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The HOTLINE has noted over and over that one major reason American companies have raced past those of Europe in size and profitability is that

Yes, you read that headline correctly. In a perverse twist of logic, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a close ally of the newly-elected mayor

This may turn out to be the highest-impact donation in American history: tech billionaires Michael and Susan Dell have pledged a whopping $6.25 billion to

Here’s our weekly laugh or cry item. In Massachusetts, none of the government agencies are following the state’s own stringent pollution control rules implemented back

Some simple common sense from UP co-founder Steve Forbes: Washington’s political class keeps insisting that our healthcare problems can be solved with more regulations, more

There is still some sanity in Europe. On Sunday, 79% of Swiss voters rejected imposing an inheritance tax on estates worth over $62 million. The

Last week, we noted that federal prosecutors have charged 78 people with felonies in Minnesota, accusing them of stealing over billions of (mostly federal) taxpayer

More good news: Americans now agree with something we’ve been saying for six years: universities are the nation’s greatest financial swindle. The latest polling shows

Data analyst David Shor has examined the latest public opinion polling on Silicon Valley tech companies and has found that Americans by a 60% to

In last week’s HOTLINE, we showed the spectacular ascent of the U.S. stock market from 1980 to 2025. The Dow was at 1,000 in 1980,