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“No One Is Happy About Diversity Efforts at Work”

“The Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate affirmative action is hitting workplaces as diversity initiatives face pressure from supporters and skeptics…” https://finance.yahoo.com/m/8fa100d4-9d08-3ce2-bee4-4d9686a4110a/no-one-is-happy-about.html The article is behind a pay wall but let me speak on this subject. Diversity’s strength lies in diversity… Continue Reading…

Personal Finance

“44% of people with a side hustle think they’ll always need it — and more are picking one up”

“Side hustles have long been on the rise. More than half of Gen Zers, 53% have a side hustle, as well as half of millennials and 40% of Gen Xers, according to an April 2023 Bankrate survey of 2,505 U.S. adults. With… Continue Reading…

Economy

“One-Percenters Keep Shopping at the Dollar Store”

“…High-earners joined the rest of the country in flooding discount retailers such as Dollar General, Aldi grocery store and Five Below as prices for food and staples rose. Now, with inflation at half its peak, they aren’t letting up. InMarket, which tracks retailer foot… Continue Reading…

Economy

“160,138,000: Record Number of Employed in January”

“The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says a whopping 517,000 non-farm jobs were created in January, way above estimates of 183,000. “Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality (+128,000), professional and business services (+82,000), and… Continue Reading…

Business

“Tech stocks got whacked in 2022 — but one server maker soared almost 90%, beating all its peers”

“It’s been a brutal year for tech stocks. The Nasdaq is headed for its worst slump since 2008 and is poised to underperform the S&P 500 for a second straight year. Among mega-cap tech stocks, Amazon, Meta and Tesla have each lost at least half their value.… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“With new mortgages down 47%, US lenders are starting to go bankrupt — could this one factor trigger the worst surge of failures since 2008?”

“…A report from ATTOM reveals that new mortgage originations were down 47% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the year before. That’s a 19% decrease from the previous quarter and represents the biggest annual drop in 21 years.… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Holiday hardship: 1 in 4 Americans can only afford to spend $100 on Thanksgiving — or skipping it entirely!”

“In a poll, commissioned by digital wealth management company Personal Capital, one in four Americans say they’re actually skipping Thanksgiving altogether in order to save money. One in three are hosting smaller dinners and a staggering 88 percent are cutting at… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Berkshire Hathaway’s operating earnings jump 20%, conglomerate buys back another $1 billion in stock”

“…Insurance-investment income came in at $1.408 billion, up from $1.161 billion a year earlier. Earnings from the company’s utilities and energy businesses came in at $1.585 billion, up from $1.496 billion year over year. Insurance underwriting suffered a loss of… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies

“FTX grew revenue 1,000% during the crypto craze, leaked financials show”

“FTX rode the crypto craze to a billion dollars in revenue last year while expanding its global footprint through a flurry of acquisitions, according to internal documents seen by CNBC…. The crypto exchange’s revenue soared more than 1,000% from $89… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies

“Crypto miners moved over $300 million of bitcoin in one day, and some are dropping out altogether”

“New data from blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows that miners are rapidly exiting their bitcoin positions. 14,000 bitcoin, worth more than $300 million at its current price, was transferred out of wallets belonging to miners in a single 24-hour period at the… Continue Reading…