Tuesday, January 31, 2023

No news is good news!

The endless stream of bad news flooding our homes is no laughing matter!!

Monday, January 30, 2023

US utilities shut off power to millions amid record corporate profits

Tech war: US-Japan-Netherlands alliance triggers debate over scale of its possible impact on China’s semiconductor industry

Lessons From Covid: Could 'Elimination' Strategy Be The Answer For Future Pandemics?

WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing 'inflection' point

Gmail creator says ChatGPT will destroy Google's business in two years

US utilities shut off power to millions amid record corporate profits

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Intel's 'historic collapse' erases $8 billion from market value

EU exports environmental damage while keeping economic benefits, study finds

U.S. and EU to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement

Cooling US Inflation Lifts Hope For Smaller Fed Rate Hike

How Colombia Will Tax the Wealthy

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Fitch ups Greece's rating to a notch below investment grade

Coca-Cola Facing Lawsuit Over How Healthy 'Simply Orange' Brand Really Is

Bed Bath & Beyond Founders: "We Missed the Boat on the Internet"

Advisors skeptical about replacing income tax with national sales tax

Auto parts giant under investigation for tires it 'knew could cause crashes and deaths' yet didn't recall for 20 years

U.S. secures deal with Netherlands, Japan on China chip export limit

Social Security Has an Immigration Problem (not enough!) -- and It's Getting Worse

Friday, January 27, 2023

AmEx profits fall 9% as customers fall behind on payments

Swimming in cash, Chevron plans a $75 billion slap in the face to consumers

A Small Catholic College's Closure Hints at More to Come

Doctors in Congress Look for Permanent Fix to Medicare Pay Woes

U.S. inflation roller coaster prompts fresh look at long-ignored money supply

Vanguard Sees Non-US Equities, Emerging Market Bonds as Top Sectors in 2023

U.S. economy posts strong growth in Q4, but with underlying weakness

El-Erian: 50 Bps Rate Hike May Reverse Damage To Fed's Image

Bed Bath & Beyond says it can no longer pay its debts

Thursday, January 26, 2023

SEC Proposal Would Restrict Conflicted Asset-Backed Securities

Q4 GDP Estimate Tops Economist Forecasts In Positive Sign For US Economy: What It Means For The Federal Reserve

Robert Reich Is Wrong: 'Corporate Greed' Isn't To Blame for Egg Prices

'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy

EV makers put China on course to overtake Japan as the world’s top car exporter

US shuts down major ransomware network Hive

Average long-term mortgage rate at lowest level in 4 months

Boeing arraigned on criminal fraud charge in crashes that killed 346

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Manchin Proposes 'Easiest' Social Security Fix In Response to Debt Ceiling — Would Biden Agree?

House Republicans prep for civil war over cuts to Social Security and Medicare: 'The numbers can’t work' without them

Scientists Have a Genius Plan: Turn Abandoned Mines Into Gravity Batteries

Russia Orders Creation of 24 Penal Colonies in Occupied Ukraine

Africa needs to learn to feed itself, says Senegal president

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley wants to ban TikTok nationwide - will introduce legislation

Dogecoin, Cardano Lead Crypto Dip as Market Sheds $27B Overnight

Candidates to become top Biden economist include Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard, Treasury official Wally Adeyemo

The Graphic Truth: Who's making enough babies?

U.S. Treasury activates another maneuver to avoid breaching debt limit

WHO head ‘very concerned’ about COVID deaths as emergency declaration call looms

Saturday Night Live Employees Are Going On Strike

Four cities identified by Goldman Sachs to be on track for record home price drop

The U.S. is massively underperforming global markets

Harvard Leads Exodus of Medical Schools Withdrawing from US News Rankings

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Debt ceiling threatens to deepen divide between GOP and corporate America

Save for Retirement or Pay Off Student Debt? You May Not Have to Choose Anymore.

Beijing tells US to fix own debt problems after Yellen calls China a barrier to solving Zambia crisis

FBI blames North Korea for $100 million crypto heist

DOJ poised to sue Google over digital ad market dominance

Credit Karma to pay $3M for misleading consumers, feds say

Tax Brackets vs. Flat Tax Structure: Pros and Cons

Economic barometer warns that a US recession could come soon

Monday, January 23, 2023

UK recession to be worse than previously thought, experts say

Spotify to lay off 6% of its employees

Turkey's president says no support for Sweden's NATO bid

'A windfall for the wealthy:' Flat tax proposal would hurt education, roads, public safety

Fed would likely oppose $1T coin solution for debt limit

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Joseph Stiglitz: tax high earners at 70% to tackle widening inequality

ChatGPT premium rolls out at $42 a month, Google still catching up

Timeline of political relations between Sweden and Turkey - NATO News

ECB set to raise rates by 50 basis points in February and March, Knot says

White House: Raising U.S. debt ceiling 'not negotiable'

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Egg smuggling up 108% at US-Mexico border as prices soar

Abbott faces U.S. criminal probe over baby formula

High egg prices should be investigated, U.S. farm group says

Sales of existing homes fall for 11th consecutive month

Saudi Arabia just said they are now 'open' to the idea of trading in currencies besides the US dollar — does this spell doom for the greenback?

Friday, January 20, 2023

Analysis: Tesla uses its profits as a weapon in an EV price war

In Senegal, Yellen talks about future of US-Africa relations

U.S. union membership rate falls to all-time low despite organizing efforts, data shows

Economic Optimism at Davos Is 'Bizarre', Cloudflare CEO Says

OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers Making $2 an Hour to Filter Traumatic Content from ChatGPT

AI Passes U.S. Medical Licensing Exam

Fed to deliver two 25-basis-point hikes in Q1, followed by long pause

Don’t Blame Students for Using ChatGPT to Cheat

Google parent Alphabet is cutting 12,000 jobs

Google is the latest tech company to lay off thousands of workers

JPM CEO Jamie Dimon After Awkward CNBC Crypto Interview: 'Drop The Subject'

Larry Summers Warns of 1970s Crisis If Central Banks Relent on Rates

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Bank of America customers fume over negative balances, missing Zelle cash

Ethiopia says talk of birr devaluation “completely unfounded”

Reaction to NZ PM Ardern's shock resignation announcement

Plant-based brand Just Egg is running an ad declaring 'Plants don't get the flu' as chicken egg shortage continues

Getty is suing a popular AI image generator for copyright infringement

Shapps issues warning on ‘dangerous’ US multi-billion dollar green subsidies

Indiana universities weigh in over Texas campuses blocking access to TikTok on Wi-Fi networks

General Motors is building 40,000 new EV charging stations to combat range fear

Inflation Used To Squeeze The Middle Class. Now It’s Hitting The Poor The Hardest

Jamie Dimon says rates will rise above 5% because there is still 'a lot of underlying inflation'

Mortgage demand jumps, as interest rates drop to lowest in months

GOP Debt Ceiling Battle Could Lead to Historic Financial Crisis in 2023

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

China set for ‘steady, continuous’ foreign capital inflows as overseas investors return amid reopening

Davos 2023: Convert offices to homes to curb housing crisis-panel

Corporate Greed ‘Gone Too Far,’ Norway’s $1.3 Trillion Wealth Fund Says

More Than 80% of Americans Are Now Banking Online: Will Physical Branches Go Extinct?

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies

Virginia's Youngkin blocks Ford battery plant over Chinese tech firm connection

Big banks set aside $4 billion for a recession

Exclusive: Exxon prepares to start up $2 bln Texas oil refinery expansion

An Average 1,600 Tech Jobs Have Been Axed Every Day of 2023 so Far

Expert's warning to US Navy on China: Bigger fleet almost always wins

China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

Fund manager allocation to U.S. stocks in January collapses, BofA survey finds

Monday, January 16, 2023

Fragmentation could cost global economy up to 7% of GDP: IMF

Miscanthus: Researchers found how to fuel U.S. flights with plants

Call for new taxes on super-rich after 1% pocket two-thirds of all new wealth

New retirement withdrawal rule could backfire in costly way

Sunday, January 15, 2023

GOP rep: US defaulting on national debt a ‘real threat’

Dozens of local sheriffs say they won't enforce new Illinois gun law

These Four Questions the ChatGPT Team Just Shared Are Brilliant. Here's Why Every Company Should Steal Them

Saturday, January 14, 2023

U.S. Debt Default 'Likely' in Second Half of 2023: Bank of America

UPS Drivers Union Could Strike Over These 6 Issues

Twitter's laid-off workers asked to drop lawsuit over severance, judge rules

Friday, January 13, 2023

How Janet Yellen is going to avoid US default until June 2023

Paul Krugman: House Republicans will risk a 'financial crisis' to 'slash Social Security and Medicare'

U.S. will hit its debt limit Thursday, Yellen warns Congress

People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say

Corrupt software introduced by contractors took down FAA system, officials say

House GOP Spending Freeze Would ‘Devastate’ Medical Research

Reports Show Americans pay around 700% More for Data than Consumers in the UK

California latest to sue drug companies over insulin prices - CBS Sacramento

News aggregator SmartNews lays off 40% of US and China staff, with further reductions planned in Japan

Thursday, January 12, 2023

UK could face ‘banking crisis worse than 2008’ if City fails to prepare for fossil fuel collapse

Fed’s James Bullard Favors Getting Rates Above 5% ‘as Soon as Possible’

8x More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Needed by 2030 in the US

$31.4T government debt limit close to maxing out

U.S. inflation subsiding as consumer prices fall; labor market still tight

Powell says Fed might make unpopular decisions to stabilize prices

Just one meal of caught fish per year is a significant dose of PFAS, a harmful chemical

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Gold is surging as investors bet on slower Fed rate hikes

FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements could be a game changer for some physicians

McCarthy has put Social Security and Medicare at risk to become Speaker

Jerome Powell Says It's 'Inappropriate' For Federal Reserve To Promote Climate Action

Jamie Dimon walks back economic hurricane forecast: ‘Hit by a bit of a storm already'

Zillow Predicts This Region Of The U.S. Will Be Hot For Home Buyers In 2023

Oil prices dip as industry data shows massive build in U.S. inventories

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Coinbase to slash 20% of workforce in second major round of job cuts

World Bank warning: Global economy is at risk of recession

Researchers fear Microsoft's 'dangerous' new AI voice technology

Apple is reportedly making an all-in-one cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth chip

Majority of big Canadian companies now linking executive pay to ESG

Monday, January 9, 2023

More US schools institute mask mandates as COVID cases rise

Goldman Sachs to start cutting up to 3,200 jobs this week

Ann Arbor schools mandate masks for two weeks

College degrees could become obsolete—and it could be the first step in giving your job to someone else

January Is Already Breaking Tech Layoff Records

Microsoft admits it should not have argued the FTC is unconstitutional

John Deere gives U.S. farmers right to repair equipment

Kremlin Says New Western Armored Vehicles for Ukraine Will 'Deepen Suffering'

Sunday, January 8, 2023

IRS targeted poorest taxpayers while millionaires went mostly unscathed in 2022: report

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski warns he will slash many of its 200,000 corporate staff

The next generation of American manufacturing is high-tech, and skilled workers are needed

A School District Is Suing Social Media Apps for Algorithms Exploiting the 'Vulnerable Brains of Youth'

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Japan minister calls for new world order to counter rise of authoritarian regimes

U.S., Japan launch task force on rights and labor standards in supply chains

Global food prices in 2022 hit record high amid drought, war

Defense Department details $3B of new military aid for Ukraine

Indiana reports 21 more flu deaths; CDC says state 'high' for flu activity

Beer Prices, and Inflation, May Have Gone As High As They Can Go

Friday, January 6, 2023

FTC Proposes Historic Ban On Noncompete Agreements


Share of car buyers with monthly payments over $1,000 hits record high

Walgreens may have overstated theft concerns, CFO says

Crypto exchange Huobi to lay off 20% of staff

German factory orders down sharply, contining trend

U.S., Germany, France to supply Ukraine with armored combat vehicles

Samsung profits plummet 69% on falling demand for processors

China's new Covid surge is crippling the world's most important factories and biggest ports

Thursday, January 5, 2023

New York City schools ban access to ChatGPT over fears of cheating and misinformation

Fed officials see higher rates for ‘some time’ ahead

US Manufacturing Cratered In December At Fastest Rate Since Pandemic Began

Tesla's December sales of China-made cars fall to the lowest in five months

US House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on

France to send Ukraine its first Western-made light tanks amid Russia war

Widely used blood pressure measuring method can be inaccurate

Hannah Fry: Studying maths until 18 will traumatise teenagers – not transform Britain

Amazon Will Take Years to Recover From Warehouse Overbuilding Binge

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID brings more sick

Amazon CEO says company will layoff more than 18,000 workers

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Coinbase reaches $100 million settlement with New York regulators

Jim Cramer Tells Investors to Dump Cryptocurrency

Paterson, New Jersey brings back masks in schools following increase in COVID, flu and RSV

Salesforce to cut staff by 10% in latest tech layoffs

US Electric Grid Narrowly Dodged Huge Collapse During Storm

Microsoft aims to boost its search engine with OpenAI's ChatGPT to rival Google

New COVID-19 Variant Mutation Has 'Alarming' Immunity Evasion; Could Cause US Surge

Student Built App to Detect If ChatGPT Wrote Essays to Fight Plagiarism

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

1st tanker carrying LNG from US arrives in Germany

Understanding the need for a representative payee

Paying people — a lot — may increase diversity in studies

Tesla is fined millions of dollars for false advertising

ChatGPT Says It Has A Fix To Catch Plagiarizers Claiming Its Work As Their Own

Monday, January 2, 2023

China’s Digital Yuan Little Used, Former Central Bank Official Says

Tesla broke labor laws by telling workers not to discuss pay, NLRB claims

Bill to fight expensive prison phone call costs heads to Biden's desk

Spanish manufacturing output down for 6th straight month in December

Highly immune evasive omicron XBB.1.5 variant is quickly becoming dominant in U.S. as it doubles weekly

Experts raise concerns as new XBB15 Covid strain rips through US and UK

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Judge halts California fast-food law as restaurants, unions hammer each other

Kim orders an ‘exponential increase’ in N Korea’s nuclear arsenal

Sesame joins the major food allergens list, FDA says

First pre-trial hearing in Microsoft-Activision antitrust case set for Jan. 3

Banks seek to quash women's lawsuits in Jeffrey Epstein case

Morocco to ban arrivals from China over COVID surge

New COVID variant XBB.1.5 rapidly spreading in US: CDC

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