Category Archives: Business
The Budget the Next President Will Inherit, in Five Charts
President Barack Obama released his $4 trillion-plus budget in his final year at the White House on Tuesday.
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President Barack Obama released his final budget Tuesday, the primary purpose of which is to lay out his priorities for his remaining year in office. With few major budgeting changes likely in the president’s final year in office, the document also provides a fascinating look at what the next president will inherit.
The next president will take office with spending outpacing revenue, but within ranges that have been typical over the past 50 years. Federal government expenditures today, as a share of Read More
Source:: wsj
Quicken Loans Super Bowl Ad: No, This Isn’t Housing Apocalypse 2.0
Video: Opportunities of all kinds open up in this Super Bowl 50 ad for Quicken Loans.
Quicken Loans’s Super Bowl ad has sparked rumblings over whether we should worry about a new housing bubble.
“What if we did for mortgages what the Internet did for buying music and plane tickets and shoes?” a narrator says. The 60-second spot then opines about how Quicken’s new product, called the “Rocket Mortgage,” might do that. It would unleash “demand for necessary household goods as our tidal wave of ownership floods the country with new homeowners who now must own other things.”
This patriotic call to consumption Read More
Source:: wsj
Why We Don’t Want to See a Total Solar-Panel Eclipse Over Nevada
A controversial ruling regarding solar energy in Nevada challenges business leaders on ethics, the environment and corporate social responsibility.
Source:: Entrepreneur



