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Visa and Mastercard announced Monday that they reached a proposed settlement that would lower charges that merchants pay to the credit card networks.While those fees are paid by the store every time a customer makes a transaction, they often get passed onto consumers through higher costs for goods and services. These fees are commonly referred to as swipe fees or interchange fees, which the National Retail Federation (NRF) argued added inflationary […]

As U.S. manufacturers scramble to fill hundreds of thousands of open jobs, China is doubling down on its bid to become the world’s workshop, and industry experts say the stakes couldn’t be higher."If I had one of those big red bells in a fire department, I'd hit it with a hammer. I'd ring the alarm. This is it," Mike Rowe, CEO of the mikeroweWorks Foundation, warned Sunday on "One Nation […]

Texas is cementing its reputation as one of the most business-friendly states in America, and now, it’s written into the state's constitution.Voters approved three pro-business tax amendments on Election Day, ensuring that the Lone Star State can never impose taxes on capital gains, estates or inheritances, and certain securities transactions.While Texas doesn't currently levy these taxes, the new constitutional amendments make that tax certainty permanent, sending a signal to investors […]