After flatlining last year, the Eurozone’s business activity has been struggling back toward growth this month, led by the services sector.
Category: 27 February 2024
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
In recent times, the economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community. Some of the most significant challenges include soaring inflation rates, escalating interest rates, looming fears of a recession, and a tangible decrease in revenues for many sectors…
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
It’s global. The numbers are there for all to see. From developed to underdeveloped nations, economies are slowing down and/or contracting.
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AMERICA’S WEALTHY HIDE $150 BILLION A YEAR FROM TAXES, IRS CHIEF SAYS
U.S. millionaires and billionaires evade $150 billion a year of their fair share of taxes, Danny Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said last week in a CNBC interview.
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23 PERCENT OF NEW YORKERS ARE NOW POOR, STUDY SAYS
Poverty in New York City had been easing down for several years but spiked back up in 2022 by about 500,000 people, leaving 23 percent of city residents unable to afford essentials such as rent and food, according to a study from Columbia University.
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HOME SALES BOUNCE BACK IN JANUARY
U.S. home sales grew by 3.1 percent in January from December, the largest monthly jump since August 2023, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported. However, sales of existing homes, which make up about 70 percent of the market, were still down 1.7 percent year on year.
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CREDIT CARD COMPANIES KEEP RIPPING OFF CARD HOLDERS WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES
U.S. credit card companies have raised their interest rates an average of 4.3 percentage points over the last 10 years, which is allowing them to collect an additional $25 billion a year from cardholders, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has calculated.
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CANADA’S PREMIER AUTHORITARIAN TRYING TO BOLSTER GOVERNMENT MEDIA CONTROL
Ah, the good old days, when one government owned and one (nominally) private TV outlet could shape the desired narratives in Canada.
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DRINK UP! ABOUT 70 MILLION AMERICANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’
The Environmental Protection Agency released a new report that found at least 60 percent of the U.S. population is exposed to “forever chemicals” in their tap drinking water—raising new concerns about the impact of these toxic PFAS on the public’s health.
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OPENAI INTRODUCES SORA, A VOICE-TO-VIDEO BOT
OpenAI, which gave us ChatGPT and an AI revolution, has teased the creation of Sora, its new bot that turns spoken instructions into fabricated videos.