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A barrel of crude oil now costs over $100. What happens now?
Plus: Free market utilities, bond market balance, and small bank crunch.
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The first year following layoffs, 70% of companies see a drop in morale, according to Harvard Business School Professor Sandra Sucher. Roughly third of tech companies have endured multiple rounds of cuts in recent years.
“There’s no upside to this, there’s nothing but downside,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
Some job seekers, like recent graduates, aren’t eligible for unemployment. Others have maxed out their benefits.
Farmers are dealing with increasingly expensive materials like diesel and fertilizer all while getting less for their crops because of tariffs.
A growing number of people are checking into hotels just to nap all day, it’s called a “sleepcation.”
Players that disagree with the ump’s call can now let the computer decide.
Pawn chains are reporting revenue, and customers trading in more stuff for larger loans.
Willamette Valley’s highest-quality wines, like pinot noirs, are made from a red grape that thrives in the area's historically cool climate. But as the years get increasingly drier and hotter, winemakers are turning to new grape varieties.
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A barrel of crude oil now costs over $100. Plus: Free market utilities, bond market balance, and small bank crunch.
A growing number of farmers can’t afford to plant their crops this year. It’s because of rising costs for diesel, fertilizer, and equipment parts — coupled with low crop prices.
The economic landscape in this country looks very different now than it did four weeks ago, when the U.S. and Israel began waging a new war in Iran that has spread throughout the region. And the econo...
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Customers are exchanging more of their belongings for more quick cash to cover unexpected expenses.
Continuing unemployment claims fell by 32,000 the week before last and have been trending down since late last year.
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Major League teams can now use an automated ball-strike system to challenge umpires’ calls. Nola Agha, professor of sports management at the University of San Francisco, explains what value the system...
Resume site Zety did a survey of layoff announcements and found that almost a third of tech companies conducted at least two rounds of layoffs between 2023 and 2025.
