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Markets
Oil Prices Fall Again, Taking U.S. Shares Along For The Drop
Global markets bounced back slightly after sharp drops last week, but still-falling oil prices kept investors uncertain about…
Markets
The Force Is Not With Disney Stock, Despite ‘Star Wars’ Records
Star Wars: The Force Awakens took its long-awaited box office bow last night, and the early indications are…
Media
Disney Shares Down On Bad News For ESPN
Shares of The Walt Disney Company were down in early Friday trading after its ESPN unit announced millions…
Politics
17 Politicians With Business Backgrounds Who Aren’t Donald Trump
Almost five months after announcing what many considered a long shot campaign for president, real estate mogul Donald…
Technology
Twitter Laying Off 8% Of Its Employees
It’s official: after much speculation as to how co-founder and newly-appointed permanent CEO Jack Dorsey would remake Twitter,…
Media
Netflix Ends Epix Deal, Says Goodbye To Hunger Games And Transformers
Netflix will not be renewing its streaming deal with cable network Epix when it expires next month. So…
Economy
China Stocks Down Again In Wild Day Of Trading
The Shanghai Composite was down again in Wednesday trading, closing 1.3 percent lower after a day of ups…
Economy
China Cuts Interest Rates As Stocks Tumble Yet Again
The People’s Bank of China cut interest rates by 25 basis points (0.25 percent) on Tuesday after the…
Economy
Putin Economic Aide: $40 Oil Might Halt Russia Rate Cuts
Andrey Belousov, a key economic aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is predicting that a dip in oil…
Business
Here’s What Obama’s Clean Power Plan Might Mean For The Economy
Over the weekend, President Obama announced an ambitious plan to combat climate change through a new regulatory structure…
Business
Now That We Have An Iran Nuclear Deal, What Will Be The Economic Effects?
Today’s announcement of a deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program also will lift many, if not all, of the…
Politics
The 10 Biggest Government Bailouts In U.S. History
The word “bailout” became ubitious during the Great Recession. From banks “too big to fail” to the faltering…
Business
How The ‘Tyranny Of Choice’ Could Hurt Your Chances Of Getting Hired
Matthew Yglesias wrote a perceptive piece at Vox this weekend on the “mystery” surrounding unfilled jobs. Basically, there…
Business
The Rooney Rule Is Coming To Corporate America. Will It Actually Increase Diversity?
Facebook recently implemented a new hiring process that requires recruiters to consider minority candidates, similar to the NFL’s…