News
CNN Money | Kentucky charms small business owners
Kentuckians -- grab yourself a mint julep, there's news to celebrate: the Bluegrass State is making improvements to welcome small businesses into the fold -- and it's working.
CNN Money | How Congress could mess with your commute
Gridlock on Capitol Hill may mean more gridlock for you over the next year if you have to navigate potholes, congested roads, rundown rails or bad bridges.
WSJ | Young Migrants Tax System
Mr. Biden's visit is one piece of the White House's unfolding response to a surge of children traveling illegally to the U.S. from Central America, unaccompanied by an adult, in what has become a humanitarian and political crisis for the Obama administration. On Thursday, President Barack Obama called Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss the need for "concrete proposals" as part of a regional strategy to stem the tide, the White House said.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Market Watch | Feeble growth raises doubt about EU recovery
This is the verdict of the group of economists at the Centre for Economic Policy Research that provides the most authoritative analysis of business cycles in the euro zone.
Washington Times | Obama’s anti-oil antics drill into workers’ pockets
It’s bad enough that during the past six years Americans have had to suffer from painfully weak economic growth, too few jobs, flat wages and rising taxes, under President Obama’s policies. Now we’re facing rising inflation that economists say will only get worse.
Spectator | The New Twist on Inequality
In pre-modern times, the disparity in men’s and women’s higher education opportunities was often defended by the view that women’s education would be wasted because they’d end up “just being mothers.” Of course, we now recognize that a mother’s education plays a vital role in the education of her children and, thus, in the welfare of the community and society as a whole.
