As talk increases of a financial transaction tax, some industry groups are raising the alarm that average Americans will be hurt by any such levy. Their warnings, however, misleadingly rely on selective and often inappropriate data, says Taylor Lincoln, research director for Public Citizen.
U.S. stock futures point to another major sell-off for the Dow at Thursday's open after the CDC reported the first U.S. coronavirus case of unknown origin.
The stock market is at a make-or-break moment that could decide if buying on pullbacks could burn investors, BK Asset Management's Boris Schlossberg says.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, made a 19.9% return on investment last year, earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180 billion) as stock markets rallied, it said on Thursday.
Even if OPEC cuts production by 600,000 barrels a day, oil prices could remain weak until April, according to Kang Wu, head of Asia analytics at S&P Global Platts.
An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nation's largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said.
"This kind of confusion breeds distrust. You should stick to a standard even if you have caveats," global health economist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding said.
The Pennsylvania Republican said Wednesday he received assurance that Shelton does not favor devaluing the dollar to combat lower currencies in other countries.