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Romney Focuses on Policies to Create Jobs, Spur Growth

The second presidential debate that took place last night showed a feistier President Obama than in the first...

PowerTrend Brief: A Busy Week Ahead — Earnings, Economic Data and the Presidential Debate

Last week proved to be a challenging one for the stock market. All of the major indices were...

United States Downgraded Again by Economic Freedom Index

The Fraser Institute's 2012 Economic Freedom Index was just released last week. The index is compiled by Florida...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall as Corporate Earnings Outlook Dims; JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon Blasts White House and Congress; U.S. Economic Growth Remains Weak

U.S. stocks extended losses as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a fourth day. “The fear is...

Daily Data Flow: Beware of Jobs Data, Welch Warns; Lehman Brothers May Pay Just 21 Cents on the Dollar; WiFi Provider Ruckus Wireless Plans IPO

Former GE CEO Welch Says White House Manipulates Jobs Data (Bloomberg) Jack Welch, writing on his Twitter account,...

Who REALLY Won the Debate?

The overnight polls indicate that Gov. Mitt Romney trounced President Obama in the first presidential debate last night...

The Global Guru: Three Surprising Truths behind Today’s Economic Headlines

1.  The "Great Recession" in the United States Was Worse Than You Thought According to original estimates, U.S. gross...

Can Romney Make a Comeback?

Can Romney make a comeback? Yes, if he can reinvent himself and become more likeable. Newt Gingrich offered...

At the Republican National Convention

Last week, I attended the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. There, I had a chance to witness...