
Chinese stocks in Hong Kong fell to the lowest level in four years as mainland shares plunged, forcing an early halt to trading for the second day this week, after the central bank cut its yuan reference rate by the most since August.
by Breitbart News6 Jan 2016, 11:40 PM PST0

According to a new study by Bankrate.com, over half of Americans cannot financially handle a bill of $500 or more. 63 percent said they would be unable to handle an unexpected expense.
by William Bigelow6 Jan 2016, 5:42 PM PST0

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sounded off on how large banks that were considered to be “too big to fail” seven years ago are now even bigger and how that poses a threat
by Jeff Poor6 Jan 2016, 8:24 AM PST0

A federal judge has ruled that Facebook must face two class action lawsuits claiming the company concealed slowing ad growth in its initial public offering (IPO) in 2012, and helped its underwriters make a $2.4 billion profit by shorting 63 million shares on inside information.
by Chriss W. Street5 Jan 2016, 11:21 AM PST0

On January 4 Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Strum, Ruger & Co. rose sharply while “the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 276 points.”
by AWR Hawkins5 Jan 2016, 7:44 AM PST0

On Monday, China’s blue-chip stock market — the CSI 300 — fell 7% in the worst trading day in four months.
by Breitbart News5 Jan 2016, 4:49 AM PST0

Turbulence in Shanghai stocks has global investors on edge though really it’s the Chinese currency they need to be watching to assess the risk of a full-blown contagion.
by Breitbart News5 Jan 2016, 4:44 AM PST0

On Tuesday, European stock markets rose slightly early in the morning after a steep decline in China’s market Monday took global stocks spiraling after it. In early gains, Paris rose 0.36%, Frankfurt 0.31%, Milan 0.94% and London 0.71%, while the
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Jan 2016, 2:52 AM PST0

Having a successful business takes a lot of hard work, good market analysis, a better product or service than the competition, and advertising. Add in a bit of luck, and hopefully it will grow. If, however, you are a politically favored business—say solar—your story is different.
by Marita Noon4 Jan 2016, 8:27 AM PST0

General Motors Co. and ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. are forming an unprecedented partnership that could help them beat their rivals to the self-driving future.
by Breitbart News4 Jan 2016, 5:45 AM PST0

Like rail freight cars slowly moving down a track at increasing speed, California is about to suffer a “storm train” this week that may increase rainfall by over 400 percent over last year. The El Niño phenomenon is expected to
by Chriss W. Street4 Jan 2016, 5:11 AM PST0

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chinese stocks plunged nearly 7 percent Monday, triggering an emergency trading suspension and pushing global markets sharply lower. The grim start to 2016 was caused by weak Chinese manufacturing data and tensions in the Middle East.
by Breitbart News4 Jan 2016, 4:22 AM PST0

Hillary Clinton wants Americans to believe the economy does better with a Democratic president than a Republican in the White House—that is simply false.
by Peter Morici4 Jan 2016, 4:17 AM PST0

The City of San Diego had been on a path to financial sustainability after 66 percent of voters passed Proposition B pension restructuring to save $1.6 billion, but Governor Brown appointed Public Employment Relations Board just ruled that the unions can nullify an initiative.
by Chriss W. Street2 Jan 2016, 12:38 PM PST0

With CES 2016 opening at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, the world is on the cusp of “virtual reality everything” with the launch of the Augmented Reality Marketplace.
by Chriss W. Street2 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

Although President Barack Obama likes to snarl about the unfairness of income inequality, under his administration, the 400 top earning American families now pay about one-third less of their income in taxes than under President Ronald Reagan.
by Chriss W. Street1 Jan 2016, 10:02 PM PST0

In a year marked by a relentless Democratic push for more gun control, stocks of two of the most prominent gun makers—Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co—saw their value nearly double.
by AWR Hawkins1 Jan 2016, 8:03 PM PST0

The Federal Reserve closed 2015 by doing something it hadn’t done since 2006: It hiked interest rates, initiating a phase of tighter monetary policy.
by Breitbart News1 Jan 2016, 11:58 AM PST0

Few people earn the minimum wage, of course, but its impact is felt in parts of the economy, retail and food service, that Americans utilize every day. In some areas, years of labor union agitation have successfully raised the wage floor to a level that will dramatically affect Americans’ every day activities, making them more expensive.
by Mike Flynn1 Jan 2016, 9:35 AM PST0

On Tuesday, Russia’s Economy Minister, Alexei Ulyukayev, sought to downplay the impact of much-publicized sanctions against Turkey over the downing of a Russian fighter jet on November 24.
by John Hayward30 Dec 2015, 4:09 PM PST0

If you believed property rights are critically important, then you’d call for Congress to preserve, protect and vigorously defend intellectual property rights.
by James Edwards30 Dec 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Last year, when Republicans gained a decisive edge in both houses of Congress, I made predictions as to the six energy-policy changes we could expect—as the two parties have very different views on energy issues.
by Marita Noon29 Dec 2015, 10:16 AM PST0

Martin Jacques, author of “When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order,” tells Breitbart News Daily that changes within China’s economy are largely responsible for the drop, and this is only the beginning of internal changes there sure to continue to impact U.S. and world finance in a big way.
by Dan Riehl29 Dec 2015, 7:01 AM PST0

Despite investing billions into turning Africa into a friendly business environment for them, a recent poll found that Kenyans perceive China as “the biggest threat to the country’s economic and political development.”
by Frances Martel28 Dec 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor, Mary Fallin, wrote a December 9 letter to California Governor Jerry Brown thanking him for the help Caltrans officials have offered educating Oklahoma officials regarding earthquakes.
by William Bigelow28 Dec 2015, 8:43 AM PST0