Bernard Condon

March 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

On Feb. 19, 2016, at a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, then-candidate Donald Trump gave a stump speech in which he railed against American jobs moving to Mexico: "We lose our jobs, we close our factories, Mexico gets all of the work," he said. "We get nothing." That same day a law firm in Mexico City quietly filed on behalf of his company for trademarks on his name that would authorize the Trump brand, should it choose, to set up shop in a country with which he has sparred over trade, migration and the planned border wall.

By Peter Orsi and Bernard Condon

11 minute read

January 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In a rare legal proceeding for a president-elect or sitting president that highlights the legal woes that could follow President-elect Donald Trump to the Oval Office, Trump gave a videotaped deposition on Thursday for a lawsuit stemming from a clash with a celebrity restaurateur at his new Washington hotel.

By Jonathan Lemire and Bernard Condon

7 minute read

January 05, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Trump Organization has canceled talks over possible projects in Brazil, Argentina and India as the president-elect pulls back from dealmaking less than three weeks before taking office.

By Bernard Condon

5 minute read

July 19, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Braden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn't even own overalls.Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields were auctioned last summer, it was Janowski, a brash, 33-year-old software executive, who made the winning bid. It was so high-$4 million, 25 percent above the next-highest-that some farmers stood, shook their heads and walked out.

By Bernard Condon

7 minute read

February 22, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Mitt Romney says they're "job creators" and vows to come to their aid as president. Newt Gingrich visited them on his "jobs and growth" bus tour. President Barack Obama calls them "the engine of our economy."If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats agree on, it's that small business is the answer to what ails the economy.

By Bernard Condon and Matthew Craft

6 minute read

November 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Bernard Condon and Tom Krisher

5 minute read

December 05, 2011 | Daily Report Online

From humble origins as a natural gas distributor, Enron became a trading operation with the Midas touch. It made bets on oil, water, Internet traffic, even the weather. Wall Street's brightest worked there. Its stock tripled in two years.Virtually no one knew how it had made so much money.Ten years ago Friday came the answer: It hadn't.

By Bernard Condon

9 minute read

February 22, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Although Republicans and Democrats alike tout small business as the answer to what ails the economy, several economists suggests that most small businesses are not particularly adept at creating jobs mdash; at least not the best jobs.

By Bernard Condon and Matthew Craft The Associated Press

6 minute read

December 14, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The fear that kept small investors from participating in one of the greatest bull markets in history may be losing its grip.The White House reached a tentative deal with Republican leaders last week to cut taxes. Economists are raising their estimates for economic growth, and jobless claims have fallen 15 percent from a year ago.

By Bernard Condon

4 minute read

February 03, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Bernard Condon and Daniel Wagner

7 minute read