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A federal district court judge in Texas had declared the Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare) unconstitutional in a ruling that is taking a bite out of shares in insurance and hospital firms Monday.
The U.S. House and Senate have approved the 2018 Farm Bill that includes provisions to once again legalize industrial hemp farming. The bill is now waiting for an expected signature from the...
China makes some concessions in trade talks, Google's CEO hit with tough questions from congressional committee, and other important business headlines today.
Three of the world's largest commodity trading houses have been swept up in the ongoing Brazilian corruption investigation known as Operation Car Wash.
A prominent member of Congress says a government shutdown can be prevented, a hack of Quora exposes 100 million records, and other important business headlines.
President Trump got China to cut a key tariff, Qatar will exit OPEC, Canada cuts oil output, and other important business headlines.
Ahead of next week's OPEC meeting in Vienna, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman are planning to meet on the sidelines of this week's G20 meeting to set a...
Crude oil traded down about 7% Friday morning as it appears to be getting clearer that the Saudis have succumbed to demands from President Trump to leave oil supplies alone, guaranteeing that supply...
OPEC may cut output, SAP makes a major acquisition, "The Grinch" is number one at the box office, and other important business headlines.
A federal judge in Montana has ordered the federal government and Keystone XL pipeline builder TransCanada to halt further construction until a new environmental study can be prepared.
A split Congress and President Trump's intent on keeping military spending high likely will keep the good times going for the defense sector and for the military industrial complex.
The U.S. commercial crude oil inventory rose by nearly 6 million barrels last week while gasoline inventories rose by nearly 2 million barrels. Falling prices will get no boost from this report.
These 10 companies that are likely to have safer business models and will offer some defensive positioning if the economic strength of 2018 is not repeated in 2019.
Three states passed measures on Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational or medicinal use. That brings to 33 the total number of states that now have laws legalizing pot.
The Democrats won the House, Toyota may kill some of the cars it sells in the United States, Jamie Dimon does not expect a recession soon, and other important business headlines.