By Robert Romano Federal Reserve Janet Yellen broadcast to the world on Nov. 17 that an interest rate hike by the central bank is likely to come soon, maybe even the next time the Fed meets. “At our meeting earlier this month, the Committee judged that the […]

By Robert Romano On Nov. 11, the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact died a quiet death as the Obama administration abandoned efforts to pass the trade deal during the lame duck session of Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports . The problem? Donald Trump won the election by taking away Pennsylvania, […]

By Nathan Mehrens As originally published at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/reining-in-the-anti-business-national-labor-relations-board/ Once again, due to President Obama’s actions, the U.S. Supreme Court must settle a dispute involving the appointment of an officer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The case here is SW General v. NLRB, involving a […]

By Robert Romano Donald Trump was elected. So, the sky must be falling. Markets would crash, financial institutions and media had confidently predicted before the election. Except, that hasn’t happened. Which is unsurprising to the American people, who have grown accustomed to disregarding warnings issued by biased media outlets that hate their guts. Nothing […]

By Robert Romano “Citigroup: Trump win would cause immediate stock drop.” “A Trump win would sink stocks.” “Economists: A Trump win would tank the markets,” shrieks Politico. These are just some of the headlines the American people have been treated to in the closing days of the election cycle, all intended of course to inspire fear of a win by Donald Trump in the election. Basically, it’s just voter […]

By Robert Romano Marie Clintonette strikes again. Hillary Clinton really does support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. So says the campaign’s Labor Outreach Director Nikki Budzinski in a new Wikileaks email dated November 3, 2015 to campaign advisors that it was U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) who let the cat out of the bag. Budzinski was attempting to engage in damage control. “She claimed in the meeting that she […]

By Marita Noon Until Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti nearly a month ago, on October 4, the impoverished island country was out of the headlines — pushed aside by election news. But new emails which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the […]

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By Robert Romano On Friday, Oct. 21, a massive attack against Dyn, which handles domain name system resolution for large websites like Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Reddit and others, severely disrupted Internet traffic while the company got a handle on the problem. According to a company statement from Dyn , “At this point we know […]

By Nathan Mehrens As originally published at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/government-sides-with-unions-over-businesses-again/ If you don’t show up for work and are permanently replaced can your employer get in trouble? According to the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the answer is yes. In a case currently pending […]