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The Netherlands' Donald Trump?

by Stephen Beard
Mar 14, 2017
Some compare anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders with the U.S. president.
Geert Wilders of the PVV party debates Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the VVD Liberal party on March 13, 2017, in Rotterdam. The election is tomorrow.
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Y Combinator's Sam Altman on connecting with Trump supporters

by Stephanie Hughes and Ben Johnson
Mar 13, 2017
Sam Altman, a darling of the tech startup world, talks to us about reaching across the political divide.
Sam Altman of Y Combinator speaks onstage. Altman visited and heard from 100 Donald Trump supporters around the country to get their perspective on the new president.
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What the February jobs report means for the upcoming Fed meeting

by Mark Garrison
Mar 10, 2017
Expect a rate increase.
Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen speaks at a news conference. The better-than-expected jobs numbers give the Fed another reason to raise interest rates.
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US adds a robust 235,000 jobs; unemployment dips to 4.7 percent

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 10, 2017
It is all but certain that the Fed will raise short-term interest rates at its next meeting.
A job seeker shakes hands with a recruiter during a job fair in San Francisco, California.
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America’s infrastructure is underachieving

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 9, 2017
The grade: D+. But there were a few categories improved upon.
Heavy traffic moves southbound and northbound along I-95 in Quantico, Virginia.
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International players from the oil industry meet in Houston

by Annie Baxter
Mar 7, 2017
International players from the oil industry are meeting in Houston this week for the annual gathering called CERAWeek. It’s the first meeting since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, declared a historic cut in oil output last November in order to bring prices up from a 12-year low. It’s also the first […]
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Trump's new travel order applies to those seeking new visas

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 6, 2017
Iraqi citizens have been dropped from the ban.
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Businesses are bracing for a Trump tsunami

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 3, 2017
With taxes, health care and trade deals up in the air, companies are worried.
With major trade policy change possible, companies are trying to understand border taxes and imports and exports.
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California's resistance to Trump could cost it

by Andy Uhler
Mar 2, 2017
The blue state is at odds with the president and could have federal funds cut.
Thousands of people gather at San Fransisco's City Hall to protest President Donald Trump on January 21, 2017. Thousands protested across the state of California the day after Trump was inaugurated.
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Are we going to see meaningful tax reform soon?

by David Brancaccio
Mar 1, 2017
We may have to wait until 2018.
President Donald Trump with Mick Mulvaney, far left, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Republican congressional leaders at a working lunch in the Roosevelt Room on Wednesday.
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