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Economy

“Addiction to debt has left the global economy one shock away from disaster”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/addiction-debt-left-global-economy-120000094.html This article is more of an opinion piece without much hard data so I’ll just comment on the headline instead of quoting the article. This economy is going down. Everyone can see it. Everyone knows it. It’s only a… Continue Reading…

Business

“Americans Throw Away Up to $68 Million in Coins a Year. Here Is Where It All Ends Up.”

“…Americans toss as much as $68 million worth of change each year, according to Reworld. The sustainable-waste processing company is on a treasure-hunt to find it. The company says that in the seven years since it started the effort, it… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Prices rose more than expected in January as inflation won’t go away”

“…The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of the prices shoppers face for goods and services across the economy, increased 0.3% for the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. On a 12-month basis, that came out to 3.1%, down… Continue Reading…

Business

“Procter & Gamble tops earnings, revenue estimates even as higher prices drive some consumers away”

“… Here’s what P&G reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv: P&G reported fiscal first-quarter net income attributable to the company of $4.52 billion, or $1.83 per… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Nvidia earnings [Up,] scare away AMD, Intel investors as legacy chipmakers lose ground in AI

“Developers in the world of artificial intelligence can’t get enough of Nvidia’s processors. Demand is so strong that the company said late Wednesday that revenue in the current quarter will jump 170% to roughly $16 billion. Nvidia shares rose more than 2% on Thursday before slumping… Continue Reading…

Economy, Personal Finance

“Gen Z is stashing away 14% of income for retirement — more than older generations, study shows”

“…Generation Z workers — defined in the study as those ages 18 to 25 — are socking away, on average, 14% of income for their golden years, according to new research from BlackRock. That compares with 12% for their older counterparts:… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Coca-Cola earnings top estimates as consumers drink more beverages away from home”

“…Coke shares rose around 3% in premarket trading on the news. Here’s how the company did compared with what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting: Earnings per share: 65 cents adjusted vs. 58 cents expected Revenue: $10.04 billion vs. $9.75… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“5 Stocks to Sell or Stay Away From in November”

“While some hard-hit industries have seen some level of recovery as the economy takes a phased approach to reopening, many companies need to operate at full capacity to maintain their business and move toward expansion. But these plans have been… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Germany to trial giving away £1,000 a month in universal basic income”

“German researchers are to give a group of people just over £1,000 ($1,307) a month each, in a trial looking at the potential benefits of introducing a wider universal basic income (UBI). The experiment will asses how giving 120 people €1,200 (£1,085)… Continue Reading…

Economy

“U.S. labor market unexpectedly improves; recovery years away”

“The Labor Department’s closely watched employment report on Friday also showed the jobless rate falling to 13.3% last month from 14.7% in April, a post World War Two high. But the improvement was unequal, with the unemployment rate for whites… Continue Reading…