Articles filed under Economy
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What a 'silver tsunami' of retiring Baby Boomer business owners could mean for workersSep 09, 2018 1:07 am - A little-noticed measure in the recently signed defense spending bill aims to address the widening wealth divide between workers and the owners or top executives who man...
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Trump poised to tax an additional $200B in Chinese importsSep 06, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration may be about to slap tariffs of up to 25 percent on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods, escalating a confrontation be...
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China says retaliation ready if U.S. tariffs go aheadSep 06, 2018 1:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China is ready to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with a tariff hike on Chinese goods and is confident it can maintain "steady and hea...
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Analysis: Americans are making less money despite Trump's promisesSep 02, 2018 1:09 am - President Donald Trump heads into a midterm referendum on his presidency showing no real progress on a core promise: to raise the wages of America's "forgotten man and w...
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Why your kid should help pay for collegeSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - I recently heard from the parents of yet another high school senior who turned down a huge scholarship from a good college to attend her "dream school," which of course ...
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Skip student loan forbearance - do this insteadSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - Forbearance is a way to stop making student loan payments temporarily. It is not a long-term affordability strategy, or a way to put off repayment indefinitely. And that...
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Poll: 2 in 3 Americans say public school teachers are underpaidSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - Most Americans say public-school teachers are underpaid and say they would support them if they went on strike for better wages, a new poll shows, offering backup for ne...
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Constable: Crowdfunding one way to start a job, but whom you know still countsAug 30, 2018 5:32 am - For most suburbanites, the era of graduating from college, sifting through job offers and choosing the company that will employ you until you retire is a laughable conce...
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Does $60,000 make you middle class or wealthy on Planet Earth?Aug 26, 2018 1:14 am - The world is on the brink of a historic milestone: By 2020, more than half of the world's population will be "middle class," according to Brookings Institution scholar H...
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Analysis: CEOs who feel underpaid are more likely to lay off workersAug 26, 2018 1:00 am - By almost any measure, CEOs make a lot of money: Compensation for the median chief executive in the S&P 500 was valued at $11.7 million in 2017, according to one analysi...