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China’s Central Bank Will Try to Avert Crash When Markets Open Monday

(Associated Press) China's central bank announced plans Sunday to inject 1.2 trillion yuan ($173 billion) into the economy to cushion the shock to financial...

Dead Malls: The Steady Decline of American Shopping Centers

(Competitive Enterprise Institute) The kind of American chain stores and retail formats that dominated the second half of the 20th century have fallen on hard times in the 21st,...

Will “Smart” Robots Render Human Workers — and Immigration — Obsolete?

(VDare) Robot arms are getting smart, and that’s bad news for human employees who work in warehouses. The New York Times reports that a new component-sorting machine...

Now for the Hard Part: Post-Brexit Trade Talks Set to Commence

(Associated Press) If you thought the drawn-out battle over the U.K.'s departure from the European Union was painful, wait until you see what comes...

Bolton Risks Losing Security Clearance PLUS Millions in Book Royalties

(RealClearPolitics) In the late summer of 2018,  just a few months into John Bolton’s national security adviser tenure, he strongly defended President Trump’s decision...

Businessman Gets Burned by Polygamist in Biodiesel Scheme

A California businessman accused of leading a nearly $500 million biodiesel fraud scheme was actually being used by a Utah polygamist who didn't want...