Articles filed under Economy
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When companies improve their diversity, stock prices jumpSep 29, 2019 6:00 am - In 2014, the big U.S. tech companies did something surprising: They told the world how few women they employed. Men comprised 70% of Google's workforce; Facebook, Apple,...
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One way to slow climate change: Pay CEOs to protect the planetSep 22, 2019 6:23 am - The executives tasked with introducing Seventh Generation's line of eco-friendly laundry detergents, dish soaps and cleaners to Southeast Asia faced a dilemma earlier th...
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Analysis: Fed chair Powell offers opaque message to investors - and they like itSep 22, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has left everyone guessing about what the central bank will do next. And that's exactly what investors wanted. The Fed m...
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America's billionaire playgrounds: rockets, ranches and riversSep 22, 2019 6:00 am - Gordy & Sons Outfitters in Houston stocks almost anything an outdoors enthusiast could want, from a $1,550 knife inlaid with 45,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk fossil t...
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Analysis: Trump is demanding low or even zero interest rates. There's a real downside.Sep 15, 2019 6:11 am - People talk about how even the darkest clouds can have silver linings. Today, let's talk about the inverse of that - how even the brightest, most glittery silver linings...
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Analysis: U.S. recession indicators haven't made up their mindsSep 15, 2019 6:10 am - Investors are abuzz over the risk of a looming U.S. recession, yet economic indicators are giving mixed signals at worst that the record-long expansion will end soon. Ye...
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Poor and middle-class Americans are much less likely to survive into their 70s, report saysSep 15, 2019 6:00 am - Poorer Americans are much less likely to survive into their 70s and 80s than rich Americans, a stark life-expectancy divide compounded by the nation's growing disparitie...
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Minority business owners with better credit scores face more scrutiny, study saysSep 08, 2019 6:08 am - Black and Hispanic men seeking small business loans faced more scrutiny and worse treatment from bank officers than less qualified white men, according to a study releas...
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Analysis: Trump's latest tariffs boomerang on consumers at a dangerous momentSep 03, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese imports threaten to jeopardize the expansion of the U.S. economy - and as a result, the president's own p...
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This is the factor that's likely to determine whether there's a U.S. recessionSep 01, 2019 6:10 am - The U.S. economy is in a confusing place. The fundamentals look strong: Jobs are plentiful, inflation is tame, wages are rising and the economy continues to grow a tad a...