This week, the Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate from 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent and indicated that additional increases are...
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It’s still pretty chilly in many parts of the country, but as March marches on, spring is in the air, if not in the weather, certainly in the...
Read PostPresident Trump this week ordered tariffs on steel and aluminum imports coming to the US from anywhere other than Canada and Mexico. The move...
Read PostThe Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection this week released its annual report of fraud over the past year, including...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise “Hey! You! Hey you!” Pretty rude way to get someone’s attention isn’t it? But that’s...
Read PostIt’s almost a rite of passage for school-aged children to beg for a pet, start to demonstrate responsibility, promise to take care of it, and...
Read PostIt has been a costly flu season so far this year, with high numbers of flu-like symptoms, hospitalizations, and deaths. According to the CDC, the...
Read PostIt was hard to avoid a heart-sinking feeling this week as stock market headlines jumped out of the business section and onto the front page with...
Read PostThis year, federal income tax returns are due April 17. Typically, April brings a slew of tax-related consumer finance stories. This year,...
Read PostPresident Trump spoke today on the final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting is a gathering of world...
Read PostAccording to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 44 journalists were killed on duty around the world in 2017. For many around the...
Read PostBy Simon PerezAssociate Professor, Syracuse University “Anyone can just stand there.” That’s what I frequently tell my broadcast...
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