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Assuming Clinton will be the Democratic nominee, it's time to start thinking about which industries are exposed more to a Clinton presidency and which to a Trump one.
Some 1,500 holders of Amazon.com have signed on to a letter calling for the online retailer to stop selling Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's menswear line.
The impeachment efforts against Dilma Rousseff reportedly have been derailed. The financial markets covering Brazil have tanked as a result.
No matter what the result of the general election, Trump can at least claim he has the lead in one category. Trump has been called the most effective tweeter among all politicians who have taken to...
Saudi Arabia has just released a 12,000-word, 15-year plan for supposedly revamping its economy called "Saudi Vision 2030."
As the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States frays, the Middle East country could find itself isolated from its largest ally. It is not without military means even if there is a...
The sharp drop in crude oil prices that occurred in early trading Monday had been pared back to less than 1% by the noon hour.
Saudi Arabia has threatened to dump its U.S. Treasury holdings if a bill stripping the Saudi Arabian government of its immunity against private lawsuits relating to the 9/11 attacks were to pass.
Governor Tom Wolf will sign legislation Sunday creating a medical marijuana program in Pennsylvania, now the 24th state in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana.  The measure was finally passed by...
Legalizing marijuana for recreational use included as part of supporters’ story the amount of tax money a state could realize from the sale of cannabis and cannabis-related products. And while...
24/7 Wall St. decided to look closer at the budget deficit figures to see what was the driving force here, and to show what was expected and how this stacks up to other periods.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the U.S. credit ratings at AAA. Fitch even gave the United States a Stable Outlook.
The breakup of the Pfizer-Allergan deal may only be a warning sign for both Apple and Google and any other company filtering money through foreign countries to avoid taxes, but the trend of plugging...
McClatchy reported Tuesday that Nevada-based Murray Holdings turned up in the documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Investors should remember that election cycle hyperbole and rhetoric is nothing new, and this could just be more of the same.