In March, the economy of the 20-country Eurozone grew at its fastest since last September, according to the Hamburg Commerce Bank’s preliminary purchasing managers index (PMI) for the month.
Category: 25 March 2025
TOP TREND 2025: THE TRUMP CARD
One of our Top Trends for 2025 is “The Trump Card.” As the old Bronx saying goes, “Bullshit has its own sound.”
GENERAL MILLS CUTS SALES OUTLOOK FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
General Mills, a major supplier of packaged and processed foods, now says its sales will decline by 1.5 to 2 percent in the current fiscal year, compared to its previous forecast of flat to a 1-percent increase.
U.S. HOME SALES INCREASE AS BUYERS SURRENDER TO HIGHER INTEREST RATES
In February, home sales rose 4.2 percent above January’s level as more homes came up for sale and more buyers seem to acquiesce to the idea that interest rates will remain at their current level or could move higher in the months ahead.
CLOSELY-WATCHED INDICATOR SLIPS IN FEBRUARY
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) sank 0.3 of a percentage point last month, compounding January’s decline of 0.2 percent.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: THE AGE OF ‘AI ANTI-ABUNDANCE’ IS IN FULL SWING
A breakthrough in creating (gene edited) biological muscle tissue to build flesh robots, and WIRED magazine is growing more concerned about AI white collar job threats…it’s all part of what we’re dubbing the Age of AI Anti-Abundance.
TECH COMPANIES CARRIED OUT ‘UNBELIEVABLE’ SCALE OF IP THEFT, SAYS THE ATLANTIC (WHICH WE HAVE POINTED OUT FOR YEARS)
In several stories this past week, The Atlantic has focused on how AI companies including Meta used a large digital repository file containing thousands of copyrighted books, in order to train its generative AI models.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Federal job cuts continue under Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency this week hitting the Department of Defense which announced 60,000 possible job cuts and the Department of Education as President Trump signed an Executive Order to abolish the department.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
For anyone reading these pages still wondering what makes Bitcoin a compelling phenomenon, there’s no one in the world who explains it quite like Michael Saylor.