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With stocks reeling, the Fed’s release of its January meeting minutes Wednesday could have even more impact than usual if they provide new insight on inflation or interest rates. The minutes could be a window into what new Fed Chair Jerome Powell might say when he testifies on the economy […]

Immediately after the mass shooting at a Florida high school last week, hundreds of Twitter accounts turned their focus “almost on a dime” to amplify the events of the tragedy, Jonathan Morgan told CNBC on Tuesday. According to The New York Times, those Twitter accounts are suspected of having links […]

Former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon said gun sales should be regulated by state and federal legislators, not by retailers. “[Gun violence] is a crisis and needs to be dealt with,” Simon said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch. “Businesses can be part of the solution,” Simon said. But simply not […]

As midterm elections approach, Republicans take comfort from rising support for their tax cuts. If 2018 becomes a pocketbook campaign, that helps them a lot. But will it? Recent events offer reasons for doubt, and a new poll Tuesday shows the danger a campaign on other subjects poses for the […]

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Tuesday: LendingClub stock plunged 10 percent after the bell. The peer-to-peer lending company reported earnings and revenues that missed Wall Street estimates. The loss that was reported was partially due to the newly disclosed settlement of class action lawsuits. The settlement […]

Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates leaves Federal Court on December 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Charged Oct. 27, 2017Pleaded not guilty Oct. 30, 2017 Gates was a lobbyist, a Trump campaign official and a longtime associate of Manafort’s. His charges, announced on […]

Bigelow Aerospace announced Tuesday the creation of Bigelow Space Operations (BSO), the next step in the company’s effort to build the world’s first habitable private space station. The new company is required as Bigelow Aerospace is “seguing into becoming a production company” after existing as “a laboratory for 17 years,” […]

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says that buying NXP doesn’t solve Qualcomm’s problems — but he’s currently a hero to NXP shareholders. Broadcom’s months-long unsolicited pursuit of Qualcomm likely compelled the San Diego-based chipmaker to bid higher than it otherwise would have to acquire NXP, according to people familiar with the […]

[The stream is slated to start at 3:30, ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump hosted a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday to present medals for the public safety valor awards. Free America Network Articles

Toyota has made a key electric-vehicle component that uses smaller amounts of certain materials that are either expensive or are found in politically risky countries. The Japanese carmaker has designed a new kind of magnet that cuts its use of rare-earth elements by about half. The new magnet does not […]