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2024-12-17

Majorities in poll give Trump green light for some controversial policies

President-elect Donald Trump dances after speaking during the Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards at the Tilles Center in Greenvale, New York, Dec. 5, 2024. Heather Khalifa | AP Americans say they are ready to support President-elect Donald Trump in his second term, and majorities give a green light to some of his controversial promises on the campaign trail, according to…

2024-11-20

Goldman’s 2025 stock market forecast calls for the S&P 500 to gain 11%

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Goldman Sachs is out with its much anticipated 2025 equity outlook to clients and it calls for stocks to gain 11% from here (12% total return with dividends) as a growing economy and improving profit margins fuel sizable earnings growth. “Our view is predicated on continued US economic expansion, earnings growth of 11% in 2025 and 7% in 2026,…

2024-11-19

How Trump’s win could change your health care

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on November 13, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care. Republicans may face few legislative roadblocks with their goals of reshaping health insurance in the U.S., experts said, after the party retained…

2024-10-22

Trump tax plans could exempt 93 million Americans from income taxes

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Former President Donald Trump’s tax reform ideas could offer total or partial income tax exemptions to roughly 93.2 million Americans, a meaningful chunk of the U.S. electorate, according to CNBC’s analysis of several estimates. As part of his economic pitch to voters, Trump has floated a sweeping tax overhaul, including a slate of income tax breaks. So far, the…

2024-10-14

Elon Musk could become world’s first trillionaire

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Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, according to a recent report from Informa Connect Academy. Of the world’s billionaires, Musk is the closest to that 13-figure mark, and his wealth is growing. At the start of 2020, Musk was worth about $28.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. By the end…

2024-10-01

Harris leads with Latino voters, but the economy narrows the margin for Dems: Survey

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Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., September 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The economic woes from inflation look to have accelerated a shift of Latino voters toward Republicans, cutting in half a Democratic lead with a critical voting group in the lead up to…

2024-09-30

Are immigrants taking jobs from U.S. workers? Here’s what economists say

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The first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is shown on television at the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sept. 10, 2024. Immigration has been a hot topic throughout the presidential campaign. Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty Images The idea that immigration has a negative impact on the U.S. job market is…

2024-09-25

Novo Nordisk CEO testifies at Senate over weight loss drug prices

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Novo Nordisk‘s top executive faced a Senate grilling on Tuesday over the high prices of the company’s weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic, as demand for both injections soars in the U.S. Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen did not explicitly promise lawmakers at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., that he would…

2024-09-21

Bill to eliminate Social Security GPO, WEP rules gets closer to a vote

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Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images House lawmakers in Washington have the signatures they need to force a vote on a bill to eliminate rules that reduce Social Security benefits for certain retirees who also receive pension income. On Thursday morning, Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garret Graves, R-La., marked the 206 signatures a discharge petition had thus…

2024-09-19

Trump reverses position, vows to ‘get SALT back’

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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at Trump National Golf Club, in Rancho Palos Verdes, U.S., September 13, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed that he would “get SALT back” if reelected, apparently suggesting that he would eliminate the cap on state and local tax deductions…

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