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Supreme Court rejects case to remove 'In God We Trust' from US currency
Show me the motto. The Supreme Court rejected an atheist case Monday to remove "In God We Trust," the national motto, from all coins and currency from the Department of...
Seller of $16M mansion wants to be paid in bitcoin
Once upon a time, cash was king in New York real estate. Now the seller of a sprawling Upper West Side manse is encouraging wannabe buyers to keep their bucks...
Why is the dollar falling along with commodities?
Dear John: For years there has been an inverse relationship between the dollar and commodities. One goes up when the other goes down. However, both the value of the dollar...
Hollywood takes a hit overseas thanks to strong US dollar
The strong US dollar has hit Hollywood where it hurts. The increasingly crucial overseas market for Hollywood movies totaled just $27.2 billion in 2016 — $100 million less than it...
The important fallout of Brexit if you're traveling to Europe
The British people have voted — and that means important implications for travelers headed across the pond. The immediate effect? American visitors will pay less for travel to and within Europe...
Brexit would make the US dollar more valuable
What’s all this talk of Brexit and what does it mean to the average New Yorker? Well, if you yearn for a London pub crawl or the sight of Big...
America is having a cheese crisis
America is awash in guns, debt — and cheese. The nation’s cheese backlog is so bad that every man, woman and child would need to eat an extra three pounds...
$10 bill change rankles descendant of Alexander Hamilton
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Doug Hamilton is just fine with plans to put a woman's portrait on US paper money, but he'd prefer that the Treasury Department leave the $10 bill...
Hands off Hamilton -- the most modern Founding Father
Forget our pride in The Post’s founder: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s slap at Alexander Hamilton is just plain wrong. Plans to put a woman on some US currency have been...
Donald Trump vs. Jeb Bush — the debate on saving the dollar
"It’s the dollar, stupid.” That’s the thought that struck me listening this week to Donald Trump announce his candidacy for president. Between The Donald and Jeb Bush, we just might...
NYC adds thousands of hotel rooms for Gotham-wide guest surge
New York City’s hotel market is so robust, it might take a calamity of Homeric proportions to topple it. Historic high occupancy levels and still-strong room rates continue despite the...
Dow dives 300 points but US dollar jumps
The Dow tumbled more than 300 points, or nearly 2 percent, Monday as crude oil prices slipped below $50 a barrel for the first time since 2009. Equity investors fretted...
Bad news for Russia: Dollar has been trading at a 4-year high
In Manhattan, it was a week of traffic gridlock, as President Obama tried to rally the world against ISIS. In Syria, it was a week of shell-shock, as US F-15s...
Strong dollar will take a $30B bite out of city's tourism
Midtown workers may have one less worry thanks to a decision by European Central Bank — no more sidewalks clogged with tourists. But it means $30 billion in lost revenue...