California's new employment law is starting to crush freelancers business Article 1592 words, published Dec 11 2019 5 votes
Residents in 24 states and Washington, D.C. will see a minimum wage increase in 2020. The increases range from $0.10 per hour—in Florida—to $1.50 per hour. Article 1755 words 7 votes
Inside TurboTax’s twenty-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free Article 7022 words 16 votes
If you made a claim for $125 from Equifax, you’re not getting it after court awards nearly $80 million to attorneys Article 19 votes
Running the numbers to figure out Amazon's market share: it has about 35% of US ecommerce, but closer to 6% of addressable retail overall business Article 944 words, published Nov 22 2019 5 votes
Examination of US Fortune 500 companies' 2018 filings shows that many paid a low effective federal tax rate in 2018, including ninety-one that paid no federal taxes at all business Article 14 244 words 9 votes
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths business Article 854 words 7 votes
Musk, Bloomberg, Bezos: America's aristocracy of tech robber barons lives by its own rules Article 853 words 12 votes
FTC settlement with for-profit University of Phoenix over deceptive advertising will require them to cancel $141M in student debt and pay $50M to former students Article 955 words 14 votes
Paul A. Volcker, Fed Chairman who helped shape American economic policy for decades, notably by leading the Federal Reserve’s campaign to subdue inflation in the 1970s and 1980s, is dead at 92 economics Article 4178 words 4 votes
For the first time in US history, a decade will pass without the country falling into a recession economics.macro Article 724 words 13 votes
Sweden's telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn to resolve allegations of bribery, the US Department of Justice has announced business Article 317 words 4 votes
US SEC rejects NYSE plan to allow companies to raise capital during direct listings Article 63 words 6 votes
The new debtor's prisons: High-interest loan companies are using Utah’s small claims courts to arrest borrowers and take their bail money Article 5416 words 15 votes
US Trade Representative investigation concludes that France's Digital Services Tax discriminates against US companies, proposes retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on French products Article 416 words 7 votes
Aurelius Capital v. Puerto Rico: How a hedge fund’s efforts to take the island territory to the cleaners wound up before the Supreme Court - with Puerto Ricans arguing in the hedge fund’s favor Article 3740 words 4 votes
Pre-Thanksgiving Merger Monday sees over $60 billion in announced deals business Article 257 words 7 votes
The flight that sent Boeing off course: A company once driven by engineers became driven by finance business Article 1671 words 6 votes
The Stanford Empire: The university is more than a prestigious place to get a degree, they're also Silicon Valley's largest land owner Article 5158 words 7 votes
Why Americans hate taxes, and why some people want them to Article 1249 words, published Aug 5 2019 12 votes
Riding the unicorn—Peloton accidentally built a fitness cult. A business is a little more complicated. business Article 3227 words, published Oct 17 2019 8 votes
Congressional hearing - An examination of Facebook and its impact on the financial services and housing sectors cryptocurrency Video 6:14:05 7 votes
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint could be good for US businesses, despite opposition from state attorneys general and consumer advocacy groups business Article 1170 words 5 votes
What the health care debate still gets wrong economics Article 5181 words, published Sep 12 2019 10 votes
America’s Orthodox Jews are selling a ton of the products you buy on Amazon business Article 3451 words 11 votes
The 'glass floor' is keeping America's richest idiots at the top business Article 1258 words 10 votes
SEC files emergency action and obtains a temporary restraining order to halt Telegram's cryptocurrency token offering cryptocurrency Article 435 words 6 votes
Stockton's basic income trial: Early results show how money is spent economics Article 1509 words 6 votes
IRS: Sorry, but it’s just easier and cheaper to audit the poor Article 527 words, published Oct 2 2019 17 votes
US hits Scotch whisky, Italian cheese, French wine, and other European products with 25% tariffs Article 86 words 12 votes
Blame economists for the mess we’re in: Why did America listen to the people who thought we needed “more millionaires and more bankrupts?” economics Article 1520 words 19 votes
Bernie Sanders wants to put credit reporting companies like Equifax out of business and replace them with a public credit registry business Article 600 words 40 votes
Square wants to be a bank but doesn’t want to be taxed like one banking business Article 57 words, published Sep 12 2019 15 votes
The deadly race: How Amazon hooked America on fast delivery while avoiding responsibility for crashes business Article 5155 words 12 votes
US Congress promised student borrowers a break. Education dept. rejected 99% of them. Article 1619 words 20 votes