President Trump delivered his first speech to Congress. Covering a range of policy plans hitting corporate tax reform, repealing Obamacare, creating jobs, dialing back red tape regulation among others.

Feb. 28, 2017 – 3:33 – Economist Ben Stein on how the Democrats will react to President Trump’s address to Congress and why he believes there is no connection between tax cuts and the movement of the markets.

Wall Street is bullish on Trump, and the president knows it — he touted the stock market rally during his Congressional address. “The stock market has gained almost $3 trillion dollars in value since the election on November 8th, a record,” he said in prepared remarks delivered to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, the 40th day of his presidency.

Australia’s economy has jumped sharply in the last quarter of 2016, allowing the resource-rich economy to mark 25 years without recession. Australia’s economy had contracted in the third quarter but the surprise rebound pulled annual figures back to a 2.4% growth rate.

As President Trump prepares for his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening, Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, joined Lou Dobbs on FOX Business to discuss what people should expect from what she predicts will be a “beautiful speech.” “I think it begins on a very important note that you’ll see, and all the way in-between really inspires and lifts up the American spirit and also the American people,” she said.

President Trump is delivering his first speech to Congress. Wall and Main Street are listening closely for updates on key policies that will shape corporate tax reform, immigration, defense spending and trade.

Australia’s resource-rich economy avoided recession by posting strong growth in the fourth quarter, helped by surging commodity prices. GDP grew by 1.1% in the fourth quarter from the third, and by 2.4% from a year earlier.

If you’ve read any of the student-debt success stories circulated in the media lately, you might think the only way to pay down your debt is to give up coffee, your social life and your apartment. “It seems like borrowers are told that they have to live on beans in a shantytown and pay off their debt as quickly as possible,” says Minnesota-based certified financial planner Mark Struthers.

Time’s board of directors wants details on how possible buyers value the company so it can determine whether to pursue a sale of the entire business or individual magazine titles, the people said, asking not to be identified as the details aren’t public. The company may also choose not to proceed with a sale at all, the people said.