Pittsburgh Technical College for sale? Audit raises doubt about financial stability

https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2023/12/31/pittsburgh-technical-college-financial-instability-audit/stories/202312310092

World's first underground autonomous robot delivery system fulfills orders

https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/worlds-first-underground-autonomous-robot-delivery-system-fulfills-orders

Here's how Biden may cement his antitrust legacy in 2024

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/30/heres-how-biden-may-cement-his-antitrust-legacy-in-2024-00132756

It's time to admit the economy is thriving: Jobs, Inflation, Economy Are All Doing Well, Actually

https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-outlook-economy-good-inflation-jobs-wages-2023-12

California ‘being held hostage’ by State Farm: consumer advocate

https://www.audacy.com/knxnews/news/state/ca-being-held-hostage-by-state-farm-consumer-advocate

Why you should put $20,000 into a 5-year CD now

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-you-should-put-20000-into-a-5-year-cd-now/

Another Property Firm Files For Bankruptcy As Commercial Real Estate Struggles

https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/29/property-firm-bankruptcy-commercial-real-estate/

California county urges residents to wear masks again as COVID-19, RSV levels spike

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/california-county-urges-residents-to-wear-masks-again-as-covid-19-rsv-levels-spike/

Investors Are Bailing On EV Charging Companies Because They Might Not Make Any Money

https://jalopnik.com/investors-are-bailing-on-ev-charging-companies-because-1851126338

Google settles $5B lawsuit over tracking 'incognito mode' users

https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/business/google-settles-5b-lawsuit-over-tracking-incognito-mode-users/

World population up 75 million this year and will stand at 8 billion on Jan. 1

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1222087310/the-worlds-population-was-up-75-million-this-year-will-stand-at-8-billion-on-jan

The rumors are false: New York isn't forcing Chick-fil-A to open on Sundays

https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-opening-sunday-rumors-false-ny-bill-explained-2023-12

3 Years Ago, McDonald's Made a Brilliant Move That Just Paid Off In a Big Way. It All Started with a Tweet

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/3-years-ago-mcdonalds-made-a-brilliant-move-that-just-paid-off-in-a-big-way-it-all-started-with-a-tweet.html

Thirteen Easy Things You Can Learn to Do Yourself That Have a Big Impact on Your Budget

https://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2023/12/22/102138_things-you-can-learn-to-do-yourself-that-have-a-big-impact-on-your-budget.html

From Tuition to Technology: Higher Education as We Know It Is Changing

https://www.mediadecision.com/lifestyle/from-tuition-to-technology-higher-education-as-we-know-it-is-changing/article_b65f4c60-a4f3-11ee-97eb-33f9eef53a46.html

Financial Disaster Risks Loom Over US Commercial Real Estate Sector

https://www.businessinsider.com/commercial-real-estate-crash-debt-interest-rates-property-prices-outlook-2023-12

China Economy Outlook: More Stimulus Would Raise 'Lehman Moment' Risk

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-outlook-beijing-real-estate-markets-ehman-2024-2023-12

I'm a Former Goldman Sachs Investor: Why You Should Use Real Estate for Passive Income

https://www.gobankingrates.com/investing/strategy/former-goldman-sachs-investor-why-use-real-estate-for-passive-income/

Toyota subsidiary shuts down after admitting it falsified safety tests

https://thehill.com/business/4379454-toyota-subsidiary-shuts-down-after-admitting-it-falsified-safety-tests/

Is this the end for high annuity yields?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-this-the-end-for-high-annuity-yields-38f18f03

New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for 'billions' based on copyright infringement

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67826601

Patient infections, falls spiked in hopsitals owned by private equity: study

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4378398-patient-infections-falls-spiked-in-hopsitals-owned-by-private-equity-study/

US Economy Could Face a Shock Hard Landing in 2024: Morgan Stanley

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-economy-outlook-2024-shock-hard-landing-recession-morgan-stanley-2023-12

State of Indiana moves into ‘high’ category for flu virus spread

https://wrbiradio.com/state-of-indiana-moves-into-high-category-for-flu-virus-spread/

Patients at private-equity-owned hospitals get more infections and fall more often, says a new study by Harvard researchers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/patients-private-equity-hospitals-more-infections-falls-jama-study-rcna130956

India joins the ranks of stock market superpowers as China wanes

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/26/markets/india-stock-market-investment-growth-intl-hnk/index.html

Rural Public Colleges Especially Likely to Cut Humanities

https://dailyyonder.com/public-colleges-serving-rural-areas-especially-likely-to-cut-humanities/2023/12/26/

New documentary provides troubling visual of the dangers of a common appliance: 'I was able to see this noxious plume'

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/gas-stoves-pollution-beyond-toxics/

Amazon, Starbucks worker unions are in limbo, even as UAW and others triumph

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/26/1219882722/union-amazon-starbucks-contract-worker-rights-uaw-nlrb

College student disturbed by 'aggressive marketing' by problematic company: 'Many college kids fall victim to it'

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/temu-discount-shopping-college-student-consumption/

Pope Francis blasts the weapons industry as he makes a Christmas appeal for peace in the world

https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/pope-francis-blasts-the-weapons-industry-as-he-makes-a-christmas-appeal-for-peace-in-the-world/

Golf cart sales surge as US families find unlikely alternative to second cars

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/24/golf-carts-sales-surge-usa-alternative-second-cars-florida/

House Cost Calculations Should Also Include Repairs and Maintenance, Can Be $10,000 Per Year.

https://www.businessinsider.com/house-cost-calculator-repairs-maintenance-insurance-rates-2023-12

Forget retail theft, Costco faces a potentially bigger problem

https://www.thestreet.com/retailers/forget-retail-theft-costco-faces-a-potentially-bigger-problem

China Does Damage Control After Video-Game Rules Sparked $80B Market Meltdown

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-damage-control-crackdown-online-games-tencent-netease-selloff-2023-12

I&M Power reaches settlement agreement with Indiana regulators regarding ‘Powering Our Future’ plan

https://www.953mnc.com/2023/12/22/im-power-reaches-settlement-agreement-with-indiana-regulators-regarding-powering-our-future-plan/

Global financial warning as US economy heading for 'biggest single crash of our lifetimes'

https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1848873/us-economy-biggest-crash-joe-biden

AI Can Accurately Predict Death About 80% of the Time, New Study Finds

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-machine-learning-predict-death-life2vec-study-denmark-2023-12

Survey finds nearly 50% of US companies plan to remove a bachelor's degree from job requirements in 2024

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/survey-companies-remove-bachelors-degree-job-requirements-681861-20231224

Gen Z Doesn't Value Higher Education. Colleges Should Be in Freak-Out Mode.

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-value-of-college-higher-education-student-debt-tuition-2023-12

Live Events of All Kinds Became Status Symbols This Year

https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-beyonce-concerts-status-symbols-social-media-ticketmaster-2023-12

Federal judge rules Massachusetts assault weapons ban is consistent with recent landmark Supreme Court decision

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/politics/massachusetts-assault-weapons-ban/index.html

Key takeaways from AP’s look at the emerging wave of big dollar sports construction in the US

https://apnews.com/article/stadiums-public-funding-nfl-mlb-70f5054b1e1f6862713ef036cbae2a10

‘University of the People’ offers tuition-free degrees for marginalized students across the globe

https://theworld.org/stories/2023-12-22/university-people-offers-tuition-free-degrees-marginalized-students-across-globe

Over 23 Million People Bought and Own NFTs That Are Completely Worthless

https://brobible.com/culture/article/over-23-million-people-own-nfts-worthless/

US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/us-claims-huge-chunk-of-seabed-amid-strategic-push-for-resources

Robert Solow: Nobel Prize-winning economist who linked tech advances to growth dies aged 99

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robert-solow-nobel-economist-dead-b2468236.html

Inflation Eased Further in November, Bolstering Hopes for Lower Interest Rates Next Year

https://themessenger.com/business/personal-consumption-expenditures-pce-november-2023-inflation-economy

City of Vero Beach water utility hacked by Iranian group on Thanksgiving

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2023/12/22/city-of-vero-beach-hacked-by-iranian-group-on-thanksgiving/71998197007/

New draft rules targeting in-game spending wipe billions from China’s tech giants

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/business/chinese-tech-giants-shares-plunge-online-gaming-ban-intl-hnk/index.html

Meet the typical fast-food worker: a female age 26 with no loyalty to the brand

https://www.businessinsider.com/typical-fast-food-worker-age-hourly-wage

China's BYD to build its first European electric vehicle factory in Hungary

https://apnews.com/article/chinas-byd-building-electric-vehicle-plant-hungary-4c4754f43703d061e1dc02516be0c14a

More colleges are opening branch campuses in high-demand markets

https://hechingerreport.org/more-colleges-are-opening-branch-campuses-in-high-demand-markets/

Indiana dashboard adds 135 COVID deaths, 13,665 more cases of coronavirus in 2 weeks

https://www.wishtv.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-dashboard-adds-135-covid-deaths-13665-more-cases-of-coronavirus-in-2-weeks/

MFA program 'cannot survive' with proposed changes, University of Cincinnati faculty say

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/education/2023/12/21/daap-students-faculty-beg-uc-to-reconsider-graduate-school-funding/71958203007/

Private equity is buying up health care, but the real problem is why doctors are selling

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4365741-private-equity-is-buying-up-health-care-but-the-real-problem-is-why-doctors-are-selling/

MIT AI cracks code to defeat bacteria that kills 10,000 in US yearly

https://interestingengineering.com/health/ai-drug-resistant-bacteria-mrsa

Who are Yemen’s Houthis and why are they attacking Red Sea ships?

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-are-yemens-houthis-why-are-they-attacking-red-sea-ships-2023-12-19/

A look back at the college closures and mergers of 2023

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/financial-health/2023/12/21/look-back-college-closures-and-mergers-2023

Marian University to begin offering online Master’s in Reading Science next year

https://www.wrtv.com/news/education/marian-university-to-begin-offering-masters-in-reading-science-next-year

There's Now an Artificial Cartilage Gel Strong Enough to Work in Knees

https://theheartysoul.com/artificial-cartilage-gel-knees/

Inside the landfill of fast-fashion: "These clothes don't even come from here"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inside-the-landfill-of-fast-fashion-chile/

This small turbine can harness the power of passing cars

https://www.cnn.com/world/small-turbine-harness-power-of-passing-cars-scn-climate-spc-intl/index.html

Deeper China-Russia relations a ‘strategic choice’ by both sides, Xi Jinping tells Russian Prime Minister Mishustin

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3245774/deeper-china-russia-relations-strategic-choice-both-sides-xi-jinping-tells-russian-prime-minister

Fewer young men are in college, Pew Research Center finds

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/fewer-young-men-in-college/

New California Law Prohibits Employers From Holding Off-the-Clock Marijuana Use Against Workers

https://themessenger.com/news/new-california-law-prohibits-employers-from-holding-off-the-clock-marijuana-use-against-workers

The US is producing more oil than any country in history

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/business/us-production-oil-reserves-crude/index.html

It’s time for universities to share the burden of student loan defaults

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4364894-its-time-for-universities-to-share-the-burden-of-student-loan-defaults/

I'm Choosing Municipal Bonds for My Retirement. You May Want to Do the Same.

https://www.fool.com/retirement/2023/12/18/im-choosing-municipal-bonds-for-my-retirement-you/

Markets Got Ahead of Themselves for Rate Cuts in 2024: Fed Official

https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-interest-rate-cuts-mester-markets-outlook-stocks-investors-2024-2023-12

Algae as a surprising meat alternative and source of environmentally friendly protein

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-algae-meat-alternative-source-environmentally.html

Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in Play store settlement

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/tech/google-play-store-settlement-hnk-intl/index.html

US Steel acquisition would put the company among iconic American brands with overseas ownership

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/business/american-companies-foreign-owners-us-steel/index.html

Coronavirus subvariant JN.1 growing fast in US, already dominant in the Northeast

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/health/what-to-know-about-jn-1/index.html

Cuts to tenure and academic freedom send college faculty toward exits

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/12/19/cuts-tenure-academic-freedom-send-college-professors-exits/71925104007/

Storied US Steel to be acquired for more than $14 billion by Nippon Steel

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-pittsburgh-shares-andrew-carnegie-japan-b2465927.html

Southwest hit by record $140 million fine for holiday service meltdown in 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/business/southwest-fine-canceled-flights/index.html

Asia’s central banks diversify, snap up gold in ‘new normal’ amid de-risking from US dollar

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3245474/asias-central-banks-diversify-snap-gold-new-normal-amid-derisking-us-dollar

Bacone College campus auction called off

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/12/18/bacone-college-campus-auction-called

CUNY orders deeper spending cuts, putting course options and student services at risk

https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/12/17/cuny-deeper-enhanced-budget-cuts-course-options-student-services-risk/

You've been playing Monopoly wrong - expert says we've been using made-up rules for years

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/youve-been-playing-monopoly-wrong-31692915

I'm LinkedIn’s chief economist and this is how AI will change the global labor market (but not how you think)

https://www.fastcompany.com/90996907/linkedin-economist-how-ai-change-global-labor-market-skills

Billionaire David Rubenstein Says No Recession in Next Few Quarters

https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-david-rubenstein-carlyle-us-recession-prediction-fed-rate-cut-2023-12

The FDA is investigating whether lead in applesauce pouches was deliberately added: NPR

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/16/1219849745/fda-lead-applesauce-children-cinnamon

New York City needs China's economy to bounce back

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-new-york-city-hotels-tourism-recovery-flights-travel-2023-12

Greyhound bus stops are valuable assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/business/greyhound-buses-transportation-cities/index.html

Enduring pain: 90% of China’s equity funds suffer as market loses US$1 trillion of value

https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3245225/enduring-pain-90-chinas-equity-funds-suffer-market-loses-us1-trillion-value

Norway's central bank hikes its key interest rate once again

https://www.euronews.com/business/2023/12/14/norways-central-bank-hikes-its-key-interest-rate-once-again

No One Is Reading Email Anymore and Gen Z Is Thrilled

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/no-one-is-reading-email-anymore-and-gen-z-is-thrilled/467059

Homelessness hits highest reported level in US as rents have soared

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/business/homelessness-highest-reported-level-rents-up/index.html

The economic indicator screaming that inflation is not vanquished

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/economic-indicator-screaming-inflation-not-vanquished

Federal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession

https://apnews.com/article/inflation-prices-rates-economy-federal-reserve-jobs-2e94988d686836926c0b7c617c5ff299

Methodist University ends 4 majors, lays off faculty, staff to cut costs

https://abc11.com/methodist-university-layoffs-ending-majors-fine-arts/14184716/

$100B in Annual Real-Estate Commissions Could Be Cut by 30% And Wipe Out Half of America’s 1.6M Realtors, Expert Says. Here’s Why a Reckoning May Be Coming

https://moneywise.com/a/ch-oath/reckoning-for-us-real-estate-industry

Biden administration to impose inflation penalties on dozens of drugs

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dozens-companies-raised-drug-prices-faster-than-inflation-white-house-says-2023-12-14/

Shein sued by rival Temu for ‘mafia-style intimidation’ and anticompetitive practices

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/business/temu-sues-shein/index.html

90% of Ukraine Aid Returns To U.S. Companies, Says Ret. Admiral

https://2paragraphs.com/2023/12/90-of-ukraine-aid-returns-to-u-s-companies-says-ret-admiral/

Why retirees should buy long-term care insurance

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-retirees-should-buy-long-term-care-insurance/

Bank of England poised to hold interest rates at a 15-year high

https://apnews.com/article/bank-of-england-interest-rates-recession-e1f4fce6a755e4904f8b1cd884bc44c5

Tesla recalls 2 million vehicles to limit use of Autopilot feature after nearly 1,000 crashes

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/tech/tesla-recall-autopilot/index.html

ChatGPT did not increase cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers find

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/tech/chatgpt-did-not-increase-cheating-in-high-schools/index.html

A Swedish union says it'll stop collecting trash from Tesla's workshops to show solidarity for striking workers

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-faces-trash-pileup-swedish-workshops-over-strikes-unions-2023-12

Federal Reserve keeps key interest rate unchanged and foresees 3 rate cuts next year

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/dec/13/federal-reserve-keeps-key-interest-rate-unchanged/

Respiratory illness massively surging in NYC, 15 states: CDC

https://nypost.com/2023/12/12/lifestyle/respiratory-illness-massively-surging-in-nyc-15-states-cdc/

Author Admits to Making Fake Goodreads Accounts to Review Bomb Her Competition

https://www.businessinsider.com/author-dropped-fake-goodreads-accounts-review-bombing-scandal-cait-corrain-2023-12

OpenAI Investor Says We Shouldn't Worry Too Much About Sentient AI

https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-investor-should-not-worry-too-much-about-sentient-ai-2023-12

Amazon, Walmart and Target stop selling water beads marketed toward children

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/business/amazon-walmart-target-water-beads/index.html

Argentina to devalue peso by over 50% as part of emergency economic reforms

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/economy/argentina-milei-peso-dollar/index.html

Jim Grant: Inflation Is 'Permanent,' Your Purchasing Power Isn't Coming Back

https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-grant-federal-reserve-interest-rate-cut-inflation-permanent-transitory-2023-12

There’s only one type of inflation left

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/theres-only-one-type-of-inflation-left-195240841.html

COVID Deaths Jump 25% as Hospitalizations Continue to Rise

https://themessenger.com/health/covid-deaths-hospitalizations-cdc-covid-data-tracker-2023

Making oil is more profitable than saving the planet: Here are the numbers

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1217802769/oil-prices-exxon-mobil-green-energy-solar-wind-cop28-climate-talks

Federal jury says Google’s app store violated antitrust law

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/tech/google-app-store-epic-games/index.html

Judges given green light to use ChatGPT in legal rulings

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/12/12/judges-given-green-light-use-chatgpt-legal-rulings/

World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/11/world-economy-on-brink-of-cold-war-two-imf-official-warns

World's First Home Hydrogen Battery Powers Your House for 3 Days, is Recyclable, and Not a Fire Risk

https://thepremierdaily.com/home-hydrogen-battery/

Indiana dashboard adds 55 COVID deaths, 11,184 more cases of coronavirus in 2 weeks

https://www.wishtv.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-dashboard-adds-55-covid-deaths-11184-more-cases-of-coronavirus-in-2-weeks/

Microsoft Announces New AI Alliance With AFL-CIO

https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/294482/microsoft-announces-new-ai-alliance-with-afl-cio-union-federation

Russia Made More Money From Oil Exports in October Than Before the Ukraine War

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-oil-export-revenue-price-cap-war-dark-fleet-2023-12

Indiana reports sixth flu death of season; spread increased to 'moderate'

https://www.wishtv.com/news/health-spotlight/indiana-reports-sixth-flu-death-of-season-spread-increased-to-moderate/

Why top colleges’ professors are giving up and just giving everybody an A

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4350265-why-top-colleges-professors-are-giving-up-and-just-giving-everybody-an-a/

Argentina's Dollar-Loving President Warns of Painful Economic Shock

https://www.businessinsider.com/dedollarization-dollar-dominance-currencies-javier-milei-argentina-economic-shock-recession-2023-12

Panera Founder: Workers Not Motivated by Shareholders

https://www.businessinsider.com/panera-founder-workers-not-motivated-making-money-shareholders-ceo-therapy-2023-12

CBU announces multiple faculty cuts, eliminates a dozen programs

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/education/2023/12/09/christian-brothers-university-faculty-cuts-eliminates-a-dozen-programs/71864221007/

US health insurer Cigna scraps $10B deal to buy Humana

https://nypost.com/2023/12/10/business/us-health-insurer-cigna-scraps-10b-deal-to-buy-humana-report/

Majority of Yale students got A's last year, frustrating some professors: 'Dishonest to our students'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/majority-yale-students-last-year-frustrating-professors-dishonest-students

$7 trillion invested every year in activities that directly harm nature

https://www.earth.com/news/7-trillion-invested-every-year-in-products-and-activities-that-directly-harm-nature/

How Much Money You Need Past Age 65

https://www.gobankingrates.com/retirement/planning/retirement-savings-how-much-money-you-need-for-every-year-past-age-65/

'The facts didn’t add up': Retailers blasted after admitting most losses not due to shoplifting

https://www.alternet.org/retailers-blasted-losses-shoplifting/

Record-breaking U.S. supply is weighing on the global oil market

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4044909-record-breaking-us-supply-is-weighing-on-the-global-oil-market

Tesla failed at battery swapping but Stellantis says it may have the secret

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/business/tesla-battery-swapping-stellantis/index.html

European Union agrees to regulate AI development

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/business/european-union-regulate-ai/index.html

Housing Values Plunging Across the United States

https://wealthofgeeks.com/housing-values-plunging-across-the-united-states/

Christmas deliveries thrown into chaos as Panama Canal struck by major drought

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1843705/panama-canal-drought-christmas-deliveries-chaos

November jobs report: Unemployment unexpectedly declines in November as US labor market continues to impress

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/november-jobs-report-unemployment-unexpectedly-declines-in-november-as-us-labor-market-continues-to-impress-133205002.html

Pending U.S. home sales have dropped to a record low. Does this mean prices are coming down?

https://moneywise.com/a/ch-oath/pending-us-home-sales-have-dropped-to-a-record-low-even-worse-than-during-the-2008-financial-crisis

The US shoplifting scourge is a lot of hype with little evidence

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/shoplifting-surge-hype-nightcap/index.html

China, Singapore to let each other’s tourists pay with digital yuan as Beijing seeks to globalise its e-CNY currency

https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3244387/china-singapore-let-each-others-tourists-pay-digital-yuan-beijing-seeks-globalise-its-e-cny-currency

How the so-called 'free market' is a dangerous illusion

https://www.alternet.org/free-market-capitalism/

Author breaks the 'college myth' and emphasizes there's no such thing as a 'good college'

https://scoop.upworthy.com/author-breaks-the-college-myth-and-emphasizes-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-good-college

FTC urges US appeals court to reject Microsoft-Activision merger

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/tech/ftc-urges-reject-microsoft-activision-merger/index.html

China and Singapore agree to let each other’s citizens travel visa-free

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3244258/china-and-singapore-agree-let-each-others-citizens-travel-visa-free

US House to Vote on Russian Uranium Import Ban Following Ukraine Invasion - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/russian-uranium-import-ban-teed-up-for-us-house-floor-vote

Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/greedflation-corporate-profiteering-boosted-global-prices-study

How India views Pakistan's bid to join BRICS

https://www.dw.com/en/how-india-views-pakistans-bid-to-join-brics/a-67641107

MetLife Downplays Concerns Over Commercial Real Estate Holdings

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-05/metlife-downplays-concerns-over-commercial-real-estate-holdings

NATO member-to-be Sweden and the US sign defense deal, saying it strengthens regional security

https://apnews.com/article/sweden-united-states-defense-deal-nato-ea0fe160d86cf386ffe68a647ce55332

US job openings hit a two-year low

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/economy/jolts-job-openings-layoffs-october/index.html

COVID is still killing 1,000 Americans per week while hospitalizations rise, CDC reports

https://www.salon.com/2023/12/06/is-still-1000-americans-per-week-while-hospitalizations-rise-reports/

Two-thirds of American fourth graders can't read. This may be why

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/students-cant-read-education/

Swiss bank admits to hiding billions of US taxpayers' dollars from IRS

https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/swiss-bank-admits-hiding-billions-us-taxpayers-dollars-irs

I went to school in the US and in Spain. My learning felt stagnant in the US, but my social life was fun.

https://www.businessinsider.com/school-in-spain-vs-us-2023-12

Mathematics, reading skills in unprecedented decline in teenagers according to recent test results

https://www.reuters.com/world/mathematics-reading-skills-unprecedented-decline-teenagers-oecd-survey-2023-12-05/

AI Writes First Ever Law To Get Passed By Humans And They Didn't Even Know It

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/?p=579927

More U.S. companies no longer requiring job seekers to have a college degree

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-degree-job-requirement/

Supreme Court to hear case that could make it harder for Congress to tax the rich

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/politics/supreme-court-wealth-tax-case/index.html

Goldman strategist says stock rally is now 'out of gas'

https://www.investmentnews.com/goldman-strategist-says-stock-rally-is-now-out-of-gas-246654

China Debt Crisis: Moody's Slashes Its Credit Outlook in a Fresh Blow

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-debt-crisis-moodys-bonds-evergrande-stock-market-analysis-2023-12

Child pneumonia cases emerge in Europe as China battles wave of respiratory illness

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/child-pneumonia-europe-france-ireland-denmark-netherlands/

Ex-Ohio Utilities Board Chair Indicted in FirstEnergy Probe

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-ohio-utilities-board-chair-indicted-in-firstenergy-probe

Collapsed Money Supply Risks Recession, Unemployment, Deflation: Jeremy Siegel

https://www.businessinsider.com/money-supply-recession-unemployment-inflation-us-economy-outlook-jeremy-siegel-2023-12

A Record 8.5 Million Chinese Borrowers Blacklisted for Not Paying Debts

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-blacklisted-borrowers-debt-defaults-consumers-fed-rates-inflation-2023-12

New US rules on Chinese batteries could push up price of electric cars

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/04/business/china-ev-batteries-us-regulations-intl-hnk/index.html

AI is making us all more productive — but in a weird and unexpected way

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-productivity-boost-job-performance-inequality-economics-2023-11

Business economists reverse course on recession expectations

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/business-economists-recession-odds-dwindling-high-interest-rates

World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Opens In Japan

https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-opens-in-japan-71810

Arms revenue of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies last year constant at $597 billion

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-ukraine-stockholm-stockholm-international-peace-research-institute-russia-b2457790.html

$5.84 Trillion — an All-Time High — Invested in Money Funds

https://themessenger.com/business/5-84-trillion-an-all-time-high-invested-in-money-funds

California has enough lithium to supply the world, but can it open a new mine?

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/california-has-enough-lithium-supply-world-can-it-open-new-mine

Jury awards $17.7M in egg shortage lawsuit

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/dec/03/jury-awards-177m-in-egg-shortage-lawsuit/

The OpenAI Drama Shows We've Entered the Age of the Employee

https://www.inc.com/rachel-barek-/the-openai-drama-shows-weve-entered-age-of-employee.html

A back door to a 3% mortgage rate? This startup has a plan to unlock housing market affordability

https://www.fastcompany.com/90991542/housing-market-assumable-mortgage-rate-portal-startup-roam

Chinese borrowers default in echoes of 2008 financial crash

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1841576/china-economy-borrowers-default-financial-crash-debt

Federal investigators confirm multiple US water utilities hit by hackers

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/politics/us-water-utilities-hack/index.html

Ransomware attack causes outages at 60 credit unions, federal agency says

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/politics/ransomware-attack-credit-unions/index.html

US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

https://apnews.com/article/coal-climate-change-eliminate-electricity-e5e41ae56f672fa50e7e3e593726d5a6

Powell says Fed to move 'carefully' on interest rates, 'soft landing' taking shape

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/powell-says-fed-move-carefully-interest-rates-with-risks-more-balanced-2023-12-01/

Global debt crisis goes well beyond China’s property sector woes

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243390/global-debt-crisis-goes-well-beyond-chinas-property-sector-woes

ChatGPT stole one of my clients that brought in up to $2,000 a month. I don't want to be cynical, but the writing is on the wall.

https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-took-my-job-lost-thousands-per-month-freelance-writer-2023-12

ChatGPT Treated Like 'Second Coming of the Messiah,' Says Meta AI Chief

https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-impact-big-surprise-openai-meta-yann-lecun-ai-chatbot-2023-12

OPEC+ members agree to significant voluntary oil production cuts

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/energy/saudi-arabia-extend-production-cut-opec/index.html

Judge dismisses Indiana state’s lawsuit against TikTok over child safety concerns

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/tech/indiana-tiktok-lawsuit-dismissed/index.html

Judge blocks Montana’s TikTok ban from taking effect on January 1

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/business/judge-blocks-montana-tiktok-ban/index.html

US PCAOB fines PwC in China for allowing cheating on audit exams

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/business/us-pcaob-fine-china-accounting-firms-intl-hnk/index.html

College of Saint Rose to close at end of academic year

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/11/30/college-saint-rose-close-end-academic-year