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Turns out the U.S. economy didn’t create half a million jobs last year. It was just 181,000 | Fortune
U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands.The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.The report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs...
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Something weird is going on with gold and interest rates, and a top Wall Street analyst sees inflation risks rewriting market logic | Fortune
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok has found a headscratcher buried in the financial data: For years, the price of gold and real interest rates have been inversely correlated; as interest rates rise, the price of gold goes down. Now,...
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Distrust and disempowerment, not apathy, keep employees from supporting marginalized colleagues
What really holds people back from stepping up as allies in support of their marginalized colleagues? For example, why don’t more men say something when they see a colleague or a customer make a sexist...
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Gold Reserve Announces US$50 Million Common Share Financing with Strategic Investors
Article contentPEMBROKE, Bermuda — Gold Reserve Ltd. (TSX.V: GRZ) (BSX: GRZ.BH) (OTCQX: GDRZF) (“Gold Reserve” or the “Company”) announces it has entered into an engagement letter with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation (“CFCC” or the “Agent”), to undertake a private...
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Robinhood launches its own blockchain as part of broader push into tokenized stocks | Fortune
Robinhood announced on Tuesday evening that a developers’ version of its custom built blockchain, known as Robinhood Chain, is now live. The move, announced at the Consensus event in Hong Kong, comes as the company accelerates its push into...
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Citadel and Cathie Wood back Zero, a new blockchain designed for traditional finance | Fortune
As Wall Street embraces blockchain technology, the crypto industry is still dealing with an existential problem: how to scale the tech so that it can handle the massive volume created by traditional finance entities like the New York Stock...
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Meat snacks have emerged as the clear winner in America’s seismic GLP-1 consumption shift, while popcorn is down | Fortune
The meat stick, long associated with truck stops and road trips, has undergone a rebranding. Fueled by a national obsession with protein and the rise of weight-loss medications, meat snacks have become a rare bright spot in the food...
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It turns out that Joe Biden really did crush Americans’ dreams for the future. Just look at how the vibe changed 5 years ago...
President Donald Trump rode Americans’ gloom about inflation and the economy to a surprising reelection in 2024. Then, a year later, upstart Democrats including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani rode concerns about “affordability” to an even more surprising sweep. It...
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Warren Buffett’s big bet on Japan earned Berkshire Hathaway $24 billion in just 6 years | Fortune
Warren Buffett may have said he was “going quiet” after he retired from his role as Berkshire Hathaway CEO last year, but the investment strategy of his sunset years in business certainly didn’t seem to get the memo. The...
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Why eating cheap chocolate can feel embarrassing – even though no one else cares
It’s February, and you grab a box of cheap Valentine’s chocolate from the grocery store on your lunch break. Later, you’re eating it at your office desk when you realize someone else is watching. Suddenly,...
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Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shooting
Six people were killed and at least 25 others were injured at a school, and two others were found...