National Treasury recommends exploring creation of a digital dollar By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press Sep 16, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital currency, known as the digital dolla…
Business Bitcoin plunges as major crypto lender halts operations By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer Jun 13, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies crumbled Monday, after a major cryptocurrency lender effectively failed and ha…
National Biden signs order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press Mar 9, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal …
Local News San Mateo County to divest from fossil fuels By Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff Jan 12, 2022 Conceding to pressures to divest from fossil fuel companies, San Mateo County Treasurer Sandie Arnott directed the firm that manages the count…
National 'Stupid' and 'insane': Some billionaires vent over tax plan By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Oct 28, 2021 Elon Musk isn't happy. With a personal fortune that is flirting with $300 billion, the Tesla CEO — the richest person on earth — has been atta…
National EXPLAINER: What's a 'wealth tax' and how would it work? By JOSH BOAK Associated Press Oct 25, 2021 To help pay for his big economic and social agenda, President Joe Biden is looking to go where the big money is: billionaires.
National NY AG probes if Trump pumped up value of estate, assets By MICHAEL HILL and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Aug 24, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — New York's Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas issued as part of her investigation into whet…
Columnists Time to plan and not panic By Jonathan Madison Mar 31, 2020 Within 21 days, roughly 165 million Americans have lost more than $1.3 trillion in retirement savings vested in the stock market. Decades of h…
Other Voices How wealth taxes fared in Europe The Wall Street Journal Dec 10, 2019 Bernie Sanders often points to Europe as his economic model, but there’s one lesson from the continent that he and Elizabeth Warren want to ig…