by Matt Sussis | Nov 16, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – The J.M. Smucker Company reported fiscal 2018 second-quarter earnings Thursday, beating analysts’ expectations on sales and EPS and returning to positive growth after four consecutive quarters of declines. Smucker’s adjusted EPS of $2.02...
by Yingjie Gu | Nov 7, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Having more and easier access to digital databases that store vast amounts of information on citizens would help governments make better economic policies, but could compromise the privacy rights and desires of those citizens, the fiscal director of the...
by Matt Sussis | Nov 1, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON—Following Deutsche Bank AG’s (DB – Get Report) decision to cut the cost of its flagship high-yield ETF, some analysts warned Wednesday that exchange-traded fund price wars are far from over and predicted that no-fee ETFs could become a reality...
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by Casey Egan & Matt Sussis | Oct 19, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Economics should take a bigger role in setting global migration policies because migration is largely driven by labor market demands, an issue not understood by many of the immigration policymakers, a lead economist at the World Bank said Thursday. Caglar...
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by Yingjie Gu | Oct 18, 2017 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Blockchain, artificial intelligence, the internet of things and other innovative technologies will be the key to achieve maximum efficiency in the manufacturing supply chains, saving money and time for American businesses,?a senior trade official at...
by Yingjie Gu & Tacuma Roeback | Oct 17, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — With the implementation of its new cybersecurity law, China has the tools to match or even exceed the United States as an information technology superpower in expansiveness and regulation, experts said Tuesday. “China has arrived as an information...
