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Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) is in the highlights and many would want to know whether now might be a good time for it to present much upside. Now trading with a market value of 2.74B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. As the day-to-day narrative ebbs and flows for this company, it is more important than ever to step back and get a bird’s eye view of the fundamental reality under the surface of this story.

Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) Fundamentals That Matter

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Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) is one of the more popular stocks investors are adding into their watchlist. Now trading with a market value of 3.26B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. In light of the many issues surrounding this company, we thought it was a good time to take a close look at the numbers in order to form a realistic perspective on the fundamental picture for this stock.

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) Fundamentals That Matter

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The 2020 US presidential election is approaching amid much speculation over which candidate from the Democratic party will be selected to run against incumbent Donald Trump. So far, Joe Biden, who was vice-president in the Barack Obama administration, has been leading the poll. But there is still plenty of time before anything is decided, meaning that the underdogs still have a chance.

One of them is Andrew Yang, a 44-year-old rising star from the opposition party who also happens to be the only candidate of Asian heritage.

Crushing the second night of the Democratic debate on Wednesday, Yang is becoming more […]

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After a bloody weekend that saw 29 killed in mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, the nation must once again face and confront the scourge of political violence and terrorism that is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society on the extreme ends of the political spectrum, right and left.

An anti-immigrant manifesto that has been linked to the shooter in El Paso who supported President Donald Trump praised the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand in March and the racist manifesto the shooter left behind there. The El Paso manifesto speaks against mass immigration and corporations, Democrats […]

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Andrew Yang said immigrants are being scapegoated for racist reasons during the last presidential debate,

45 percent of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children, making a $6.1 trillion economic impact.

Even undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $11.6 billion a year in taxes, overturning the myth that they’re "takers." Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang likes to joke that Americans are ready for "an Asian man who likes math." While the math underlying his call for universal basic income has been scrutinized, his trumpet blares regarding the dangers of automation are not receiving nearly the […]

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A new survey shows a majority of people making more than $125,000 a year oppose a basic income plan.

The survey also showed how age and political affiliation relates to support for the idea.

This news should put a major damper on any hopes that the United States will get around to basic income anytime soon. A new study has bad news for people who want to make basic income a reality in the United States.According to a survey by Echelon Insights of 1006 people in late June, support for a basic income program is divided by demographic […]

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Reuters At least 20 people are dead in El Paso, Texas, and once again some ghoul with a rifle has reignited the moronic inferno of online commentary that follows such events. Was this an act of terrorism? If the gunman’s alleged manifesto proves genuine, does that mean the Alt Right, or online white nationalism shares blame for this atrocity? Should zealots have access to deadly weapons? Is Donald Trump—recently seen on Twitter gloating over the burglary of a congressman’s home in Baltimore—capable of a statesmanlike response that acknowledges and repudiates his support from those who openly or tacitly celebrate […]

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A year after Doug Ford broke his first election promise by axing the province’s basic income pilot project, the future remains uncertain for Ontarians struggling to make ends meet.

The three-year, $150-million experiment was studying whether unconditional cash payments are a better way to support vulnerable workers and improve health and education outcomes for people living in poverty, including those on social assistance.

With a sample size of 4,000 adults in three test sites — Hamilton-Brant, Thunder Bay and Lindsay — and another 2,000 acting as a control group, it was one of the largest and well-designed studies of its kind.At […]

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“Alaskan socialists are trying to take your PFD” reads a sign at a local business in Wasilla. Whether or not this business owner is being sincere or delightfully subversive, I couldn’t tell you. I didn’t stop to ask. But the sign does point to a fundamental misunderstanding in the debate around the PFD, government spending, socialism and state services.

Socialists aren’t trying to take the PFD; they created the PFD.

The PFD program is a form of universal basic income, a policy proposal gaining some traction in the U.S. but viewed by many Americans as gross government overreach that threatens the […]

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