Macron And Le Pen Set For French Presidential Runoff Rematch, Polls Show

Topline Early polling data from France’s election Sunday indicates French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen will face off in a runoff in two weeks to determine the count...

Texas Survey Shows Why Oil Producers Aren’t Drilling More

Text size The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveyed 141 oil and gas firms in the 11th Fed District, which includes Texas and parts of New Mexico and Louisiana. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil and gas...

Many companies are enriching their retirement benefits

Workers may be in for a treat – some companies plan to boost their retirement benefits in the next few years, as they look to hire and retain talent, according to a new survey.  U.S. employers are imp...

What does Modi’s win at Uttar Pradesh polls mean for Indian stocks? — Quartz India

Indian equities are rejoicing a sweeping victory for prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. The poll results indicate that the...

Week’s Best: Wealthy Investors Are Hanging On to Their Cash

Advisors take note: despite a January increase in consumer prices not seen in four decades, investors are stubbornly clinging to cash positions or cash equivalents like CDs, according to a new survey ...

First-time home buyers are selling crypto to fund down payments — here’s what to know before you do it

Many Americans are using their tendies to tap into the American Dream — and the trend doesn’t show signs of stopping. Nearly 12% of first-time buyers indicated that selling cryptocurrency holdings con...

Voting Rights And Public Opinion

With the Democrats’ election legislation on life support and Senator Schumer promising more debate next week, it is worth reviewing what recent polls on it reveal. Several new ones shed light on why t...

New Polls On January 6 (Part II) And Political Violence

In my last Forbes column, I reviewed some of the major findings from new polls conducted in anticipation of the first anniversary of the events of January 6 at the US Capitol. In this column, I dig a ...