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Trump Ignites Political Fight Over U.S. Banking Law Reforms
U. S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008...
Banks, Jobs Data Send Wall Street Higher
U. S. stocks climbed on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing just short of a record high, boosted by gains in financial...
U.S. Economy Adds A Strong 227,000 Jobs In January
America added 227,000 jobs in January, well ahead of December's gain of 157,000 jobs. The unemployment rate ticked up a...
Trump To Cut Financial Rules
U. S. President Donald Trump will today direct the Labor Department to delay implementation and review a rule designed...
Executive Actions Ready To Go As Trump Prepares To Take Office
Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening...
Wilbur Ross, Trump’s Commerce Pick, Offshored 2,700 Jobs Since 2004
Billionaire Wilbur Ross, chosen by Donald Trump to help implement the president-elect's trade agenda, earned his...
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise To Six-Month High Last Week
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose to a six-month high last week, but remained below a level...
Trump Picks Andrew Puzder To Lead US Department of Labor
Donald Trump has chosen an anti-regulation fast-food executive, opposed to a higher minimum wage, to lead the US...
U.S. November Payrolls Seen Strong, To Cement Rate Hike Views
U. S. employers likely boosted hiring in November amid growing confidence in the economy, making it almost certain that...
President Obama Expanded Overtime Pay For Millions of Workers. President Trump Could Take It Away.
President Barack Obama likes to say he’ll use the power of the pen to do whatever he can for American workers. But...
Strong U.S. Retail Sales Reinforce December Interest Rate Hike
U. S. retail sales rose more than expected in October as households bought motor vehicles and a range of other goods,...
16-Year-Old Fired For Having Dreadlocks
play videoTyler had been growing dreads for five years One of the saddest trends we’ve seen in recent months is...