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Everything Donald Trump Has Said About The Economy In His First 100 Days As Nominee
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 11:08am | 703Read More...POLITICO recently compiled a collection of everything controversial Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said about his potential presidency in his first 100 days since becoming the presumptive nominee. For investors wondering what economic moves the unpredictable Trump would make,...
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How Janet Yellen Could 'Derail' Hillary Clinton
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 3:47pm | 457Read More...One of Hillary Clinton’s strongest selling points this election cycle is the strength of the U.S. economy under President Barack Obama. A mistimed Fed rate hike could pull the rug out from under Clinton’s argument that voters should keep a Democrat in the White House. A strong...
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GovBrain – Oxymoron Or Brilliant Idea?
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 1:24pm | 1319Read More...Political intelligence website GovBrain uses an automated process to analyze political "events," then ties them to a ticker symbol as a way of determining how government decisions affect the financial markets. The name, GovBrain, which founder Dr. Brent M. Eastwood admitted seemed to...
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Exxon CEO Makes Fun Of Clean Energy; But What About Coming Price Parity?
Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 10:23am | 390Read More...Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson mocked renewable energy in an April shareholder speech, according to a Politico report. “We choose not to lose money on purpose,” Tillerson said in addressing the reason for the company not investing in renewables. Tillerson...
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Taser Hits All-Time High, Digital Ally Up 20% Amid Government Support Of Body Cameras
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 8:19pm | 244Read More...Shares of Digital Ally, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY) and TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) moved higher Monday following further government discussions over law enforcement in the United States. TASER gained over 4 percent to close at an all-time high of $33.70 riding on Friday’s news that...
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Congress Considers Making Offshore Tax Loopholes Permanent
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 8:56am | 794Read More...On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing to discuss making permanent several of multinationals’ favorite tax code provisions, including the Apple loophole. Thus the House, like the Senate, is in the early stages of enacting these expired provisions yet again. That’s how...
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Health Insurers Will Have to Cover Most Costs of Reinstating Cancelled Policies
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 4:17pm | 336Read More...Health insurance companies will have to cover most of the costs of reinstating policies cancelled because of Obamacare requirements. Politico reported President Obama told insurance company CEOs that there will be no federal financial aid to help them restore the policies. Last week, popular...
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Syria Strike Big For Obama, Not So For Markets Say Experts
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 11:42am | 268Read More...Ben White, chief economic correspondent for Politico, and Zachary Karabell president of River Twice Research, talked about what steps are likely to occur in the Congressional debate over military action in Syria on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning. "The first thing that's going to happen is a...
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Why Twitter is Going to Decide the 2012 Election
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 12:03pm | 495Read More...140 characters may just decide the next four years of this country. There is a report on Politico this morning that Twitter will start to sell political advertisements this week, as it sees an opportunity to grow revenues at a key time in the company's history. As Twitter continues to find new...
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When The Fat Lady Sings
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 12:08pm | 731Read More...It may not be the fat lady singing at the end of the opera, but the portly Congressmen this time is talking about the end game. Congressmen Barney Frank (D-MA) said that he believes a default is more likely now than it was before, with all of the finger pointing and fighting going on in Washington...
