US Economy May Grow Only 2.1% Next Year

Posted: October 21, 2019 at 6:25 am

The International Monetary Fund has issued its updated World Economic Growth Outlook. In the document, the organization downgraded its global growth forecast to 3.4% gross domestic product expansion. That is ...
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American’s New Rape Capitals

Posted: October 21, 2019 at 5:37 am

The FBI has just issued its 2018 Crime in the United States report. It has posted the report annually for eight decades. The report covers both violent and property crimes, ...
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Young People May Avoid US Census

Posted: October 20, 2019 at 7:44 am

Some groups may avoid participation in the 2020 Census, which could considerably alter its outcome. That, in turn, could affect government funding for some parts of the country, and potentially ...
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Boeing, Caterpillar, Intel, McDonald’s, Microsoft and More Dow Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: October 20, 2019 at 7:10 am

Twelve of the 30 Dow Jones industrial average components are scheduled to report their latest quarterly reports this week. The Dow is within 2% of its all-time high, just as ...
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Amazon, Chipotle, Ford, Tesla, Twitter and More Major Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: October 20, 2019 at 7:05 am

Now that the third-quarter earnings reporting season is has kicked off, many more major companies will be sharing their results in the coming weeks. Here, 24/7 Wall St. has put ...
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Apple Up 50%, Eclipsing Performance of Other Dow Stocks

Posted: October 19, 2019 at 8:35 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares have risen an extraordinary 49.8% this year to $236.41. That is by far the best performance of any of the 30 components of the Dow ...
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Boeing CEO Muilenburg Has to Be Fired This Weekend

Posted: October 19, 2019 at 8:20 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) CEO Dennis Muilenburg was stripped of his chairman's job a week ago. With new revelations about the 737 Max, that pilots knew of dangerous flaws in ...
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5 Sizzling Stocks Trading Under $10 With Gigantic Upside Potential

Posted: October 19, 2019 at 7:05 am

While most of Wall Street focuses on large and mega cap stocks, as they provide a degree of safety and liquidity, many investors are limited in the number of shares ...
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How Biotech and Big Pharma Have Upside Heading Into Earnings

Posted: October 19, 2019 at 6:45 am

Biotech and many of the so-called Big Pharma have been duds in 2019. Despite many FDA approvals and some powerful mergers and royalty deals, the political pressure around drug pricing ...
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You Don’t Want to Work Abroad in These Wealthy Countries

Posted: October 18, 2019 at 7:41 pm

Global migration has increased sharply in recent years. In the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- a group of 36 of some of the richest and healthiest ...
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Antibiotics in Foods: Everything You Need to Know

Posted: October 18, 2019 at 4:50 pm

If seeing “raised without the use of antibiotics” on your meat labels gives you some comfort about what you’re putting into your body, your fears may be misguided. The ...
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The Word of the Year Says a Lot About American History: Here’s Every One Since 1990

Posted: October 18, 2019 at 4:23 pm

The English language is constantly evolving. As communities absorb different cultures and new ideas emerge, people develop more accurate ways to express themselves. This has been the case for centuries, ...
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40 Happy Meal Toys We’ll Never Forget

Posted: October 18, 2019 at 3:07 pm

McDonald's launched the first Happy Meal in 1979. It was the brainchild of marketer Dick Brams, who had the idea of creating a meal just for kids -- one ...
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What America’s Governors Are Paid in Every State

Posted: October 18, 2019 at 2:27 pm

Governors are the highest-ranking public official in a state government, effectively serving as chief executives. While the general job description is the same across the 50 states, the details ...
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China’s GDP Growth Near Record Low

Posted: October 18, 2019 at 12:35 pm

China reported Friday that the country's gross domestic product growth for the third quarter of the year was 6%. Not since the first quarter of 1992, the first quarter for ...
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