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"I’m a professor of economics at Boston University. I’m one of many economists who is deeply concerned about the direction of America’s policy and the course of economic policy. I’ve taken the initiative to write you a playbook for economic reform. The playbook contains a number of very simply (postcard length) reforms, which I’ve developed with economists who specialize in taxes, healthcare, Social Security, banking, environmental economics, fiscal accounting, education, and immigration."

Free to Download: A Trump Playbook for Fixing America’s Economy

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Commonwealth's CIO Brad McMillan discusses potential costs of the president-elect's expected policies.

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Billionaire hedge funder Ray Dalio believes Donald Trump's craziness factor may have been overstated and he can make a Reagan-like pivot as president.

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Pioneer Natural Resources Co (NYSE: PXD), where a total volume of 7,456 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 745,600 underlying shares (given that [...]

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASD: CSCO), where a total volume of 101,636 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 10.2 million underlying shares (given that [...]

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President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to block oil imports from Saudi Arabia. Now, the kingdom has fired back, questioning Trump's pledge.

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Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) has updated his third-quarter portfolio Monday afternoon, revealing buys of airline companies. The three airline stocks purchased by him or one of his portfolio managers, Ted Weschler and Todd Combs, were American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) and Delta Airlines (NYSE:DAL) and United Continental Holdings Inc. [...]

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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Ryan, who will win backing to be House speaker by his Republican colleagues on Tuesday, can thank [...]

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JPMorgan has agreed to pay $264 million to settle claims of foreign corrupt practice act violations for its hiring of the sons and daughters of government officials in China between 2006 and 2013.

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A $6 billion stock buyback may not silence the masses who are angry about the explosion of fake news on Facebook that may have affected the 2016 presidential election -- but it may lift the spirits of Facebook's shareholders.

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