Ford’s green bond sees $5 billion in demand as Biden signs climate bill

Investors swarmed over Ford Motor Co.’s new $1.75 billion green-bond deal on Tuesday to help boost its development of more electric vehicles. Order books for Ford’s F, +0.67% speculative-grade debt de...

We Must Must Build A Lot More Natural Gas Pipelines

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 15: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on … [+] October 15, 2014 in New York City. As fears from Ebola and a global slowdown spread, s...

Biden Signs Sweeping Climate And Health Care Package, Marking Major Victory

Topline President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a climate, health and tax bill that he called “one of the most significant laws” in U.S. history, marking a major win for Biden’s domestic agenda after mo...

President Biden forgives nearly $4 billion in student debt — what’s next?

President Biden forgives nearly $4 billion in student debt — what’s next? President Joe Biden wiped $3.9 billion from the student loan records Tuesday. More than 200,000 former students, who still owe...

Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law, setting 15% minimum corporate tax rate

After more than a year of debate over costs, taxes, tax credits and regulations, President Joe Biden finally signed his sweeping tax, health and climate bill into law — albeit a significantly reduced ...

Biden will sign the Inflation Reduction Act today. Here’s MarketWatch’s rundown of how it will affect your energy bills, investments and drug costs.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday is scheduled to sign into law the Inflation Reduction Act — the Democrats’ big economic package aimed at addressing climate change, capping drug costs and raising hundre...

What a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan Would Mean for Global Business

Beijing considers Taiwan, a democratically ruled island near mainland China, as part of its territory. When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this month to support its government, Beijing...

An investor’s guide to the Inflation Reduction Act — and what the bill means for your portfolio

If investors thought they were finding their footing in a volatile stock market, a new tax, climate and healthcare spending bill from Capitol Hill might have them trying again to regain their stabilit...

Biden senior advisor Anita Dunn has to divest investment portfolio to avoid conflict

White House senior advisor Anita Dunn is being forced to divest an investment portfolio worth an estimated $16.8 million to $48.2 million that ethics attorneys say poses significant conflicts of inter...

Dems’ Reconciliation Package Obscures Obamacare’s Failures With Taxpayer Cash

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 07: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gestures, walking out of the … [+] Senate Chamber, celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduct Act at the U.S. C...

Biden Slammed for Claiming US Economy Had 0% Inflation in July — One Lawmaker Calls It ‘Sad and Dangerous’ – Economics Bitcoin News

President Joe Biden stated Wednesday that the U.S. economy had zero percent inflation in July following the latest CPI report. “Biden is claiming that we saw zero percent inflation last month. But the...

Demand for chips is collapsing just as Joe Biden signs bill to jump-start more U.S. chipmaking

U.S. President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act on Tuesday, ending an almost yearlong saga to spend $52 billion to attract chip manufacturing back to the U.S. Surrounded by members of Congre...

FDA Will Reportedly Change Dose Of Monkeypox Vaccine To Stretch Supplies

Topline The Biden administration plans to issue an emergency declaration as soon as Tuesday afternoon to allow healthcare workers to extract five vaccines from a one-dose Jynneos monkeypox vaccine via...

American Support For Immigration Drops, Poll Finds, As Tensions Flare Over Migrant Busing From Texas To NYC

Topline Support for immigration has hit a two-year low, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday, as a political battle heats up over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s strategy to send migrants from the ...

Biden Tests Negative For Covid For First Time In A Week

Topline President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 Saturday morning, according to the White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, but he will remain in isolation until he gets a second consecutiv...

Biden administration will declare monkeypox a public health emergency

People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. Jeenah Moon | Getty Images The Biden administratio...

Biden Will Issue Second Executive Order To Protect Abortion Rights

Topline President Joe Biden on Wednesday outlined an executive order to protect access to abortions—his second such order since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—in a move that primarily seeks ...

New Lawsuit Would Overturn EPA Advisories Seen As Precursor To More State & Federal Regulation

Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in Washington, D.C. getty In June the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four new drinking water health advisories related to PFAS contaminatio...

Biden Administration Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban

Topline The Justice Department sued Idaho on Tuesday over the state’s “trigger law” banning abortion, arguing it violates federal law, the first legal challenge the federal government has brought agai...

The Inflation Reduction Act Is The Most Important Climate Action In U.S. History

The new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), released in the United States Senate last week, is a grand bargain between emissions reduction and economic growth – and new Energy Innovation modeling shows it ...

Here’s Why The Biden Administration Is Trying To Block Penguin Random House From Buying Simon & Schuster

Topline The Justice Department could block two of the country’s biggest publishers from joining forces, as a trial kicks off Monday to determine whether Penguin Random House should be allowed to buy S...

With the student loan payment pause about to expire, what will Biden decide about student loan debt? It’s complicated

With the student loan payment pause about to expire, what will Biden decide about student loan debt? It’s complicated The swirling debate over student loan forgiveness could soon reach a turning...

Biden tests positive for Covid again, will restart isolation despite no new symptoms

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 o...

Hedge fund legend Bill Ackman urges Biden to close the loophole that helped make him billions

William Ackman isn’t known for his political takes. Typically, the billionaire hedge fund manager spends his time dissecting corporate financials, looking for his next high-profile investment or activ...

Biden Tests Positive For Covid Again—Is Asymptomatic

Topline President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 late Saturday morning, according to the White House, forcing him back into isolation after several days of testing negative. President Joe Bide...

Hyperpolarization Of Climate Policy – The Politics Of American Exceptionalism

Ramanan Krishnamoorti, UH Chief Energy Officer and Aparajita Datta, UH Research Scholar The terms likely to occur with climate, investors, & emissions — word size is proportional to rate … [...

Biden And Xi Talk, But Not About The Global Economic Slowdown

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the … [+] Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. MANDEL NGAN/...

First Democrat In Congress Suggests Biden Shouldn’t Run In 2024

Topline Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) has become one of the most prominent Democrats to suggest President Joe Biden shouldn’t run again in 2024, telling a Minneapolis talk radio station a “dynami...

Biden Nominates Abortion Rights Lawyer To Federal Court

Topline President Joe Biden is nominating attorney Julie Rikelman to be a federal appeals court judge after she challenged abortion restrictions at the Supreme Court in the case that led to Roe v. Wad...

President Biden says US is ‘on the right track’ despite the latest GDP decline — here are 3 big reasons why a 2022 recession would be like no other

President Biden says US is ‘on the right track’ despite the latest GDP decline — here are 3 big reasons why a 2022 recession would be like no other No two recessions are alike. But the pot...

China Warns U.S.—Don’t ‘Play With Fire’ Over Taiwan—After Biden-Xi Call

Topline As tensions over Taiwan simmer, President Joe Biden reiterated to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Thursday phone call that the U.S. hasn’t changed its position on Taiwan, according...

Biden & Xi To Meet, Gensler Signals Progress On Audit Deal

Key News Asian equities were mostly higher overnight except for Hong Kong and Taiwan. Biden and China’s President Xi are scheduled to meet sometime in the next few days. The two leaders are apt to foc...