Tracy's Dogs, a different, non-profit, organization with the same mission Depending upon where you live, the puppies you see at your local adoption center may not be local strays...but rather may be imports from elsewhere in the country. There are...

one view of tax reform from the right-of-center Young Turks Proposed GOP tax reform promises increased global competitiveness of American companies. One of the supporting arguments of this is that the "U.S. has the highest corporate tax rate among...

Brian Brenberg, of King's College on Fox News ; other views below The historically unprecedented rainfall and storm damage of Hurricane Harvey has had massive human and economic costs. Some of the impacts include: exacerbation of construction...

image from The Tap Blog The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has changed its estimates of U.S. economic growth as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP). The estimates have declined. As of April, 2017, the IMF estimated 2.3% growth this year...

f rom NBC News Are this week's political headlines what big business wants to see? The firing of FBI chief James Comey blindsided nearly everyone, and may have ramifications for near-future political stability. Generally, big business favors a...

PM images/Getty images via the podcast linked below NPR's Planet Money posed these questions recently: What is the value of a lost tooth to the tooth fairy...over the last 40 years? What is the value of an "Oxford comma"...when clarity...

TEDx March 2017 via YouTube: Steve Ballmer talks about USAFacts Steve Ballmer , a "numbers guy" who retired from his position as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, is about to launch a new project: USAFacts.org . This is a database of financial information...

image from the Daily Mail Asphalt in roads is made of oil...a diminishing natural resource. But a waste product that is growing in volume is plastic--clogging landfills and oceans...and taking its time to decompose. A start-up company in Britain, MacRebur...

this distribution will no longer hold... With their higher tuitions and often incredible academic preparation, international students have become an important component of American colleges and universities. Often, using special visas, these students...

from KPBS.com The unusually high amount of rainfall this winter in Southern California and elsewhere in the Southwest has created a spectacular event: the desert "superbloom." Spring brings desert blooms every year, but 2017 is expected to...

The business-to-business relationships between the United States and Germany are compelling enough to inspire a conference earlier this year. In the macro-economic sense, the U.S-German economic relationship is also significant. Angela Merkel, the...

photo from Geirix/Reuters At a news conference held in Reykjavik (Iceland) over the weekend, the final elimination of the economic controls that have been in place since 2008 was announced by Mar Gudmundsson (governor of the central bank), Bjarni Benediktisson...

image from the website of the podcast linked below One activity that can be more stressful that work is dating--particularly online dating. However, an economic reporter from Planet Money , Lisa Chow, took a systematic analysis approach to this process...

from YouTube Alas--I have been once again bamboozled by a online headline, bidding me to click through to another site...that ended up delivering something less than what seemed to be promised. I'd hoped to find a list of currently-in-the-theatres...

One profit-driven reason that Obamacare works is that everyone must be insured. This means that insurance companies can collect premiums from demographic groups that might otherwise not buy insurance because they assume that they are going to stay healthy...

from the Wall Street Journal The structure of corporation income tax in the U.S. may soon undergo a major, major change. Trump proposes to decrease corporate taxes from 35% to 20%. In order to make up the difference, a Border Adjustment Tax is being...

image from the Time Out London blog Capitalism, in theory, is supposed to create efficiencies that increase net income to the corporation. Ironically, the opposite trend has been occurring in the last several years--more jobs exist that add nothing...

from YouTube Consumers have been enjoying low interest rates on mortgages for the past several years. Businesses have also benefitted from lower-than-usual rates (at least established businesses and large corporations have been able to take advantages...

Are your friends and relatives asking you what you want for the holidays? You might send them The New York Times Business Bestsellers list to give them some ideas: The Magnolia Story , by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino: The HGTV...

Steven Mnuchin (Treasury) and Wilbur Ross (Commerce) photos via businesstimes.com and NYT Trump's primary advisors--individuals who will set the tone and implement policy during Trump's presidency--comprise his Cabinet picks. Surprisingly,...

YouTube video from CNN How can an oil-producing country find itself in a situation where basic goods and services--food, supplies, staple consumer goods--are not available to meet the citizens' needs? And where infant mortality, tuberculosis and...

a PowerPoint lecture explaining the Permanent Income Hypothesis --posted before the theory was discredited In 1957, Milton Friedman published a paper on the Permanent Income Hypothesis ( PIH ). In it, he posited that consumers spend based NOT on the...

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35112563 Part of being a business student and a business professional is developing a cultural literacy in business matters. A primary way to do this is to read business publications and keep up with current events...

Paul Krugman on today's "artificially low" interest rates: When interest rates are low, it is easy for businesses--both small and large--to borrow money and expand. Low interest rates also encourage consumers to spend money rather...

The problem with putting important policy decisions to a popular vote is that matters of economic policy are complicated, and actions taken may have unforeseen consequences. The classic voter conundrum--whether to vote one's conscience or vote one's...