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Economy
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 06:21:12 AM
India and the United States are nearing a long-stalled trade agreement that would reduce U.S. tariffs on Indian imports to 15% to 16% from 50%, India's Mint reports,.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 06:03:34 AM
President Donald Trump's administration is preparing a new probe into drug pricing practices among U.S. trading partners, a move that would lay the ground for fresh.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 04:59:48 PM
President Donald Trump 's plan to cut record beef prices by importing more meat from Argentina is running into heated opposition from U.S. ranchers who are enjoying some.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 01:39:59 PM
Prominent consumer-facing companies Coke, 3M, General Motors and Philip Morris all flagged consumer resilience in their earnings reports Tuesday - depending on the.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 11:12:58 AM
Rare earth elements have become geopolitical dynamite. According to a new analysis by consultancy McKinsey & Company, up to four million jobs in Germany are on the line.....[Full Story]
Analysis + Money
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:53:47 AM
Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected a nearly $60 billion offer from Paramount Skydance Tuesday, a source said, and the company announced it would explore its options.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:35:58 AM
Gold and silver prices remained jittery Wednesday after the sharpest pullback in over five years, while global equity and bond markets were taking a breather from recent.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:25:43 AM
U.S. stock index futures were subdued Wednesday, as investors treaded carefully through the thick of earnings season, with Netflix's weak profit pressuring market.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 06:42:45 AM
AI startup Anthropic is in talks with Google to secure additional computing power valued in the high tens of billions of dollars, Bloomberg News reports, citing people.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, October 21, 2025 04:19:11 PM
Mattel missed third-quarter sales and profit estimates on Tuesday, hurt by sluggish retail demand for its toys in North America amid rising economic uncertainty...[Full Story]
Opinion
Frank Gaffney - Thursday, May 09, 2024 04:23:50 PM
The Biden administration is stealthily preparing to surrender our sovereign, constitutional republic and the freedoms it guarantees to the World Health Organization's.....[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Friday, April 09, 2021 02:44:12 PM
"Managed decline" is a euphemism for the proposition that the United States is a terminally waning power and must accommodate itself to the inevitable rise of Communist.....[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Tuesday, April 06, 2021 04:13:28 PM
What the Fight Over Georgia’s Election Law is Really About..[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Wednesday, March 03, 2021 10:08:37 AM
Especially alarming is the relentless inflaming of racial tensions with the reinstitution of virulent "critical race theory" curricula, systematic vilification of white.....[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Tuesday, March 02, 2021 10:01:56 AM
The former President laid out his vision for restoring an America in which elections are once again free and fair, our borders secure, our economy vibrant, our enemies.....[Full Story]
Global Talk
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:45:47 AM
China overtook the U.S. as Germany's largest trading partner in the first eight months of 2025, regaining the top spot as higher tariffs weighed on German exports to the.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:43:32 AM
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that preparation for a summit between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump was ongoing,.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:39:35 AM
A Russian overnight attack on Ukraine killed three people, including two children, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Wednesday. Russia.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:38:19 AM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in Norway and will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, the Nordic country's government said in a.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:33:02 AM
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In-Briefs
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Monday, October 20, 2025 09:48:02 AM
There's a new dynamic shaking up the auto industry, and car dealerships aren't thrilled about it. Generation Z -- the most digital generation yet -- isn't walking into.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Monday, October 20, 2025 07:33:18 AM
Although AI and humans truly "think" differently, rather than viewing this a tradeoff between one form of intelligence and another, we should instead regard each as.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Monday, October 20, 2025 07:32:38 AM
After a turbulent week in which some regional U.S. banks flagged bad loan and fraud issues, investors are now awaiting for more earnings reports from the lenders to.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Friday, October 17, 2025 01:56:48 PM
U.S. regional banks are showing increasing signs of stress even after they stockpiled more money to absorb credit losses and sought out more stable deposits since the.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Friday, October 17, 2025 07:40:45 AM
Tumbling bank shares pulled global stocks lower Friday, while gold hit a fresh peak, as signs of credit stress at U.S. regional lenders unnerved investors and drove them.....[Full Story]
Street Talk
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:53:47 AM
Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected a nearly $60 billion offer from Paramount Skydance Tuesday, a source said, and the company announced it would explore its options.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:35:58 AM
Gold and silver prices remained jittery Wednesday after the sharpest pullback in over five years, while global equity and bond markets were taking a breather from recent.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:25:43 AM
U.S. stock index futures were subdued Wednesday, as investors treaded carefully through the thick of earnings season, with Netflix's weak profit pressuring market.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:08:32 AM
Ford is recalling 1,448,655 vehicles in the U.S. due to a rearview camera issue that could potentially result in a distorted, intermittent, or blank image when the.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 07:04:31 AM
As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalizing a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present.....[Full Story]
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