Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted this out last week before he entered the hospital with a heart ailment: “There should be no billionaires!” He is wrong. There are close to 585 billionaires in […]
RALEIGH — The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is looking for North Carolina’s top youth volunteers of the year. Students in grades 5-12 are invited to apply for the 2020 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Democratic governor said Sunday that a bipartisan health insurance measure will become law without his signature. Gov. Roy Cooper had until midnight to sign the bill, veto it or let it […]
NEW YORK — The newly combined ViacomCBS will invest in more movies and TV shows and try to sell more advertising as it seeks to become a bigger player in the growing business of streaming […]
Many people hear the term “income inequality” and think: “We gotta do something to fix that!” Which almost always means pass more legislation and give more power to government officials. Ed Conard, former managing partner […]
SAN DIEGO — Apple and mobile chip maker Qualcomm have settled a bitter financial dispute centered on some of the technology that enables iPhones to connect to the internet. The surprise truce announced Tuesday came […]
With the advent of the Internet—and Facebook, Twitter and YouTube—the role of the news media has been forever transformed, with negative implications for both investing and the American psyche—as if there were a difference between […]
WASHINGTON. D.C. — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that he is prepared to be patient in deciding when to raise interest rates again.”There is no pre-set path for policy,” Powell said during an […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of international trade skirmishes and a partial shutdown […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Two women say in a lawsuit that a Mississippi-based bank is unfairly charging overdraft fees. The Clarion Ledger reports Cryesha McDonald of Waynesboro and Chantal Lewis of Jackson sued Trustmark National Bank […]
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