The numbers show that the U.S. economy, while Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been in the White House, is not gloom or doom.
Category: 24 September 2024
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: ACTIVISM COMING FOR GENE EDITED FOODS, PLUS MORE MEDIA SHILLING FOR 15 MINUTE CITIES
It likely won’t change the speed at which governments and Big Agriculture are mainlining gene edited foods into world consumption, but eco activists took a symbolic stand against the tide in Italy last week.
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U.S. COMPANIES JUMP BACK INTO BOND MARKET
Days after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut its interest rates, corporations are jumping into the bond market with new issues that could total more than $25 billion in value yet this month, according to data from investment banks compiled by Bloomberg.
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FED CUTS RATES BY A HALF POINT
In its first interest rate reduction in four years, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut its policy rates by a half point last week, opting for a larger cut than the quarter-point drop that had been expected for most of this year.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
All that HODL’ing (Holding On for Dear Life) has certainly shown itself to be a tried-and-true bitcoin strategy, given a long enough stretch of time.
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DATA SAYS YES, BITCOIN ACTS AS A SAFE HAVEN ASSET
A new study by researchers at several Irish universities including University College, Dublin substantiates Bitcoin’s use as a hedge against high inflation.
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GAZA DEATH TOLL
Israel’s bombing campaigns in Lebanon have largely distracted the public from its ongoing genocide in Gaza, as the death toll in the enclave hit 41,431 and the number of those injured neared 100,000. Thousands remain missing under the rubble.
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ISRAEL SLAUGHTERS INNOCENT LEBANESE IN DEADLIEST DAY SINCE 2006 WAR
Israel killed at least 274 across Lebanon on Monday—including at least 39 women and 21 children—as the country becomes Tel Aviv’s new focal point.
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MEGATECH COMPANIES WAGE WAR ON EU’S AI REGULATIONS
The world’s giant tech companies are pressing the European Commission (EC) to lighten the strictures and mandates the pending AI Act would place on developers and to scale back the schedule of fines, which could cost violators billions of euros.
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CHATBOT BETTER THAN PEOPLE AT DEBUNKING CONSPIRACY THEORIES
From chemtrails to QAnon, the U.S. public discussion has a strong undercurrent of conspiracy theories.