The joint statement issued on May 12 — announcing a provisional halt to the spiraling tariff war between Washington and Beijing — did more than mark a pause in hostilities. It quietly affirmed a ...

Certainty in finance is a very dangerous thing, as VaR models dot the land and people speak in holy sounding probabilistic tones. No one ever really knows anything, so why things happen in this ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...

David Sanger of The New York Times recently began an article about Donald Trump as follows: “After weeks of bluster and escalation, President Trump blinked. Then he blinked again. And again.” More ...

The Trump administration's tariff exemption on smartphones and electronics removes a significant risk for Apple, potentially boosting investor sentiment and potential short- to medium-term gains.