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America’s economy continues to strengthen under President Donald Trump‘s agenda according to a report on manufacturing by the Institute for Supply Management released Monday. The broadest measure of sentiment in the manufacturing sector, the Product Managers Index, rose 2.9% to 57.8% in June demonstrating a manufacturing sector that is seeing growth and expecting more in coming months. Factories picked up ...

A Montana newspaper published an article praising the Trump administration for having negotiated a deal that will result in about $2.5 billion in beef sales to China. The Great Falls Tribune reported that starting in July “for the first time in about 14 years, U.S. cattle producers will have access to that market.” China, along with many other countries, halted U.S. ...

Amazon.com said Friday that it will acquire Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. Current CEO John Mackey will stay at the grocery store chain and continue to operate it under the Whole Foods brand. “This partnership presents an opportunity to maximize value for Whole Foods Market’s shareholders, while at the same time extending our mission and ...

BOCA RATON, Fla., June 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Despite holding interest rates unchanged in their May meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) seems bullish and unfazed with the reports of weakness in the growth in economic activity. The FOMC issued a strong statement signaling it believes the slowdown in growth is transitory and pointed to solid job gains in the ...

It’s ironic Elon Musk, one of America’s premier subsidy farmers, is also a perfect example of the difference between the private sector approach to cost and the government’s. Musk differs from earlier entrepreneurs like Thomas Edison and Henry Ford who became wealthy by building a better mousetrap. Musk became wealthy by harvesting government subsidies. The LA Times ran the numbers ...

Are organic foods really healthier than non-organic foods? Are they better for animals? Are they better for the environment. Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, explains.

Does the minimum wage help Americans who are in financial straits? No. In fact, it makes their lives worse. Learn why in this short video.

Are you restricted in your personal or capital movements? Then it’s time for you to consider a CBI program to give you and your money the freedom you need. Your ability to move effortlessly through the physical and financial world is directly linked to your nationality. If you are a citizen of a third world country, then you are limited ...

Baby boomers, whose parents looked askance at ‘moving in together,’ are doing just that in their old age, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. The Pew Research Center reports that more seniors than ever before are cohabitating.  In fact, Pew says that the number of unmarried seniors who are living together increased by a whopping 75% between 2007 ...

Apple is pledging to dump one billion dollars to create an “advanced manufacturing fund” just after being threatened with import restrictions and reporting disappointing iPhone 7 sales. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced earlier this week that the company will put $1 billion into a fund to create U.S. manufacturing jobs later this month. “I’m proud to tell you that we’re ...

Job growth accelerated in April, reversing Marches downward move, according to a report from the Department of Labor released Friday. 211,000 new jobs helped the unemployment rate fall to a 10-year low of 4.4%. Jobs Numbers Nonfarm payrolls increased by 211,000 Seasonally adjusted U3 unemployment rate: 4.4% (-.1%) Broader U6 unemployment: 8.6% (-.3%) Number of unemployed persons (27+ weeks): 7.1 ...

Indian technology firm Infosys Ltd said Tuesday that it will hire 10,000 American tech workers over the next two years, following Trump’s order to review the H1-B visa program. The hiring change comes as Infosys came under fire for abusing the H1-B visa program to bring in cheaper foreign tech workers instead of hiring locally. President Trump blasted the practice ...

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that both Mexico and Canada have agreed to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) just a day after the United States had threatened to pull out. On Wednesday, a CNN report announced that Trump was considering an executive order to end U.S. participation in NAFTA. The White House is currently mulling an executive ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce imposed tariffs on Canadian softwood imports after trade talks on U.S. milk exports fell through. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the taxes announced Monday evening were being imposed after trade negotiations between the two countries failed to produce a positive outcome for the United States. “It has been a bad week for U.S.-Canada trade relations,” ...

What do McDonald’s, 7-Eleven, and Subway have in common? They’re all franchisors that license franchises to small business people, who in turn employ countless Americans. But the federal government is endangering this hugely successful business model.