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  • Spartanburg County Councilman David Britt is one of the people who initially convinced BMW to open a factory.
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    David Britt helped bring jobs to Spartanburg. Now he's fighting against the president's tariffs.

  • The Labor Department reported this morning record high job openings for the month of August, the highest since the Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey was created almost 20 years ago. A large number of open jobs has ramifications for many different sectors of the economy. We looked at one sector with a lot of “now […]

  • The Labor Department reported this morning record high job openings for the month of August, the highest since the Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey was created almost 20 years ago. A large number of open jobs has ramifications for many different sectors of the economy. We looked at one sector with a lot of “now […]

  • The United States could simply make more money to pay its bills, said Stephanie Kelton, an economics professor at Stony Brook University. But taken to an extreme, that could lead to higher inflation.
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    Balancing the federal budget is a bigger deal for politicians than economists.

  • The United States could simply make more money to pay its bills, said Stephanie Kelton, an economics professor at Stony Brook University. But taken to an extreme, that could lead to higher inflation.
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    Balancing the federal budget is a bigger deal for politicians than economists.

  • How a company’s value is determined
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    Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

  • How a company’s value is determined
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    Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

  • Quarterly earnings reports out this week from the major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America show very, very strong gains. Many companies are benefiting from the changed tax code, but banks are a special case. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • Quarterly earnings reports out this week from the major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America show very, very strong gains. Many companies are benefiting from the changed tax code, but banks are a special case. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • A sign advertising apartments for rent is displayed in front of an apartment complex July 8, 2009 in San Francisco, Calif.
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    We spoke to renters in Denver, Colorado, about the financial barriers to homeownership.

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