February 7, 2025
“Elon Musk’s DOGE shuttered USAID. It has searched Medicare payments and gained access to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system. Its initial Labor Department presence prompted a lawsuit. And it’s just getting started. The Social Security Administration is an upcoming focus of the Department of Government… Continue Reading…
February 7, 2025
“…Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 143,000 for the month, down from an upwardly revised 307,000 in December and below the 169,000 forecast from Dow Jones. The unemployment rate nudged lower to 4%…” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/jobs-report-january-2025.html The unemployment books are cooked. It… Continue Reading…
January 30, 2025
“…Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 207,000 for the week ended Jan. 25, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000 claims for the latest week… Companies have scaled… Continue Reading…
January 30, 2025
“Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product increased an annualized 2.3% in the fourth quarter after rising 3.1% in the prior three-month period, according to the government’s initial estimate published Thursday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a… Continue Reading…
January 10, 2025
“A sharp rise in rates since the end of the third quarter widened losses on bank securities portfolio and could become an investor issue again when banks start reporting their fourth-quarter results in the next week. Bank of America has… Continue Reading…
January 9, 2025
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-of-america-downgrades-tesla-stock-raises-price-target-saying-execution-risk-is-high-202959359.html I’m not interested in what the article has to say. More importantly Bank Of America is acting like Tesla is a risk? While that may or may not be true Bank Of America itself is a bigger risk because… Continue Reading…
January 8, 2025
“McDonald’s joins a growing list of companies that are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Like others before it, the fast-food chain cites a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July 2023 that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions… Walmart The world’s… Continue Reading…
October 8, 2024
“Stellantis reported U.S. sales Wednesday of 305,294 from July through September, a 19.8% decline from the third quarter of 2023. The company was expected to be the worst sales performer of major automakers during the third quarter. Stellantis’ disappointing sales… Continue Reading…
September 30, 2024
“…Prices are also under pressure on the expectation that oil production will rise in Libya. Factions in the North African country reached a deal Wednesday to appoint a new central bank governor. A political dispute over who should lead the… Continue Reading…
September 25, 2024
“Former President Donald Trump threatened John Deere with a 200% tariff if the agricultural manufacturer moves some of its production to factories in Mexico. John Deere plans to shift production of some of its models to Mexico, a move that… Continue Reading…
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