Elizabeth MacDonald
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Cyber Attacks on Small Businesses on the Rise
According to experts, cyber hackers view small businesses as a soft, easy mark versus big blue chip companies which have ramped up their cyber firewalls. → Read More
The Curious Case of the SEC vs. Egan-Jones
There is a curious history to the Egan-Jones matter, one that raises the issue of government retaliation. → Read More
Goldman Just Called the Bottom in Oil
Are we there yet? → Read More
U.S. Energy Plunge Slams State Budgets, Raising Tax Hike Fears
States that collect significant severance tax revenues from the oil patch and the coal industry are now scrambling to deal with revenue shortfalls, the U.S. Dept. of Energy says. → Read More
Economists’ Hits and Misses of 2015
The verdict is in, the blue sky crowd has been too much in control in the world of economic forecasting. → Read More
IRS Still Working on the Hack of the Year
Ten months after a major hack into taxpayer information at the IRS, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says the IRS is still working on bolstering its Internet sign-in procedures. → Read More
House Attorneys Delay Probe into Congressional Insider Trading Case
The Securities & Exchange Commission’s probe into a major insider trading case connected to the House Ways & Means Committee is being stymied by the committee’s attorneys. → Read More
Anti-Hack Chip Cards Still AWOL At Major Retailers
Remember the big hue and cry in Congress and in the retail industry for new computer chip credit cards to ward off hackers? While industry studies estimate three in five consumers now have them, major retailers still haven't upgraded to accept them. → Read More
Oil Plunge Raises Fears of Societal Unrest
Analysts at places like RBC Capital Markets have been warning that chronically low oil prices plunging towards seven-year lows means increasing social chaos in countries on the edge—including those battling ISIS. → Read More
In Their Own Words: The GOP Candidates on Business
In their own words, where the GOP candidates stand on the pressing economic issues of the day. → Read More
FBN Exclusive: DOJ Officials Fear Foreign Telecoms Hacked Clinton Emails, Server
FBN Exclusive: Emails Hillary Clinton sent from her personal devices while overseas on business as U.S. Secretary of State may have been breached by foreign telecoms. → Read More
Despite Health Reform, 32.3 Million Are Uninsured
A full 32.3 million non-elderly people do not have health insurance despite the costly health reform act and the individual mandate tax penalty, new analysis shows. Of that, nearly half are still not getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid. → Read More
GAO: Feds made nearly $1 trillion in overpayments since fiscal 2003
Government waste took a significant turn for the worse in fiscal 2014, rising dramatically to $124.7 billion from $105.8 billion in fiscal 2013. → Read More
Carly Fiorina's Track Record at HP
Carly Fiorina is facing a media blitz from critics, attacking her defense of her record at Hewlett-Packard at the latest GOP debates. But the track record is more nuanced than the critics let on. → Read More
Chipotle Fight Escalates
The creators of a scathing new attack ad against Chipotle are now themselves under attack. At the heart of the controversy is a new print ad campaign from the Center for Consumer Freedom. → Read More
Exclusive: Market Regulators Probing Chaotic ETF Trades
Officials at the SEC and the NYSE say they are looking into the issues surrounding massive ETF price plunges on Monday, as traders, investment bank executives, and analysts warn that the retail investors’ confidence in the market just got rocked. → Read More
Mayor to Walmart: Pay for Your Own Security
Walmart, with nearly a half a trillion dollars in annual revenue, $482 billion, isn’t doing enough to provide security at its local stores, as customers get assaulted, shoppers brawl, and even killings occur? → Read More
Democrats, GOP Reps Demand IRS Return Money to Small Businesses
A bipartisan group of Congressmen on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanding the government return money to small businesses that the IRS had wrongfully seized under federal asset forfeiture laws. → Read More
New BP Gulf of Mexico Controversy
Oil giant BP must fully disclose the details about its $18.7 billion out-of-court settlement with the Department of Justice over the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which killed 11 workers and spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico that killed 14 workers in 2010. → Read More
The Cleanup in the Checkout Aisle
Bed, Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY), Walmart (NYSE:WMT), Target (NYSE:TGT), supermarkets and all convenience stores like 7-11 must stop displaying junk food items like candy, gum, chips, cookies, and soda at checkout aisles because it induces obesity and diseases like diabetes. → Read More