The European Central Bank (ECB) is poised to raise its policy interest rate “at any meeting…if appropriate,” bank president Christine Lagarde said at a 24 March financial conference.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
Closures continue to hit the retail and restaurant industry due to rising costs, declining demand, shifting consumer habits and online shopping.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
The job market continues to be shaped by economic uncertainty, technological change, AI and shifting worker expectations.
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‘HORRIFIED’: AI ‘SLOP’ PUTS YOUNG BRAINS AT RISK — AND IT’S SPREADING FAST
In a video that has been played almost 50,000 times since it was posted five months ago, two cartoon children sing along as they guide viewers through the experience of riding in a car amid a vividly colored, utopian backdrop.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
The socioeconomic and geopolitical destruction caused by the U.S./Israel war launched against Iran a month ago has rippled across the planet.
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SPOTLIGHT: IRAN WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT
In our 46 years of trend forecasting, never has there been a war that has affected the entire globe as has the war that Israel and the U.S. launched against Iran on 28 February.
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BRING THE TROOPS BACK. END THIS WAR NOW!
As we begin a new week, the media is filled with reports that President Trump is ready to approve a US ground operation against Iran, either to seize Iran’s uranium or to attack an island off the country’s coast.
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NEW TOOTH WHITENING POWDER COULD REPLACE TOOTHPASTE
The $9-billion tooth-whitening industry could be in for a shake-up.
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FIRST, QUANTUM COMPUTERS. NOW THERE COULD BE QUANTUM BATTERIES.
Engineers at Australia’s RMIT University and the University of Melbourne have created the world’s first prototype of a quantum battery.
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DIABETIC? TAKE A PILL AND THROW AWAY THE NEEDLES
Researchers have been working for a century to put insulin into a pill so people suffering from diabetes won’t have to keep stabbing themselves with needles, a regimen that’s not only painful and inconvenient but also expensive and consumes vast supplies of needles and syringes.