But many business executives and economists say that other issues, like intellectual-property theft and barriers to entering Chinese markets, are now a bigger drag on the American economy. “A tense Oval Office

That's almost twice as good as the Nasdaq, which was up 12.36% this year through Thursday. In early Friday trading, Apple reached as high as 497.62, so 500.00 is in reach. Apple's current market capitalization is around $458 billion. As David Leonhardt...

What kind of stat is this??? Another BS Apple puff piece. Another major "distortion field" event orchestrated by Steve Jobs. I think the teleprompter just took them out today. What happens when Apple actually hits their lowered guidance for the first...

Moreover, as is the wont of most presidents, he found a new "perspective" on executive power once it was his to wield. As David Leonhardt writes: What I suggest then is an appraisal of the upcoming election from the perspective of what is at stake, in...

New York Times' David Leonhardt posted this rather remarkable chart the other day, pointing to two countervailing economic forces: the public sector and the private sector. In the image, the blue line shows government growth, while the red line reflects...

That meant that though the private sector grew at an average annual rate of 3.2 percent, the economy as a whole grew only 2.3 percent. Jared Bernstein looks at state and local government spending, which throughout the 1990s contributed to the GDP, and...