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.
Corporate news where it meets government: antitrust cases, subsidy awards, tariff decisions, licensing rulings and the compliance costs attached.
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
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
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
The CPI tracks about 80,000 prices a month across eight major categories, and its methodology choices — weighting, substitution, shelter — are why economists argue about it.
Alexandria Lucas
Minimum wages climbed in roughly 20 states on January 1, 2026, with Hawaii posting the largest jump and Florida completing its climb to $15.
Alexandria Lucas