By Andrew Pollis | March 28, 2019 Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter recently announced that the state had reached a US$270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma, the largest manufacturer of prescription opioids. The settlement resolves the state’s claims against Purdue over costs incurred in addressing the opioid crisis and allows Purdue to avoid a trial… Read More »
By Martin Hahn | March 21, 2018 Social security is one of the successes gotten by the Americans. The program provides a foundation of economics security for more than 47 million Americans and their families. The reason for the built in protections, we have come close to eliminating poverty among seniors. It also helps in the provision of… Read More »
By Christopher Foster and Shamel Azmeh |March 15, 2019 At the heart of the current US trade war with China is tariffs on imports like steel, sorghum and silicon chips. But, with the growing role of data and digital technology in the world economy, a new arena of digital trade conflict is on the cards. Rapid… Read More »
NewsUSA | March 15, 2019 Commercial construction is a competitive business, and to succeed, contractors need to find the best support and advice possible. One way for a construction contracting company to ensure access to critical relationships needed for sound business advice and for qualifying for surety credit is to partner with a professional surety… Read More »
By Richard Brody | March 13, 2019 One of the main, principles, of selling real estate, is, It’s all about price. Although, that’s a rather, simplistic, under – statement, there is no doubt, pricing a house, is, perhaps, the most significant aspect, of getting it sold, at the best possible price, in the shortest period of time, and with a… Read More »
By Ross Guest | March 13, 2019 The great British economist John Maynard Keynes said he longed for the day when economics could be thought of as a “matter for specialists – like dentistry”. It’s easier to become an economist than a dentist, or a doctor or a lawyer. For those and other professions you… Read More »
By Thomas Adam | March 13, 2019 Vietnam seemed like the perfect place for Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to meet in late February for their latest summit on denuclearization. At Hanoi’s posh Metropole Hotel, Trump hoped to convince Kim to abandon nuclear weapons in exchange for lifting U.S. sanctions against… Read More »
By Michael Plouffe | March 12, 2019 The US has published its objectives for a proposed trade agreement with the UK – and its thinking highlights just how weak Britain’s bargaining position will be in the post-Brexit global economy. The US trade representative outlines many of the usual ways to increase trade between the two… Read More »
By Jimmie Lenz | March 11, 2019 New findings from the New York Federal Reserve reveal that millennials have now racked up over US$1 trillion of debt. This troubling amount of debt, an increase of over 22 percent in just five years, is more than any other generation in history. This situation may leave you… Read More »
NewsUSA | March 8, 2019 When it comes to saving, a Roth IRA may be a Millennial’s best friend. Unlike traditional IRAs or even workplace 401(k) plans, Roth money is tax-free in retirement. And even as the account ideally grows fatter over the years -helped in part by a wondrous thing called compound interest –… Read More »