With 187,000 new jobs in August, the U.S. labor market is in a sweet spot, economists say.
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AS INFLATION SLOWS, PROFITS FALL TOO
After-tax corporate profits in this year’s second quarter were 9.4 percent below those of a year earlier, the U.S. Commerce Department reported in late August, although companies listed in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index showed only a 2.9-percent decline in earnings per share, data service Refinitiv said.
NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ITS WAR ON PALESTINIANS
As protests continue in Israel in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform package, his government is continuing to carry out attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
CNN BACK TO SELLING COVID FEAR, WARNS MASKS COULD BE LOOMING
Just when you thought you could breathe easy, the mainstream media whores are selling COVID-19 fears in hopes to drive up viewership as the U.S. enters the fall months.
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THOSE MASKS AND GET A GOOD WHIFF OF TOXINS
In the latest blow to the face-mask-wearing cabal, a newly released study suggests that these ubiquitous face coverings could expose wearers to an unsafe level of toxins.
GERMAN BROADCASTER FIGHTS TO KEEP MAKING COUNTRY FAT
Thomas Rabe, the head of RTL Group, Germany’s largest private broadcaster, has clashed with the government over its move to strictly limit junk-food advertising during programming that usually attracts a lot of children viewers.
U.S. EXPERIENCING ‘CRISIS OF EARLY DEATH’
The U.S. is losing more than a million young and working-age adults compared to other high-income countries, which researchers said is “unprecedented in modern times.”
GABON BECOMES LATEST FORMER FRENCH COLONY TO HAVE PRESIDENT OUSTED IN COUP
The anti-French dominos continue to fall in Africa, with Gabon’s military staging a coup last month to oust President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the country for 55 years—enriching themselves while using its close ties with Paris to maintain power.
REMOTE WORKERS ALSO FEEL REMOTE FROM EMPLOYER’S MISSION
The proportion of remote workers who feel connected to their company’s mission or purpose slipped from 32 percent to 28 percent year over year, according to a Gallup survey of 9,000 employees this spring and summer.
SPOTLIGHT: EUROPE GOING DOWN
The HCOB purchasing managers index (PMI), which measures business activity across the 19-country Eurozone, sank to 47 in August, its lowest in 33 months, after the ongoing slump in manufacturing was joined by an unexpected contraction in services.