Canada ranks a remarkable fifth in the world in economic freedom, just behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Switzerland. The “land of the mapl...
HSBC Bank case blows lid off Clinton’s offshore empire
NEW YORK – The arrest of the head of global foreign exchange cash trading at HSBC bank may shed new light on suspicions the Clinton Foundation has bee...
Krauthammer: Trump’s Federal Childcare “Out Democrats Democrats”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to Republican presidential nominee Donald Tru...
Wells Fargo fined $185M for fake accounts 5,300 fired
Wells Fargo Bank, one of the nation’s largest banks, has been hit with $185 million in civil penalties for secretly opening millions of unauthor...
California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold
California’s ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows...
Japanese unemployment rate hits two-decade low
Japan’s unemployment rate fell to 3% in July, the lowest for 21 years, despite the country’s stagnant economy. Separate data showed spendi...
Nevada’s shrinking labor force, part of national trend
In the aftermath of the 2008 subprime meltdown, Nevada’s unemployment rate skyrocketed. By 2011, statewide unemployment had grown beyond 13 percent. P...
Finally After 16 Years NASDAQ 100 Makes New High
This is one of the longest times ever for a stock market index to go without making a new high. It just happened. Here is an article at CNBC ab...
Brexit Press Rumors Of Death Of Britain, Greatly Exaggerated
Remember the doomsday press predictions? They scared stock markets into a crash. How much lower are stock markets now? Well … they are making...
Oil rout has Louisiana’s bayou businesses singing the blues
Louisiana has shed thousands of oil and gas sector jobs since crude prices collapsed in 2014, and as the slump continues, the effects are spreading ac...