Morning Jolt: Armageddon, Part Four!

As noted, Nancy Pelosi declared of the GOP tax bill on December 4, "It is the end of the world! The debate in health care is like death! This is Armageddon!" Initial updates of the economic Armageddon can be found here, here, and here.

But it just won't stop!

American and Southwest said Tuesday that they will pay employees bonuses of $1,000 each, a gesture that American said would cost $130 million.

Southwest also said that it exercised options to buy more new jets from Boeing while delaying orders for some ...

January 03 2018

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