Retailers Seek to Stretch Shortened Holiday Shopping Season
(Associated Press) All they want for Christmas is more time.
Faced with the
shortest holiday shopping season since 2013, retailers are trying to
figure out...
Seniors at California Complex Abandoned During Blackout
(Associated Press) One woman in her 80s tripped over another resident who had fallen on the landing in a steep stairwell. Others got...
Rand Paul: These Democrats Support Communism, Media Doesn’t Care
(Steve Watson, Summit News) Senator Rand Paul has warned that Democrats such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are being allowed to openly advocate...
Trump Touts Prospects for Tentative Trade Truce with China
(Associated Press) President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. and China are working to secure a new site to sign a tentative trade...
Real Estate Stocks Help Investors Boost Income, Balance Risk
(Associated Press) In 2019, investors have relied on bricks and mortar to balance the riskier parts of their portfolios and get a good return.
The...
Scary Surge in Halloween Candy Prices Suggests Inflation Could Haunt Economy
(David Deull, IHS Markit) The tradition never dies - dropping gobs of cash on delicious confections and ghastly getups for Halloween. This year, Americans...
Fed Cuts Rates But Signals a Likely Pause
(Associated Press) The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the third time this year to try to sustain the economic expansion...
14 Signs the U.S. Economy May Be Teetering Toward Recession
(Michael Snyder, Economic Collapse Blog) There should no longer be any doubt that the U.S. economy is slowing down, but most Americans still don’t...
U.S. Economy Posts 1.9% Growth Rate in Spite of “Boneheads” at the Fed
(Associated Press) The U.S. economy slowed to a modest growth rate of 1.9% in the summer as consumer spending downshifted and businesses continued...
Silver’s Three Legged Bull-Run Stool
(David Smith, Money Metals News Service) A case can be made that silver's current price “stability” – believed by many to be well below...
