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Nov 20 2019
News
Amazon Has Become America’s CEO Factory
Latchel Inc. is a 3-year-old, 20-person startup in Seattle that sells home-maintenance services. It has something in common with its enormous neighbor Amazon.com Inc., AMZN -0.22% specifically, 14 leadership principles, many of which are identical.
That’s not a coincidence. Will Gordon, a Latchel co-founder, worked for the e-commerce giant for nearly three years. And like many former
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 28 2023
Headline Roundup
US, China Agree to 'Increase Transparency' on Export Controls
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo began a four-day visit to China on Monday. She met with her Chinese counterpart, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, where the two agreed to exchange information on U.S. export controls and increase communication on other commercial issues.
Details: An economic downturn in the Chinese economy, paired with increased restrictions placed by the Biden
Newsweek The Epoch Times Associated PressDec 14 2020
News
Georgia Supreme Court Declines to Hear Trump Lawsuit Ahead of Electoral College Vote
Georgia’s Supreme Court declined to hear an election challenge filed by President Donald Trump’s team ahead of the Dec. 14 Electoral College vote.
The court said that it “lacks the jurisdiction to consider the petition and rejects it,” Fox News reported.
The appeal from Trump’s team asked the Georgia Supreme Court to consider the merits of the case before Dec. 14. It wasn’t clear
The Epoch TimesMar 27 2018
Headline Roundup
Citizenship Question Will Be Reinstated in 2020 Census
The Commerce Department announced that the question of citizenship will again be included in the 2020 Census to better enforce the Voting Rights Act. Opponents say the move will cause undocumented individuals not to complete the questionnaire.
Townhall CNN Digital New York Times (News)Feb 24 2014
News
John Dingell to Retire After Nearly 60 Years in House
No member of the House has served as long as Representative John D. Dingell, Democrat of Michigan. So it resonated when Mr. Dingell announced on Monday that he would not seek re-election to a seat he has held since the Eisenhower administration in part because the institution he once revered had become “obnoxious,” riven by acrimony and marked by lack of productivity.
“There is going to
New York Times (News)May 27 2021
News
U.S. Jobless Claims Extend Decline to New Pandemic Low
Worker filings for jobless benefits fell again to a fresh pandemic low, extending a steady downward trend and adding to signs of a healing labor market as the economy opens more fully.
Initial unemployment claims for regular state programs, a proxy for layoffs, fell last week to 406,000 from 444,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. That level represents the lowest
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 20 2013
News
Solid Oct. Retail Sales Lift Hopes for US Economy
An increase in shopping last month during the partial government shutdown suggests that the U.S. economy may be more resilient than some have feared.
Retail sales rose 0.4 percent in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, after being flat the previous month. The increase showed that many consumers remain willing to spend as the all-important holiday shopping season nears.
ABC News (Online)Mar 30 2019
News
White House Blames Fed for Slowing Economic Growth
President Trump and his top economic adviser criticized the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate increases again on Friday, blaming the central bank for hindering economic growth while denying any suggestion of a looming slowdown. Just one day after the Commerce Department said the economy slowed more sharply at the end of last year than previously reported, Mr. Trump blamed the Fed for “
New York Times (News)Jul 05 2019
Opinion
How to Put Citizenship Back in the Census
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will attempt to add a citizenship question on the 2020 census while complying with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York. Five justices held that the Census Act allows the question, but a separate five-justice majority found the rulemaking that added the question was procedurally deficient. There is a way forward. The
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Nov 10 2020
News
Will Supreme Court Invalidate Obamacare A Decade After It Was Enacted?
Obamacare is back before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with opponents challenging it for a third time. The first attempts to derail the law failed in the high court by votes of 5-to-4 and 6-to-3. But the makeup of the court is very different now, with three justices appointed by President Trump – among them new Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Before her nomination, Barrett consistently
NPR (Online News)