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Retail Sales Mark Comeback, Rising 1.6 Pct In March  

Retail Sales Mark Comeback, Rising 1.6 Pct In March   
Retail Sales Mark Comeback, Rising 1.6 Pct In March  
April 18, 2019  |  Retail

Spring has sprung, as March marched to the best showing of monthly retail sales data in a year and a half. Get the Full Story...

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Feb Retail Sales Drop As Consumers Curb Spending
Feb Retail Sales Drop As Consumers Curb Spending
April 01, 2019  |  Economy

Retail sales fell in February, as consumers curbed their spending and the stimulus from the tax cuts began to disappear. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
April 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses (SMBs) make up more than 98 percent of the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to the National Association of Manufacturers. So when small business...

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Commerce Department Taps R3, Mastercard For Trade Finance Council
Commerce Department Taps R3, Mastercard For Trade Finance Council
March 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. Commerce Department is expanding its Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC), having recently appointed 21 new members to the group in an effort to...

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Startups May Need An Export License To Hire Foreign Nationals
Startups May Need An Export License To Hire Foreign Nationals
March 12, 2019  |  Startups

New rules coming out of Washington D.C. could require startups to get government approval before hiring foreign nationals to do work, according to reports. Get the...

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Bad Sign For Retail? US Inventories Jumped In December
Bad Sign For Retail? US Inventories Jumped In December
March 11, 2019  |  Economy

Inventories at companies in the U.S jumped in the last month of 2018 as sales plummeted the most in three years. Get the Full Story...

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Commerce Dept. To Report 4Q GDP Results On Feb. 28
Commerce Dept. To Report 4Q GDP Results On Feb. 28
February 07, 2019  |  Economy

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will publish its advance fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report at the end of February. Get...

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GDP Continues Growth Trajectory On Consumer Spending
GDP Continues Growth Trajectory On Consumer Spending
October 26, 2018  |  Economy

Data from the Commerce Department Friday (October 26) show an initial reading of GDP growth for the third quarter at 3.5 percent annualized, boosted by...

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