Politics

It’s 4/20 and Marijuana’s Prospects Have Never Looked Brighter

Posted: April 20, 2018 at 11:50 am

One week ago today, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, a Republican, extracted a commitment from President Trump that Attorney General Jeff Sessions's rescission of the Cole Memorandum will have no impact ...
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Trump Takes a Shot at OPEC Over High Oil Prices

Posted: April 20, 2018 at 10:10 am

Ahead of Friday's meeting of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC oil ministers who joined forces more than a year ago to reduce the oversupply of crude oil, ...
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Will Canada Buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline?

Posted: April 11, 2018 at 11:25 am

The Canadian province of Alberta may be willing to buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline system from Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) in order to ensure a pathway to the Pacific ...
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Zuckerberg Delivers More of the Same Old, Same Old to Congress

Posted: April 9, 2018 at 2:08 pm

In prepared testimony released Monday ahead of his appearance before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg starts off by saying that ...
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Do Amazon Prime Members Get Washington Post for Free?

Posted: April 9, 2018 at 1:25 pm

In the battle between the president and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has become a pawn. The president has even suggested that because ...
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Aluminum Stocks Jump on Trump Sanctions

Posted: April 9, 2018 at 12:10 pm

When President Trump threw Rusal CEO Oleg Deripaska under the bus last Friday, commodities traders and investors began to calculate how much damage the Russian aluminum giant would suffer. The ...
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4 Stocks Set to Benefit From Massive Midterm Election Spending

Posted: April 9, 2018 at 8:45 am

It seems hard to believe that the midterm elections are right around the corner, and with the Democrats last time suffering perhaps the bitterest defeat ever in the party’s long ...
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Amazon Could Split Itself Into 2 Companies

Posted: April 6, 2018 at 6:35 am

President Donald Trump believes that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has long taken advantage of the American tax structure and the price the U.S. Postal System (USPS) charges the e-commerce giant. ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: April 6, 2018 at 5:12 am

The president suggested that tariffs on Chinese goods be raised on another $100 billion of imports. According to Reuters: President Donald Trump on Thursday directed U.S. trade officials to identify ...
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Chinese Tariffs Slap US Automakers

Posted: April 4, 2018 at 10:55 am

The reciprocal tariffs announced by China late Tuesday include new 25% import duties on a variety of vehicles and parts U.S. carmakers export to China. Sport utility vehicles, crossovers, minivans, ...
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Boeing Stock Slammed by Chinese Tariffs

Posted: April 4, 2018 at 7:40 am

We're all about to find out whether trade wars are good and easy to win. If you're keeping score at home, just keep an eye on the share price of ...
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More Amazon Revenue Would Not Help Bloated Postal Service

Posted: April 4, 2018 at 6:25 am

President Donald Trump claims that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) underpays the U.S. Postal Service billions of dollars for the shipment of its packages. Even if Amazon were forced to pay ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: April 4, 2018 at 5:15 am

President Trump imposed tariffs on a wide number of Chinese goods. And then China reciprocated with a list of its own. According to Reuters: China will impose additional tariffs of ...
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Will Amazon Split Itself Into 2 Pieces?

Posted: April 1, 2018 at 7:13 am

President Donald Trump believes that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has long taken advantage of the American tax structure and the price the U.S. Postal System charges the e-commerce giant. Amazon ...
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Trump Targets Amazon Again

Posted: March 29, 2018 at 9:50 am

Never one to let pass an opportunity to stir things up, President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted his displeasure with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). The tweet came one day after ...
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