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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Chinese imports and exports slide Exports fall 4.4%; imports slide by 12.5% CEO pay soars again But firms attack minimum wage rises London’s FTSE 100 hits 14-month high 1.51pm BST Wal...

During August, at the peak of the campaign against the fracking for natural gas at Balcombe, West Sussex, the BBC ran a story called Dorking ‘green’ group in favour of fracking.  It stated, “One group in Surrey set up to encourage...

Off the keyboard of Steve from Virginia Follow us on Twitter @doomstead666 Friend us on Facebook Published on Economic Undertow on December 31, 2013 Discuss this article at the Economics Table inside the Diner The future is always obscure...

Yesterday, the S&P 500 futures (ESU16:CME) made a high at 2172.25 on Globex, and made a morning session high at 2171.00 before falling down to 2155.75 at 11:25 CT as crude oil sold off down to 43.00. There has a been a lot of buying going on in the...

1. Trump rally rolls on: It’s shaping up to be another record-setting day. The Dow Jones industrial average, SP 500 and Nasdaq each hit new all-time highs on Monday as traders anticipate business-friendly policies that may be implemented by President...