Business coverage at the point where companies meet the state: merger reviews and antitrust proceedings, subsidy and contract awards, tariff decisions, sanctions and export controls, fines and consent orders. Items quantify the cost or exposure where figures exist. For executives, counsel and analysts pricing regulatory risk.
Business coverage at the point where companies meet the state: merger reviews and antitrust proceedings, subsidy and contract awards, tariff decisions, sanctions and export controls, fines and consent orders. Items quantify the cost or exposure where figures exist. For executives, counsel and analysts pricing regulatory risk.
An inverted Treasury yield curve has preceded every modern recession, with one false alarm — which is why the Fed watches it and why forecasters argue about it.
Alexandria Lucas · June 12, 2026
The Small Business Administration does not lend its own money for most loans — it guarantees bank loans, which lowers rates and raises approval odds for borrowers.
Alexandria Lucas · May 25, 2026
Roughly 58 percent of global foreign-exchange reserves sit in dollars — a position built on Treasury markets, trade invoicing, and network effects that outlast its causes.
Alexandria Lucas · May 6, 2026
S&P 500 companies have spent hundreds of billions a year repurchasing their own shares, and the debate over buybacks is a debate about capital allocation.
Alexandria Lucas · April 14, 2026
The three headline indexes measure different slices of the market in different ways, and their gaps in any given year tell a story about what is driving stocks.
Alexandria Lucas · March 22, 2026