…
Suppose you are a teenager. Suppose you are a rich teenager and one who is also spoiled and ill-behaved. Suppose you bend the rules continually, stretch the truth and put…
Earnings reports from the two of the nation’s largest banking institutions indicate they made plenty of money last year, though JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s paycheck won’t reflect that. Chase…
Now that residents of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana for adults over 21, and 18 states and the District of Columbia all…
Over the next several weeks, there is going to be a lot of chatter about the debt, as the fight to raise or not to raise the debt ceiling will…
Workers starving for good news got a few morsels this week with positive reports on unemployment and pay. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says December’s unemployment rate was 7.8 percent,…
Here on the landless side of the fiscal cliff, there’s nothing but the wind. And as every parachutist and cliff diver knows, the wind can be tricky and unpredictable. Just…
Parties all over the world found reasons to celebrate the legislation that helped America avert the fiscal cliff. The bill, passed by the Senate in the early morning hours of…
So the world didn’t end, after all. Whew! Looks like we dodged another bullet. Speaking of bullets, I hope everyone has their holiday shopping done. Just one last thought before…
Four years after the crash, the United States is still limping along in what can best be described as an anemic recovery — better off than some nations, but not…