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Modestly priced gasoline and a relatively strong economy will drive almost 100 million people to leave home by car this year for vacation.
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If you read our recent preview for the FOMC meeting, you wouldn’t be too shocked that the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) didn’t raise interest rates on Wednesday....
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The Business Roundtable on Wednesday released its Economic Outlook for the first quarter. The CEOs surveyed continue to see the U.S. economy rising, only more slowly than they did in the previous...
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The United Nations just issued its World Happiness Report, and South Sudan, ravaged by war since its creation, ranked at the bottom of the list of 156 countries surveyed.
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The start of 2019 has been a polar opposite in the stock market than what had been seen at the end of 2018. The bull market has turned 10 years old, and the Federal Reserve has turned its stance from...
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The cheapest city in the world to live in is the most inflation plagued, and one overrun with political strife and violence, according to a new survey.
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One of the world's most expensive cities to live in is on an island in southeast Asia. Two others that tie with it in cost are in France and China.
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The U.S. trade war with China has started to bite America financially. A new study shows the cost at nearly $8 billion.
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U.S. trade contributes more than a quarter of U.S. GDP and 20% of all U.S. jobs, according to a new report sponsored by the U.S. Business Roundtable.
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Palm trees, beaches, balmy weather, a famously laid-back lifestyle…Hawaii is truly an American paradise. There’s a downside to living in this tropical eden, though: It’s very expensive....
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Sports betting is now legal in eight U.S. states and March Madness, which begins Tuesday, is expected to generate total betting of more than $12 billion. There are other winners in the dash for...
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Analysis of S&P 500 2018 earnings transcripts shows fading exuberance among corporate executives as the year progressed.
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The effects of the #MeToo movement and other actions to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace have started to fade rapidly among men with a sharp drop in those who consider it a “major...
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Most Americans believe that immigrants make the country stronger, according to the latest Pew research.
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Since Hurricane Sandy, city officials have been looking at ways to protect Manhattan from another catastrophic storm.
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