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The Clash Over Interest Rates June 17, 2019 Great Stuff Jerome, you’ve got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? The Federal Open Market Committee is meeting this week to decide the fate of U.S. monetary policy. In other words, the Fed is looking at interest rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will hand down the central bank’s decision on Wednesday […]
Uber Bullying: This Is the Robot Revolution June 13, 2019 Great Stuff Some people clearly haven’t seen enough sci-fi movies. You do not bully robots. Period. And yet, that’s exactly what drivers around the world are doing. Road rage is now spilling over onto autonomous vehicles. Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber Technologies Inc.’s (NYSE: UBER) self-driving car unit, lamented the rising epidemic at Wednesday’s Elevate conference in Washington, D.C.: […]
Sprint and T-Mobile Merger: The Tribe Has Spoken June 12, 2019 Great Stuff The Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S)/T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) merger is now less of an Amazing Race and more of a season of Survivor. Ten state attorneys general filed a lawsuit this week to block the $59 billion deal, including Mississippi, California and New York. The stage is getting crowded indeed. The upstart duo initially gained approval from games master […]
When Rates Rise, It’s Time to Bounce on Banks June 11, 2019 Great Stuff In the day, we sweat it out on Wall Street, in a runaway bull-market dream. At night, President Trump tweets about mansions of glory and interest-rate-cutting machines. In his latest series of tweets, Trump is stepping out over the line. “The Fed interest rate is way too high, added to ridiculous quantitative tightening. They don’t […]
Mexico’s Sword of Damocles June 10, 2019 Great Stuff The U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement on trade and immigration this weekend. So, it’s time to celebrate. Crisis averted! Or is it? The promised 5% tariff on Mexican goods hasn’t been completely eradicated. It’s just been “indefinitely suspended.” In other words, President Trump could bring it back at any moment if he decides that […]