The year was 1934. The Great Depression ravaged the United States. Unemployment was only starting to turn around but was still at a painfully high rate of 22 percent. Nearly a quarter of Americans were out of work, and to make it worse, weather and drought in the Midwest destroyed 35 million ...
When OPEC announced last week that its members would be cutting oil production by more than a million barrels daily, oil prices immediately jumped 5 percent. A week later, U.S. gas prices are up more than a dime a gallon, and the summer driving season is likely to send prices at the pump ...
Crossover is finished and the House passed a $16 billion budget with a three-to-one majority and now it is up to the Senate to put its stamp on the state’s operations for the next two years. Give House Speaker Sherman Packard credit, he knew the Republican votes were not enough to pass a ...
Supporting free trade is out of fashion. In rich countries, it has been blamed for job losses and all but abandoned by policymakers. Over the last century, trade had been increasing, seen as a percentage of the entire global economy, but this peaked around the global financial crisis and is now ...
The recent passing of Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore at age 94 has brought back well-deserved stories about how this tech legend played a leading role in developing silicon microprocessors, which served as the foundation for the exponential growth of our modern computer age. But this Big Bang ...
Virtually every teenager in America is online. That’s a good thing — just ask the teens. A new survey from Pew Research Center shows that most teens say social media strengthens their friendships, engages their creative side, and connects them with support. But as our nation debates how ...
