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Mike Rowe on America’s great tradesperson shortage: ‘I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care, either’

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Mike Rowe on America’s great tradesperson shortage: ‘I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care, either’

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Jeff Bezos is giving $25 million to protect the Pacific—but his climate fund still has about $7 billion left to spend in four years

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the property
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‘The economy is increasingly reliant on AI gains’: U.S. GDP grew 2.2% amid ‘sudden reversal of optimism’ on AI tech

The U.S. economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of fighting with Iran and the energy price spike it caused.

By The Associated Press and Paul WisemanSeptember 30, 2026
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LinkedIn CEO says that job seekers are sending out 30% more applications than pre-pandemic—and it’s harder to ‘know who can actually do the job’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 30, 2026
Iran says it got a U.S. response to its peace proposal as its currency hits a new record low seven months into the war
Iran says it got a U.S. response to its peace proposal as its currency hits a new record low seven months into the war
By The Associated Press and Aamer MadhaniSeptember 30, 2026
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Ford CEO Jim Farley teams with Jamie Dimon on $2 billion initiative as he fears the ‘backbone of the American Dream’ is crumbling
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 30, 2026
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AI is giving CFOs a bigger slice of the C-suite, new IBM data shows
By Sheryl EstradaSeptember 30, 2026
Higher wages don't guarantee retirement confidence, Goldman Sachs found.
You’re more likely to live paycheck to paycheck if you earn less than $50K—or more than $500K—Goldman Sachs says
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 30, 2026
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Fed’s expected rate cut today is less about stimulating the economy and more about protecting the job market from ‘shattering’
By Eleanor PringleDecember 10, 2025
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    Treasury Secretary Bessent insists Trump’s tariff agenda is ‘permanent,’ saying the White House can re-create it even with a Supreme Court loss
    By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 5, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
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‘Fodder for a recession’: Top economist Mark Zandi warns about so many Americans ‘already living on the financial edge’ in a K-shaped economy 
By Eva RoytburgDecember 9, 2025
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Jamie Dimon taps Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, and Ford CEO Jim Farley to advise JPMorgan’s $1.5 trillion national security initiative
By Nino PaoliDecember 9, 2025
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Trump’s $12 billion farmer bailout is a ‘Band-Aid on a bigger wound’ the American agriculture industry is still reeling from
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 9, 2025
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The low-hire, low-fire economy crawls along with job openings unchanged from September to October
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressDecember 9, 2025
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Economy
The ‘forever layoffs’ era hits a recession trigger as corporates sack 1.1 million workers through November
By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva RoytburgDecember 9, 2025
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    ‘We fixed inflation, and we fixed almost everything’: Trump travels to Pennsylvania to talk affordability while denying it’s a problem
    By Josh Boak and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
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There is a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business 
By Pete StavrosDecember 9, 2025
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AI doctors will be good at science but bad at business, and big talk with little action means even higher drugs prices: 10 healthcare predictions for 2026 from top investors
By Bob Kocher, Bryan Roberts and Siobhan Nolan ManginiDecember 9, 2025
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AI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 9, 2025
Malaysia’s Johor launches 7,300-acre innovation sandbox, part of new special economic zone with neighboring Singapore
Economy
Malaysia’s Johor launches 7,300-acre innovation sandbox, part of new special economic zone with neighboring Singapore
By Angelica AngDecember 9, 2025
A divided Fed meets today, and Wall Street is listening for 4 key words from Powell: ‘In a good place’
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A divided Fed meets today, and Wall Street is listening for 4 key words from Powell: ‘In a good place’
By Jim EdwardsDecember 9, 2025
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    Build-A-Bear stock falls 15% as it reveals the real hit from tariffs, at last
    By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, pictured in May 2023, warns of record debt issuance by AI companies during an infrastructure boom.
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Borrowing by AI companies represents a ‘mounting potential threat to the financial system,’ top economist says 
By Nino PaoliDecember 9, 2025
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Trump plans $12 billion bailout for farmers who saw livelihoods vanish along with China’s missing soybean imports
By Seung Min Kim, Josh Funk, Didi Tang and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
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The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 8, 2025
What’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market
Economy
What’s the top concern among billionaires? Not a financial crash or debt crisis. It’s tariffs—and only 1% have no worries about the market
By Jason MaDecember 8, 2025
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China makes history with $1 trillion trade surplus for first time ever
By Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
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Trump hails Netflix’s Sarandos as ‘fantastic man’ but casts mega-merger in doubt ‘There’s no question about it. It could be a problem’
By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
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Stocks: Everything is on hold until the Fed delivers that rate cut on Wednesday
By Jim EdwardsDecember 8, 2025
Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus
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Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus
By James Regan and BloombergDecember 7, 2025
U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals
Economy
U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals
By Hadriana Lowenkron and BloombergDecember 7, 2025
Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
Economy
Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
By Jason MaDecember 7, 2025
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’
Economy
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’
By Katherine Chiglinsky and BloombergDecember 6, 2025
The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says
Economy
The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says
By Jason MaDecember 6, 2025
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Politics
Trump finally meets Claudia Sheinbaum face to face at the FIFA World Cup draw
By Will Weissert and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2025
U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Retail
U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
By Jeena Sharma and Retail BrewDecember 5, 2025
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‘This is a bad idea made worse’: Senate Dems’ plan to fix Obamacare premiums adds nearly $300 billion to deficit, CRFB says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 5, 2025
Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever
Economy
Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever
By Jason MaDecember 5, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AI
Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
By Nino PaoliDecember 5, 2025
Young family stressed over finances
Success
People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states
By Emma BurleighDecember 5, 2025
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Ray Dalio says ‘a little bit of everything’ is needed to prevent a debt crisis—but it won’t happen anyway
By Eleanor PringleDecember 5, 2025
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