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‘If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?’

It sounds like something a gunslinging, billionaire hedge fund manager might say. And it is. Ray Dalio, founder of the highly secretive, $100 billion hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, is still in damage-control mode following the release of a book…

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What’s Afoot At the FDIC?

It’s not every day that you wake up to headlines about one of the nation’s most staid-and-storied institutions – really, the cornerstone upon which the entire U.S. banking system rests in order to remain stable – engaging in the sexual…

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House’s Two-Step Shuffle

Alabama Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, in the first big test of his leadership as House Speaker, led the charge to push through an extremely unique two-step plan this week to prevent a government shutdown.

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Economics

Small Businesses Stall Amid Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates

In a Goldman Sachs survey of more than 1,200 small businesses, 53% said they can’t afford to take out loans at their current rates.

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Fed’s Tea Leaves Get Murkier

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The U.S. Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady Wednesday, but the economy is still scorching – beating expectations in September – while American consumers continue to buy up a storm, charging their credit cards as…

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Chasing Up Russian Yachts and Mansions Proving Pricey

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The West’s economic war on Russia is producing a massive taxpayer tab.

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A Mountain of Public Money Awaits U.S. Presidential Candidates

The Presidential Campaign Fund’s Hidden Impact on Elections and Beyond.

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International Economics

African Nations are Pushing for the World’s Top Polluters to Pay Up

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Private Equity

EY Rejects TPG’s Bid For its Consulting Business

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

The Closed-Door, Multitrillion-Dollar Chess Game

How the U.S.-UK “special relationship” extends to hiding wealth.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

The President’s Son’s Headache

If Hunter Biden was not the President’s son, would things have been different?

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Economics

Eurozone Slips into Mild Recession

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Industries

Drug Maker Merck Sues US Gov. Over Inflation Reduction Act

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