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A paper by Michael Pagano and Christopher Hoene for the Brookings Institution reviews the effects on city budgets affected by cuts in the federal budget and how cities might cope with those effects.
If the proposed $44 billion offer by Qualcomm for NXP Semiconductors does not receive Chinese regulatory approval by Wednesday, the deal fails. What happened?
When President Trump complained about how rising interest rates were slowing economic growth on Thursday, the dollar immediately weakened. A weaker greenback typically means lower crude oil prices....
NYU economist Nouriel Roubini sees an end to the positive impacts of the Trump administration's economic policies and a beginning of a string of negative effects.
IBM posts better than expected earnings, the U.S. budget deficit could hit $1 trillion next year, and other important business headlines.
The CEO of Texas Instruments has resigned, Boeing sets deal to build Air Force One, Google faces massive fine from the European Union, and other important business headlines.
Delta Air Lines to cut back flights because fuel costs are up, Walmart may change its primary credit card relationship, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to sell all his equities, and other important...
William Galston of the Brookings Institution argues that if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the issue he may vote overrule is not Roe v. Wade.
In a roundabout way, Tesla has confirmed that the $7,500 federal tax credit begins to wind down next year for buyers of the company's all-electric vehicles. The event was expected, but it's still not...
President Trump began the NATO summit this morning by attacking Germany for not spending enough to support NATO and for depending too much on imports of Russian natural gas.
JetBlue orders planes from Airbus, Pfizer to defer some drug price increases, Toyota launches car-sharing service in Hawaii, and other important business headlines.
YouTube plans to fight misleading videos, Disney expands footprint in India, the president attacks pharmaceutical companies for raising prices, and other business headlines.
Social media giant Twitter has whittled down its user accounts by some 70 million over the past two months by purging fake and suspicious accounts. Investors are concerned.
A new report accuses Amazon of not adhering to its stated policies on hate speech and calls on the company to take a stronger position against hate.
While the United States may never have an overall global trade surplus, bringing down the current huge deficits and lowering the barriers to foreign markets will be yet another positive for what...