North Carolina’s tax cuts credited for making its GDP growth No. 1 in the nation

North Carolina’s tax cuts credited for making its GDP growth No. 1 in the nation

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 The tax-cutting regimen of Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led North Carolina state legislature has led to $4.7 billion in tax cuts and landed the Tar Heel state in the No. 1 position in the nation for GDP growth since 2013. From 2013 through 2015, North Carolina’s 13.4 percent […]

China’s richest man to Trump: I’ll take Hollywood, Americans can keep their jobs

China’s richest man to Trump: I’ll take Hollywood, Americans can keep their jobs

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2016 The Chinese tycoon who is on a Hollywood spending spree sent a message to President-elect Donald Trump: 20,000 jobs will stay in the U.S. as long as nothing “goes wrong.” Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man and chairman of real estate and entertainment giant Dalian Wanda Group, said: “I met […]

Iran reports it has finalized deal to buy 80 Boeing jetliners

Iran reports it has finalized deal to buy 80 Boeing jetliners

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s national carrier has reached an agreement with U.S. firm Boeing to buy 80 aircraft worth $16.6 billion, the Iranian state-run news agency IRNA reports. IRNA quotes Iran Air Chief Executive Officer Farhad Parvaresh as saying representatives of both companies signed off on the purchase of […]

Post-election surge seen in consumer confidence on economic outlook, stock investments

Post-election surge seen in consumer confidence on economic outlook, stock investments

by WorldTribune Staff, December 9, 2016 Consumer confidence is rapidly rising, and Americans have a much more optimistic outlook on the economy a month after Donald Trump’s election victory, a new survey says. The CNBC All-America Economic Survey for the fourth quarter found that the percentage of Americans who believe the economy will get better […]

Trump’s election is bad news for Iran, great news for Israel

Trump’s election is bad news for Iran, great news for Israel

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The post-election period in the U.S. has been every bit as weird as the election itself, with the exception of one important fact: so far president-elect Trump has made a number of unremarkable and generally highly-qualified appointments. The weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of […]

California’s ‘progressive’ regime takes aim at real climate change villains: Cows

California’s ‘progressive’ regime takes aim at real climate change villains: Cows

by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 The largest milk-producing state in the union has a beef with its bovines. The problem? California’s cows are farting too much – and it is killing the earth. Gov. Jerry Brown, despite strong opposition from the state’s dairy farmers, signed legislation in September that for the first time regulates […]

‘Sanctuary California’ could be bankrupted were Trump to block federal funding

‘Sanctuary California’ could be bankrupted were Trump to block federal funding

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 As the nation’s largest recipient of federal funds, “Sanctuary California” could face bankruptcy if President-elect Donald Trump pulls billions in federal funding over the state’s refusal to comply with immigration laws. The federal government provided 37 percent ($93.6 billion) of California’s $252.5 billion in total estimated government spending for […]

U.S. issues license for sale of more than 100 commercial planes to Iran

U.S. issues license for sale of more than 100 commercial planes to Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The United States has issued a second license to France’s Airbus to sell more than 100 commercial planes to Iran. Airbus in September received a license to sell 17 planes to Tehran. Officials said that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on November […]

Trump aftershocks: He tapped the ‘democratic power of discontented voters’

Trump aftershocks: He tapped the ‘democratic power of discontented voters’

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler New York — A jarring electoral earthquake has rocked America with a stunning upset win by Donald J. Trump, the Republican insurgent candidate. The epicenter of the quake was centered in the South as expected, but reverberations and shockwaves went deep into the once industrial heartland of the […]

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