Month: December 2019

Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images White House advisor Peter Navarro on Tuesday said the “Phase One” trade deal between the U.S. and China is a certainty
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Spartanburg is the most populous city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United… [+] States Getty I was a developer for over 20 years, building shopping centers especially. That was back in the midst of a retail expansion like we’d never seen before and may never see again. Bankers were loaning money
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A recent district court case demonstrated the interesting interaction between a tax overpayment, bankruptcy, and a Treasury offset under the Treasury Offset Program.  In the case, the taxpayers borrowed money for a home purchase; the loan was insured by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The taxpayers later defaulted on the
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Ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn issued a statement on Tuesday confirming reports that he’s left Japan and is now in Lebanon. “I am now in Lebanon and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied, in flagrant disregard
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U.S. government debt prices moved lower on Tuesday, the last trading day of the year. At 3:50 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to around 1.9034%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also higher at 2.3574%. Bond yields move inversely to prices. Investors have been taking on
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Concern about the $100 billion Mormon horde, the “scandal” I have dubbed EnsignGate seems to still be a thing. I have a little more to share on it, but I would also like to do a bit of review of my Mormon coverage. I have made an attempt to stake a big claim to the
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Aerial view of Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail in northern Nebraska, on a trestle over Long Pine … [+] Creek, along the preferred route of the Great American Rail-Trail Getty Twelve months after announcing the Great American Rail-Trail initiative, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) shared news this month that nearly $13 million has been secured for
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This photo taken on May 3, 2018 shows a worker cutting steel at a factory in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province. AFP | Getty Images China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index for manufacturing came in slightly above expectations at 50.2 for the month of December, the country’s statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had
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