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Ultimately, how hot to run the US economy comes down to a judgment about what’s important. It may not take so long to know whether its decision was correct.

The $1.1 trillion omnibus being discussed is the result of new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) courting House Democrats to help secure passage as it is expected that the House Freedom Caucus, which is primarily comprised of members of the Tea Party, will vote against the bill.

Some national farm leaders met the announcement with quizzically, if not skeptical, eyes, and hoped farmer groups will have the opportunity study and then comment on how such a merger of two large agricultural seed and agrichemical providers might impact US farmers.

“Against the background of additional volumes of oil from Iran, oil prices are expected to remain low for a longer period than it was expected previously”, he added. Other non-OPEC members such as Russian Federation have also experienced economic turmoil and recession...

Oil rose again in choppy volatile trade on Tuesday, one day after rebounding sharply off seven-year lows, though worries that a global supply glut may stick around for longer than anticipated remained on investors’ minds. The rebound for crude-oil prices comes despite...

Which was surprising, because it wasn’t like he was toting an historic winning streak back to the Bay Area in there.

This is the type of story that makes me nervous to fly.

The Federal Reserve increases or decreases interest rates as a benchmark for financial institutions.

China’s eleventh richest man, Guo Guangchang, attended a company meeting in Shanghai on Monday, his first public reappearance since he was detained by Chinese authorities.

The original deadline for January 1 start coverage was supposed to be at midnight Pacific Time today.

Here’s a chart that one of our readers helped us compile overlaying the Fed Funds rate with USD/JPY.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. vapored 11.49 percent to 3.93 Canadian dollars over the falling copper prices and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., the world’s biggest potash fertilizer producer, declined 3.44 percent to 23.02 Canadian dollars.

Dollar bonds of sub-investment grade Indian firms have seen yields rise in recent weeks in response to a sharp sell-off in the global junk bond markets, which is making investors nervous.

Notably, nearly a fifth (19 per cent) of USA women billionaires are self-made, compared with seven per cent in Europe.

India and Japan are now close to signing a civil nuclear cooperation agreement after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe inked an MoU on Saturday. In all, Japan has committed itself for several ambitious infrastructural projects worth more than...