Scott Shriver: Modern websites thrive on personal data. It powers analytics, marketing and personalization. But in 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, changed the rules. Its goal? Protect consumer privacy by limiting how firms collect and use personal data. So what happened when privacy regulation met the digital economy? My name […]
Biomanufacturing Brings Unique Challenges, Opportunities to the Palmetto State South Carolina’s life sciences industry has taken flight in recent years, with more than 1,000 life sciences companies either headquartered or doing significant business in the Palmetto State. These companies face unique challenges and… Read the full article…
Silver price (XAG/USD) trades 0.9% higher to near $59.65 during the European trading session on Thursday. The white metal gains as the US Dollar (USD) slumps ahead of the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for June, which will be published at 12:30 GMT. As of writing, the US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks […]
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which limited the power of federal agencies and put regulations across the government at risk by overturning the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine. Chevron had required judges to defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes within their ambit. […]
KAREN JOY BACUDO Finance Editor Visa’s midyear global economic outlook forecasts 2.4% growth in the world economy in 2026, with rising business investment offsetting pressure from higher energy prices. Visa Business and Economic Insights said households are under strain as energy costs squeeze budgets, but consumer spending has not fallen sharply. Discretionary spending remains relatively […]
This Independence Day holiday, we can not only celebrate our freedom from England and tyranny, but the US lack of dependence on foreign oil, which helps make gasoline relatively cheap. The price of gasoline has been up and down lately, but one economist says our economy has been very resilient in the face of the […]
The Kansas City Chiefs shared new economic projections around the stadium plan, estimating billions of dollars of impact during the construction phase and beyond. But some don’t think the study results illustrate the whole story. The Chiefs announced plans for a brand-new $3 billion stadium in Wyandotte County, Kansas, in December 2025. This new stadium […]
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It’s easy to make predictions. Making correct predictions, on the other hand, is a lot harder. One economic forecaster successfully predicted our current 4.2% inflation rate months ahead of time, well before even the Federal Reserve caught up. Now that same gold-standard forecaster has issued updated predictions about what investors can expect in 2026 and […]
Moscow pushed through legislation allowing it to borrow more money, a rare belt-loosening from the fiscally conservative Kremlin that implies that the Russian system is eroding, a scholar argued. President Vladimir Putin has long boasted that Russia has the lowest public debt among G20 nations, but the Ukraine war has pushed defense spending to unsustainable […]
