Argentina's currency woes have deepened in recent weeks despite determined policy responses on the part of the government and the central bank, as well as a $50bn financial package from the IMF. The country is now the world's riskiest...
Push-back on U.S. President Trump's tariffs will now come from a coalition of some 60 industry groups, called Americans for Free Trade. It will be focusing on the coming mid-terms, urging Republican candidates to pressure President Trump on changing...
We sense it's now or never, and this can manifest as a mid-life/mid-career crisis. At a reader's request, I'm excerpting an essay from last week's Musings Report: My friend GFB recently sent me a quote from Paul Bowles novel "The Sheltering...
Trump's Chair of Economic Advisors presented a glowing analysis of how business optimism and investment boomed with Trump's election. But what do these figures mask and how accurate are they? Therealnews.com takes a closer look at the data with...
If you shelter in place during a disaster, be ready for challenges after the storm
Homes surrounded by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Freeport, Texas, Sept. 1, 2017.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Ali Mostafavi, Texas...
As the world marks the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the Pentagon's latest lowball estimate of just how much the so-called War on Terror has cost Americans is making headlines—despite independent analyses that have come up with...