From the COVID War through about the middle of last year, U.S. builders raced to keep up with a seemingly insatiable demand for apartments even as rents rose steadily. Builders bought land, planned projects, and began to seek financing.
Category: 11 June 2024
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MOST MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS SAY THEY ARE FINANCIALLY INSECURE
Sixty-five percent of U.S. adults who qualify as middle class say they struggle financially and expect to do so for the rest of their lives...
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U.S. ECONOMY TACKS ON ANOTHER 272,000 JOBS IN MAY
Employers took on another 272,000 workers last month, the U.S. Labor Department reported, well above the average of 232,000 over the preceding 12 months and the 190,000 that economists had expected.
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ESG FUNDS BLEEDING CASH
As of June, U.S. investors have yanked a net $40 billion out of so-called ESG funds this year, including a record $14 billion in April, Barclays said. In Europe, the funds lost a net $1.9 billion in the same month.
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SMOTRICH REPEATS CALL TO KEEP STEALING PALESTINIAN LAND
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli foreign minister, repeated the call to rebuild settlements in Gaza during a meeting with settlers in the southern kibbutz of Nitzan, according to a report.
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NAACP URGES BIDEN TO SUSPEND WEAPON TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL AMID GENOCIDE
Derrick Johnson, the head of the NAACP, the black civil rights group, called on the White House last week to indefinitely suspend weapon transfers to Israel amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza...
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SCHUMER REMINDS AMERICANS THAT HE IS ISRAEL’S ‘SHOMER’
Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has called himself a shomer Yisroel—or a guardian of the people of Israel, proved his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year was a farce and last week joined House Speaker Mike Johnson in inviting the Israeli leader to address Congress.
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U.S. APPLAUDS ‘REAL-LIFE SUPERHEROES’ AFTER ISRAEL’S MASSACRE TO SAVE 4 HOSTAGES IN GAZA
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, shared footage of the Israeli raid in Nuseirat on Saturday to free four hostages and, like many others in the U.S., got down on his knees to praise Israel.
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EPA TARGETS TOXIC CHEMICAL FOUND IN HUNDREDS OF PRODUCTS
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it wants to limit the use of a toxic chemical called N-Methylpyrrole, also known as NMP, after alarming links to serious health issues were revealed.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Microsoft AI Copilot ambitions and implementation is setting up a surveillance nightmare.