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  • Dec 6, 2017

    Surviving as an independent publisher in the digital age

    As audiences move to mobile, it can be hard for independent publishers to keep up.
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    One magazine owner shares his story.

  • Dec 6, 2017

    There’s more to America’s global competitiveness than the tax rate

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to reporters about the Senate's version of the tax reform bill today at the Capitol.
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    Tax savings could go to shareholders, not new technology, jobs or other investments.

  • Dec 5, 2017

    Lawmakers ponder fate of corporate AMT

    The House and Senate have both passed tax bills cutting the rate that corporations pay. The lawmakers differ though on the details, including what to do with the corporate alternative minimum tax. The House bill repealed it, but after some last minute changes the Senate bill keeps the AMT in place and some businesses aren’t […]

  • Dec 5, 2017

    Why "lost Einsteins" are hurting our economy

    “Lost Einsteins” are a group of people, including minorities and women, who could have become successful innovators but didn't have the right opportunities to come through the innovation pipeline, says Raj Chetty, a Stanford economist. Above, a Seoul, South Korea, exhibit of physicist Albert Einstein.
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    Unrealized talent can have a serious economic impact.

  • Dec 5, 2017

    Here’s why a one-year phase-in of the corporate tax cut could be a big deal

    One of the key parts of the GOP tax reform plan is a cut in the corporate tax rate from the current 35 percent to 20 percent. In the bill passed by the House, that cut would begin next year. The Senate bill delays the cut until 2019. One year may not seem like a […]

  • Dec 5, 2017

    Northern Ireland-Irish Republic border is a hurdle for Brexit

    Demonstrators wave EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London, today.
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    The Irish Republic wants a guarantee that the border will remain open after Britain leaves the European Union. …will stay as open as it is today.

  • Dec 5, 2017

    American laborers as art at the National Portrait Gallery

    Smithsonian Museum curator Dorothy Moss leads Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal through the new exhibition “The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers.”
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    "I want people to walk away recognizing workers in their daily life … and possibly feel a little less alone walking away," says the exhibit's co-curator.

  • Dec 5, 2017

    Can you tell if these are fake Yeezys?

    One of the shoes Eddy Lu brought by our studio. Can you tell if it's real?
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    The boom in the high-end sneaker market makes counterfeit kicks a real problem.

  • Dec 5, 2017

    The GOP tax plan and the federal debt … why does it matter?

    The tax cuts the Senate approved in the wee hours of Saturday morning are expected to add at least $1 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade. That’s according to the Senate’s own Joint Committee on Taxation. And that’s after taking into account a boost to economic growth generated by tax cuts. So […]

  • Dec 5, 2017

    What a small business owner makes of the tax overhaul.

    Is the proposed tax overhaul really a boon for small business? We checked in with Austin Golding, co-owner of Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to find out his perspective. “It seems like every time there’s a discussion about it, there’s a different provision or different nuance to it, but we’ve definitely been trying to […]