South Florida Real Estate Is on Fire…Except Around Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort
(ZeroHedge) Luxury homes in South Florida have been selling like hot cakes – mostly because mansion taxes and the capping of SALT deductions have pushed many...
Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Virus Unnerves Investors Around the...
(Associated Press) China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in...
Delta Pilots, Flight Attendants Ordered to Undergo Sensitivity Training for Booting...
(Associated Press) Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline's own security officials cleared...
Easing Trade Tensions, Attractive Valuations Bode Well for Emerging Markets Stocks
(Associated Press) Several factors are pointing to a possible rebound in emerging market stocks this year.
Stocks in China and other developing economies notched solid...
COMMENTARY: Global Elites Raging over Income Disparity Seek to Punish Prosperity
(Deroy Murdock, Liberty Headlines) The World Economic Forum each January lures Earth’s government and business elite to the small Swiss ski resort of Davos, where they fret...
Ray Dalio Says “Cash Is Trash” and Americans Must Own Gold
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange) Gold and silver markets are once again getting overshadowed by wild price moves in lesser known metals – in...
New York City Council Bans Cashless Businesses
(Associated Press) New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to require stores and restaurants to accept cash for payment, saying businesses that accept only credit...
Goldman Sachs to Refuse IPOs if Company Directors Are All Straight...
(Bloomberg) The era of the white, all-male board is coming to an end.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon issued the latest...
Amazon CEO’s Smartphone Hacked — Prime Suspect Is Saudi Crown Prince...
(Associated Press) U.N. human rights experts are asking Washington to investigate a suspected Saudi hack that may have siphoned data from the personal...
Mortgage Rates Fall to 3-month Lows
(Associated Press) U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week to their lowest level in three months, deepening the incentive for prospective homebuyers although they...
Why the U.S. Postal Service Keeps Losing Money Year After Year
(Craig Eyermann, Independent Institute) The government-run U.S. Postal Service began in 2020 with a dubious track record. It has lost money in each of...
Trump Administration Approves Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline
(Associated Press) The Trump administration on Wednesday approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land, pushing...
China Virus Outbreak May Wallop World Economy, Financial Markets, Some Still...
(Associated Press) News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets...
Maryland GOP Governor Wants to Import More Foreign Workers
(Associated Press) Maryland's Republican governor on Tuesday urged federal officials to allow more H-2B visas for foreign workers to help the state's $355 million...
Joe Biden’s Little Brother Steered $1.5 Billion in Government Contracts to...
(Breitbart) A firm employing James Biden, the younger brother of former Vice President Joe Biden, received more than $1.5 billion in government-backed contracts during...
Affirmative Actor: White/Hispanic Police Officer Identifies as Black to Gain Promotion
(Washington Examiner) A Hispanic police officer in Miami is facing calls for his resignation after he said he identifies as a black man.
Miami...
Central Banks Consider Issuing Their Own Digital Currencies
(Associated Press) Major central banks have joined together to explore whether they should issue digital currencies as the use of cash declines and more...
Thunberg Lectures Davos Elites on Climate as Trump Lauds U.S. Economy
(Associated Press) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's led a "spectacular" turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in...
Is Copper Signaling the Return of Inflation?
(Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks) I’ve been a hardcore deflationist for so long that it took a wake-up call from the always astute Jesse Felder...
Could Epstein’s $56 Million New York Townhouse Be Turned Into an...
(Fox Business) Art preservationists have concocted a plan to save a New York art museum’s music room: move it to Jeffrey Epstein’s now vacant multimillion-dollar townhouse.
The...