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Economy
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 09:26:51 AM
If the Trust Fund were exhausted, Social Security would still receive payroll tax income, but that revenue would only be sufficient to pay roughly 76% of scheduled.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 07:26:25 AM
U.S. small-business sentiment increased to an 11-month high in July amid a surge in the share of owners reporting plans to boost hiring, suggesting that last month's.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 01:00:38 AM
President Donald Trump likes to say that he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure had failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions but he's now.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Monday, August 10, 2026 02:12:11 PM
The AI "bear case" isn't one argument; it's three. Burry on earnings. Bernstein on circular financing. MIT on revenue. Two are half right. One falls apart on the data...[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Monday, August 10, 2026 12:21:48 PM
The U.S. economy continues to grow, and productivity is advancing as well. With massive investments in artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure, Americans are.....[Full Story]
Analysis + Money
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 11:04:13 AM
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be an insurmountable hurdle for many.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 06:35:35 AM
U.S. stock index futures were subdued Tuesday as a deadlock in U.S.-Iran talks pushed up oil prices and discouraged investors from taking risks while the inflation.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Monday, August 10, 2026 04:02:26 PM
The Nasdaq closed lower on Monday, with declines in Intel and other chipmakers, as investors became less confident about a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz...[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Monday, August 10, 2026 11:07:25 AM
Intel is planning to raise $15 billion through a share sale, the U.S. chipmaker said Monday as it looks to fund the costly ​build-out of its chip contract manufacturing.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Monday, August 10, 2026 10:29:31 AM
J.P. Morgan raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 index to 8,000 from 7,800 Monday, citing prospects of solid corporate earnings and rising confidence that AI.....[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 - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 02:18:08 PM
President Donald Trump accused Iran of being "devious negotiators" in an interview released late Monday and described some of his current options in the war - "just bop.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 02:05:02 PM
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its behavior and accept Iran's conditions to end the war, the newly appointed secretary of.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 01:40:30 PM
Deputy assistant to the president Sebastian Gorka told Newsmax on Tuesday that the return home of a Russian-detained U.S. Marine marks the 107th American freed from.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 01:01:05 PM
An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban took over the country, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, renewing a.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 01:00:36 PM
Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and.....[Full Story]
In-Briefs
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Monday, August 10, 2026 10:29:31 AM
J.P. Morgan raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 index to 8,000 from 7,800 Monday, citing prospects of solid corporate earnings and rising confidence that AI.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Monday, August 10, 2026 08:31:05 AM
Progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is warning leading artificial intelligence CEOs to pause AI development until the technology can be better understood and.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Friday, August 07, 2026 07:31:10 AM
Equities dominated the headlines this week, but, largely ignored, commodities made the more consequential moves...[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Friday, August 07, 2026 07:05:46 AM
The White House imposed a series of price floors and a 15% tariff on products made from polysilicon, the raw material used in semiconductors and solar panels that is.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Wednesday, August 05, 2026 03:24:22 PM
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday he will vote against a major cryptocurrency bill unless Senate leaders agree to address concerns that the legislation could harm.....[Full Story]
Street Talk
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 02:56:13 PM
For some Cleveland Clinic patients, getting a prescription delivered is now as easy as looking to the sky. The health system has begun delivering certain medications.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 02:25:11 PM
California accused Paramount of "blackmail" Tuesday over a reported threat to pull the company out of the state because of lawsuits aimed at stopping its mega-merger.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 02:02:31 PM
The global short-drama market is projected to grow from $12.2 billion to nearly $70 billion by 2031 as artificial intelligence lowers production costs and major.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 01:43:18 PM
U.S. natural gas supply and demand will both rise to record highs in 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook report on.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 01:31:39 PM
U.S. power consumption, which hit its second straight annual record high in 2025, will rise further in 2026 and 2027, driven by AI-hungry data centers and.....[Full Story]
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