Tag: Donald Trump
Trump order pushes for disclosure of secret health prices
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump called for hospitals to disclose to patients up front how much they charge for tests, surgeries and other...
Corporate America is repatriating a fraction of foreign profits
WASHINGTON – Corporations brought $100.2 billion of overseas profits back to the United States in the first quarter, marking $876.8 billion that has returned...
Fed scraps ‘patient’ rate approach in prelude to potential cut
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve indicated a readiness to cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade to sustain a...
Trump’s tax law made Americans less charitable, nonprofits say
WASHINGTON – Americans gave less money to charities last year partly because the Republican tax law changes made many people ineligible for tax breaks...
R.I. manufacturers differ on USMCA regulations
With ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement dragging on longer than expected, Rhode Island manufacturers’ outlook on the proposed deal is mixed.Some say the...
Trump’s tariffs have wiped out most families’ tax cut gains
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump’s trade wars have already wiped out all but $100 of the average American household’s windfall from Trump’s 2017...
Exports, imports both plummet as U.S. trade deficit narrows
NEW YORK – The United States trade deficit narrowed in April as both exports and imports tumbled, highlighting the impact of President Donald Trump’s...
China tariff retaliation kicks in as trade war ratchets up
NEW YORK – China raised tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of goods imported from the U.S., implementing the promised retaliation to President...
Trump to impose tariff of up to 25% on Mexico over...
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump vowed to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods until that country stops immigrants from entering the United...
CFPB to update regulations on debt collection
PROVIDENCE – The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a notice of proposed rule-making to modernize the “rules of the road” for debt...
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