U.S. employers took on an additional 177,000 nonfarm workers last month, signaling “a healthy state of balance” in the labor market, The Wall Street Journal said. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent.
Tag: may 6 2025
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.
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THE PROBLEM WITH LOCAL CURRENCIES
In 2022, we were among the first anywhere in the world to forecast that weaponizing the dollar against Russia in the wake of the Russia Ukraine conflict would hurt dollar reserve currency status.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Federal job cuts continue under Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.
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KENNEDY SETS SIGHTS ON SODA
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced last week that the U.S. needs to stop “paying for the food” that is making Americans sick, so he will move to block individuals who get the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from purchasing soda and candy.
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CHEMICAL IN COMMON PLASTICS LINKED TO HEART DISEASE, NEW STUDY SAYS
A newly released study found that a chemical found in plastics was a factor in 356,238 cardiovascular deaths globally in 2018—nearly 13.4 percent of all cardiovascular deaths of those 55 to 64 years old.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: ‘JUNIOR PARTNER’ SYMBIOSIS IN FULL SWING
A recent article in Psychology Today put forward the idea that addressing problems with AI safety and “alignment” with serving human interests, might be solved by a “bold” new way of envisioning the integration of humans and AI.
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CELL PHONE RADIATION LED TO ‘CLUMPING’ IN WOMAN’S BLOOD: STUDY
A newly released peer-reviewed study raised new concerns about radiation emitted from cell phones when researchers discovered red blood cells in an otherwise healthy woman’s body formed into a rouleaux formation after exposure during research.
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SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION: CRISPR BACON
Meat from gene-edited pigs may be the first widely consumed gene modified animal product in the U.S., now that the FDA has just approved it for sale.
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NEW YORK IMPLEMENTS ‘BELL-TO-BELL’ SMARTPHONE BAN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Citing the constant distraction caused by social media, New York announced last week that it will ban smartphones inside public schools from “bell to bell,” joining other states that have already enacted similar measures.