Four U.S. states filed a lawsuit Tuesday over President Donald Trump’s decision to restart the sale of coal leases on federal lands, saying the Obama-era block of the leasing program …
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US Commerce’s Ross: 3 Percent GDP Growth Not Achievable This Year
The U.S. economy won’t achieve the Trump administration’s 3 percent growth goal this year and not until all of its tax, regulatory, trade and energy policies are fully in place, …
your ads here!In Drought-hit Kenya, Selling Water Keeps City’s Young People in Business and Off Drugs
Now onto his third job since finishing high school a decade ago, Festus Chege is hoping his latest venture as a water vendor in Githurai, a growing suburb to the …
your ads here!US Treasury Upgrades Website to Better Track Federal Spending Data
The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday launched an upgrade of a website to allow for the first time the tracking of all federal government spending categories, which totaled $3.85 trillion last …
your ads here!Cambodian Business Hopes to Change Attitudes With World Economic Forum
Cambodia’s rapidly normalizing economy will receive an additional boost when it hosts the regional World Economic Forum (WEF) for the first time this week with business leaders looking for opportunities …
your ads here!IMF Warns Asia to Act Early on Rapidly-aging Population
The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan’s experience and act early to cope with rapidly aging populations, warning that parts of the region risk “getting …
your ads here!Top Mexican Trade Official to Hold Sugar Talks Next Week in US
Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo will travel to Washington next week for talks about sugar exports, he told reporters on Monday, in an attempt to break an impasse that threatens …
your ads here!Tunisian Job Protests Hit Oil and Gas Output
Protests over jobs and development in southern and central Tunisia have halted production at or shut the fields of two foreign energy companies in a new challenge to the country’s …
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Canada escalated a trade dispute with United States by making threats Washington called inappropriate in part because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to secure support in a key …
your ads here!Buffett Talks Wells Fargo, IBM and His Successor at Annual Meeting
Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Saturday faulted Wells Fargo & Co for failing to stop employees from signing up customers for bogus accounts even after learning it …
your ads here!Buffett: GOP Health Care Bill a Tax Cut for the Rich
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett fumed Saturday that health care costs are eating away at the U.S. economy like “tapeworm” and said the Republican approach to overhaul Obamacare is …
your ads here!Nicaragua Downplays Potential Impact of US Bill on Lending
President Daniel Ortega downplayed the possible impact of a U.S. bill that would condition international lending to Nicaragua on a range of democracy and rights issues, saying it’s more of …
your ads here!US Older-worker Rate Highest Since 1962
More Americans age 65 and over are still punching the clock. In fact, the last time the percentage was this high was when John F. Kennedy was in the White …
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In Venezuela, plagued with chronic food shortages and a devastated economy, Carmen Elena Perez describes her refrigerator as merely “an ornament in my kitchen, because filling it costs me too …
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The United States office that handles highway safety announced it would investigate complaints that brakes can malfunction on Nissan’s popular Murano SUV. According to documents released Friday by the National …
your ads here!Delta Apologizes for Kicking Family Off Flight
After yet another viral video has surfaced of people being kicked off an overbooked plane. Delta Air Lines has apologized. In a statement, the company said it was “sorry for the …
your ads here!US Employers Add 211,000 Jobs, Unemployment Down to 4.4 Pct
Hiring in the United States rebounded in April as employers added a brisk 211,000 jobs, a sign that the economy’s slump in the first three months of the year could …
your ads here!Analyst: Trump Tax Plan Benefits Skew Toward the Wealthy
Small-business owners are applauding President Donald Trump’s plan to overhaul the tax system, saying lower taxes for everyone means more buying power for consumers and more money for businesses to …
your ads here!Japan, China, S. Korea Pledge to Resist Protectionism
Finance leaders of Japan, China and South Korea agreed to resist all forms of protectionism in a trilateral meeting on Friday, taking a stronger stand than G20 major economies against …
your ads here!Trump Tax Plan a Hastily Drawn Wish List, Analyst Says
Last week, the White House unveiled what it called “the largest tax reform in U.S. history.” Gary Cohn, who heads the President’s National Economic Council said, “We’re going to cut …
your ads here!US Congress Funds Federal Government Through September
The U.S. Senate cast aside partisan acrimony Thursday and overwhelmingly passed a trillion-dollar spending bill that keeps the federal government funded through September. The 79 to 18 vote came one …
your ads here!Tillerson Meets ASEAN Ministers to Seek Support on North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Thursday to seek their support in pressing North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs. Tillerson’s …
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