Articles filed under Economy
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What a weak dollar means in 2018: staycations and local shoppingJan 07, 2018 12:00 am - U.S. consumers may soon begin to feel some pain from the dollar's downturn, although the recent slide in the world's main reserve currency isn't bad news for everyone in...
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Behind the Oregon panic about pumping gasJan 07, 2018 12:00 am - A new law that took effect last week in Oregon will allow residents in rural counties to pump their own gas - a divergence from the state's decades-long history of havin...
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The U.S. has one of the stingiest minimum wage policies of any wealthy nationJan 01, 2018 12:00 am - Minimum wage workers in 18 states will see larger paychecks starting Jan. 1, according to the Economic Policy Institute, thanks primarily to minimum wage increases appro...
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Environmental deregulation helped Trump win rural America. Now some fear he's gone too farJan 01, 2018 12:00 am - BUCKEYE, Iowa - "Come on! Come on! Go girls!" Annette Sweeney was on horseback, hollering at her chocolate-colored cows on a perfect Iowa morning, happy that her life is...
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'I hope I can quit working in a few years': A preview of the U.S. without pensionsDec 31, 2017 12:00 am - TULSA, Okla. - Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several years ago. Each time he realized that with just a Social Security check, “You can hard...
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Banks offer ways to game Trump tax plan for cash-strapped clientsDec 31, 2017 12:00 am - Americans have a new reason to take on debt during the holidays this year: early taxes. Banks are seeing a wave of inquiries from customers in high-tax states rushing du...
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2018's challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workersDec 28, 2017 12:00 am - Employers nationwide are grappling with a problem that threatens to stall economic growth: vacancies - and lots of them. In Maine, where flurries can fall as late as Apr...
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A month-by-month look at what you should expect from the Republican tax billDec 23, 2017 12:00 am -
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Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into lawDec 22, 2017 12:00 am - President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax-overhaul bill to little fanfare on Friday, delivering a major tax cut to U.S. corporations along with a package of tempo...
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How you can exploit the new tax bill right nowDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - At the end of every year, millions of Americans can make strategic moves to shave a few bucks off their April tax bill. Right now, millions more should be able to get in...