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Depending on who is counting, based on currency exchange rates, whether gasoline is priced by liter or gallon, the price of a gallon of gas is about two cents in Venezuela.
If you ever want to look for value in a sector in the stock market, then when you see Congress calling in some of the top companies to scold them for political purposes, you may want to start buying.
Several states are unlikely to legalize marijuana at all, at least until a federal law approves pot for recreational use in every state.
Vermont is likely the next state to legalize marijuana, based on a 24/7 Wall St. analysis of the industry. New information buttresses the argument.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed a fortune of more than $10 billion. That’s the sort of claim that journalists find hard to resist when it comes from someone seeking the...
The Congressional Budget Office has released a portion of its 2016 to 2026 outlook, and the end result is that the federal budget deficit will increase in relation to the size of the economy in 2016.
The use of plastic has increased 20 times in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20. But the price is high.
Now that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that Iran has completed the “preparatory steps” that lead to the lifting of economic sanctions against the country, there are...
Demonstrations and job actions have been taking place around the United States for more than three years now as fast-food workers and other low-paid workers seek to raise the minimum wage to $15 an...
Some international economic watchers may wonder if a financially unstable Saudi Arabia could lead to more unrest in an already volatile Middle East.
Continuing to pump more oil while prices show no signs of stopping their slide has led the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a budget deficit of $97.9 billion in 2015.
Arizona Senator John McCain had argued long and loud about restricting federal contracts to companies that use Russian-built rocket engines in their launch vehicles.
When the U.S. House of Representatives passed the federal highway bill on Thursday, included among the various unrelated items in the bill was reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.
When Northrop Grumman won the U.S. Air Force contract to build the nation's Long-Range Strike-Bomber, the losing bidders wasted no time protesting the award.
In a supplement published Thursday to its September report on the development outlook for the region, the Asia Development Bank has maintained growth projections of 5.8% for 2015 and 6.0% for 2016.