Business & Industry

An Arabic sign that reads: "3 Syrian style bread 5 lira" is seen at a market in Istanbul, Turkey February 17, 2016. Turkey's 2.6 million Syrian refugees may be straining the housing and jobs systems, but they're also fuelling economic growth. The world's largest refugee population has had a positive impact on Turkish output, economists and government officials say. It may be partly responsible for an unexpected rise in third-quarter growth and stronger forecasts for 2016 output. Picture taken February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - GF10000315754

Syrian businesses in Turkey: The pathway to refugee integration?

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Photo: Seattle, home to Amazon's headquarters.

Beyond HQ2: How should local economic development officials respond to Amazon?

Brad McDearman and Ryan Donahue

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, arrives to testify before a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTS17XAP

Defining digital down

Monday, October 2, 2017

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For internet gatekeepers, consumer protection laws are better than utility-style regulation

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Customers shop at a Whole Foods store in New York City, U.S., August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RTX3DQOU

How the Amazon-Whole Foods merger shrinks food deserts

Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about his responses to the violence, injuries and deaths at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTS1BXI0

The president continues losing friends

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The HULU Plus app displays an image of Ben Stiller as it plays a movie trailer for the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" on a Samsung Galaxy phone in this photo-illustration in New York, December 23, 2013. Hulu has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the video streaming service of illegally sharing users' viewing history with Facebook Inc and business metrics company comScore Inc. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW) - RTX16SMO

The Open Internet Rule expands online streaming video options

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Where the robots are

Monday, August 14, 2017

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Ajit Pai speaks at a FCC Net Neutrality hearing in Washington February 26, 2015. The FCC is expected Thursday to approve Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed "net neutrality" rules, regulating broadband providers more heavily than in the past and restricting their power to control download speeds on the web. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Looking at the record of the Sinclair Broadcast Group megamerger

Friday, August 11, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) arrives with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prior to signing financial services executive orders at the Treasury Department in Washington.

The 385 tax rules make American businesses more competitive—Treasury should keep them

Thursday, August 10, 2017