Jan 24 Watch News Wrap: JPMorgan gives raise to CEO Dimon despite year of hefty fines By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 24 Trendy beards slice into sales for razor manufacturer Procter & Gamble By News Desk According to Procter & Gamble, the owner of Gillette razors, the upturn in facial hair has caused a downturn in sales. Continue reading
Jan 24 A separated economist gets discriminated against — online By Paul Oyer Paul Oyer is an Ivy League-educated economist, but everything he ever needed to learn about economics he learned from online dating. In this adaptation from his new book, he explains how, as a separated man re-entering the dating scene, he… Continue reading
Jan 23 Female participation decreases at World Economic Forum By News Desk AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI What happens when you invite some of the world’s top leaders to a meeting but tell them to extend the invite to female counterparts? Nothing, according to The Guardian… Continue reading
Jan 23 Exposing the textbook scam: How to save us from economists By Michael Meeropol, Howard Sherman Conventional economics textbooks cheat our students and economy out of a stronger future, argue the authors of an alternative economics text. Continue reading
Jan 22 Americans will spend big bucks to be part of the Super Bowl action By News Desk The NFL’s Super Bowl is one of the biggest sporting events on the planet, a fact made obvious by the stunning amount of money spent and food eaten over the course of the game’s weekend. Super Bowl… Continue reading
Jan 22 America unleashed: Why we’ll be number one once more By Joel Kurtzman Manufacturing excellence is one of four economic forces that sets the U.S. economy apart from the rest of the world. Continue reading
Jan 22 Amazon plans to ship packages before you buy them By News Desk In December, Amazon announced plans to ship your bought items via drone. But, by the looks of a new patent, that plan fast might not be fast enough for the world’s largest online retailer. Now, they are planning to… Continue reading
Jan 21 Tax code changes will hit high-income Americans hardest By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Higher-income Americans and some legally married same-sex couples are likely to feel the biggest hits from tax law changes when they file their federal returns in the next few months. Taxpayers also will have a harder time taking… Continue reading
Jan 21 85 richest people own as much as bottom half of population, says report By News Desk Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images The famed “one percent” may be smaller than we think. Eighty-five of the world’s richest people own as much as the bottom half of the population, according to an Oxfam International report on… Continue reading