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US At 250: Why America Has Been So Successful And Can It Continue To mark the 250 year anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, Deutsche Bank has published a report looking at how the US emerged as a global superpower, and why it’s likely to remain one despite new challenges. First, DB considers how the US went from being a comparatively small country to the world's pre-eminent global power. These reasons range from the US' natural advantages, like favorable geography, to factors like its institutional stability and risk-tolerant capital markets. DB...

Toxic Wildfire Smoke Begins To Disrupt Local Economic Activity As GOP Senator Readies Canada Sanctions Bill Summary: Questions Swirl Whether Ecoterrorism May Have Accelerated Wildfires  Economic Activity Impacted in Some States  WaPo Warns Smoke Plume To Worsen  GOP Members Blast Canada Over Toxic Smoke; Sanction Bill Against Canada Set To Be Introduced   Toxic Smoke Plume Over Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast  Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang reports that deteriorating air quality across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast could be "as bad...