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That mildly increases the chance of a bountiful U.S. corn crop, but a disaster cannot be ruled out. La Nina and its warm-phase cousin El Nino usually peak in strength during the U.S. winter. La Nina is on its third consecutive season, but its departure could be near. Although it varied greatly by state, U.S. farmers on average did not produce a stellar corn crop in 2022 due to drought in the west. Recent years where an early-year La Nina gave way to El Nino by year’s end include 2018, 2009 and 2006.

☆ Brazil's Yanomami region looks like ‘concentration camp,’ says official
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“It looks like a concentration camp,” Tapeba, a doctor appointed to the position by Brazil’s new government, said in a radio interview. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, visits the Yanomami Indigenous Health House (Casai) in the Boa Vista rural area, Roraima state, Brazil, on Saturday. “It’s an extreme calamity, many Yanomami are suffering from malnutrition and there is a total absence of the Brazilian state,” Tapeba said. This can only be resolved by removing the gold miners and that can only be done by the armed forces,” he said. Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the removal of the gold miners.

☆ Cramer's lightning round: I like Juniper Networks
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Loading chart...AT&T Inc : "It's not as bad as it used to be." Loading chart...Plug Power Inc : "[CEO] Andy Marsh has promised us profitably for a very long time. Loading chart...Juniper Networks Inc : "I like Juniper Networks. I think KAR is very, very good." Disclaimer: Cramer's Charitable Trust owns shares of Devon Energy.

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☆ Consumers kept the economy hot in 2022. Now they’re losing steam
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Consumers armed with plenty of pandemic-induced pent-up demand and bountiful financial buffers kept the economy churning throughout much of 2022. “But I think there are reasonable worries that may not last.”Consumer spending remained resilient throughout much of 2022. But the household savings rate now sits at 2.4%, the lowest level since 2005 and the second-lowest rate going back more than 60 years. As of September 30, credit card delinquencies remained near historic lows with a 2.07% rate, according to Federal Reserve data. Persistently high inflation has consumers leaning more on credit cards and other forms of financing.

☆ Companies reining in holiday bonuses
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

This year, economic uncertainty is bringing a chill to the holiday-season perk, according to survey data released Thursday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. More than 81% of the 252 employers surveyed by the outplacement firm said they planned to freeze the value of holiday bonuses at the same level of last year, while a growing number of companies said they would forgo a bonus altogether. Nearly 27% of companies surveyed said they wouldn’t give a bonus, which is up from 23% in 2021. “We’re clearly seeing some softening in the labor market,” Andrew Challenger, senior vice president of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, told CNN. “We’ve been in the tightest labor market in modern American history [with] the lowest level of layoffs, the highest wage increases, the highest number of job openings, the highest number of jobs quit,” Challenger said.

☆ Jim Cramer says Constellation Energy and Sempra Energy are dependable utility stocks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday offered investors a list of utility stocks he believes should be on their shopping lists. Stocks notched their second day of gains on Tuesday after new data showed that prices rose less than expected in November. Cramer advised investors to consider adding shares of "steady-eddy" utility companies to their portfolios for their dependability. Here are his top picks:Constellation EnergyThe nuclear-powered electric utility company, which was spun off from Exelon earlier this year, is the top performing utility stock so far this year. Cramer said he likes the stock because he believes nuclear energy is the best option for carbon-free energy production in a reasonable timeframe.

☆ India and Vietnam could benefit as chipmakers shift away from China
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Weilun Soon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty ImagesU.S. curbs on chip exports to China are the latest shakeup prompting companies to consider moving some of their chipmaking capabilities to nearby Vietnam and India. In October, the U.S. began requiring companies to obtain licenses to export advanced semiconductors or related manufacturing equipment to China. Shift from China to AsiaThe curbs are the latest in a series of upheavals for the $600 billion global semiconductor industry. China firmly in the leadDespite Asia's rising attractiveness for chipmakers, experts point out that China still maintains a lead over regional economies in terms of its competitiveness in chipmaking. In its "Made in China 2025" blueprint released in 2015, the country laid the groundwork for technological self-sufficiency in chipmaking.

☆ Cramer: Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google will fuel the next rally — but not in the usual way
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Those who fought this trend abandoned Twitter, hired bodyguards and tried to hide from the angry mob that was attempting to will stocks higher by savaging the sellers. As a result, they overran their brains and outsourced them to others who claimed to know more than they did. My point is this: The crypto con and the Robinhood dollar conflagration can't produce enough money to buoy stocks. We will hold Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Amazon , even as we've trimmed them higher. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Salt Lake City’s efforts to fight pollution face a new challenge: Toxic dust
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. He Can Be Reached At Evan.Bush Nbcuni.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The EPA in 2021 proposed re-listing the Salt Lake City area as in “attainment” for small particle pollution it had been failing to sufficiently control. But wildfires and dust storms off Great Salt Lake are erasing the progress that has been made. “I’ve received a number of emails from concerned citizens reconsidering living in Salt Lake City,” said Janice Brahney, an assistant professor at Utah State University’s watershed sciences department. Meanwhile, researchers found the highest levels of dust — and metals — in suburbs outside urban Salt Lake City. Researchers suspect suburban communities north of Salt Lake City could be receiving the majority of the dust that blows off the lake.

☆ The mall where Black Friday refuses to die
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Black Friday serves as the kickoff of the holiday shopping season here, ever since mall officials decided seven years ago to close on Thanksgiving Day. Jamie Kelter Davis for CNNShoppers walk through the mall during the day. “This particular year is going to be a real test of the traditional Black Friday shopping mall experience,” he said. Jamie Kelter Davis for CNNThe 30th Black Friday at the ‘megamall’The Mall of America was America’s brand-new “megamall,” hosting its first-ever Black Friday on November 27, 1992. Jamie Kelter Davis for CNN

☆ ‘Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies’ Review: A Kingly Mystery
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

“Wonderful things,” Carter responded, which seems a rather restrained reaction: What he’d found was the tomb of King Tutankhamun, one of a handful of the most significant and bountiful discoveries in the unearthing of the ancient world. In “Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies,” a two-part exploration of its own, one prominent Egyptologist interviewed says that Carter’s find was all about “luck”—never mind the single-minded 15-year search he’d undertaken with Carnarvon’s money. But what becomes evident in this Egyptian production is that Egyptians are, perhaps rightfully, possessive of Tut, and that one of the wonderful things about the show is how few of the experts agree about much. Was Tut’s death the result of a fall, a plague, a pileup at a chariot race or plain old political murder? Everyone asked has an opinion, all of them supported by research, even DNA evidence.

☆ Wall Street bonuses predicted to fall as much as 45% amid a drought in dealmaking. Here's who will get hit the hardest.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The dramatic decline follows bumper bonuses in 2021, which resulted in record pay. Last year was especially bountiful, thanks to record M&A and IPO dealmaking, which led to bonuses not seen since before the Great Recession. But this year, compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates predicts, bonuses will drop by as much as 45% amid a drought in Wall Street's main business of IPOs and M&A. Meanwhile, those in advisory positions of investment banks won't be as scathed as their underwriter colleagues — the analysis predicts bonuses down 15% to 20%. The analysis predicts their awards could be 15% to 20% more than last year.

Following Wednesday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 125 shares of PXD, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 1.13% from 0.90%. Energy stocks pulled back Wednesday, as oil prices tumbled on the back of a higher-than-expected crude inventory build in the U.S., according to data from the American Petroleum Institute. West Texas Intermediate crude — the U.S. oil benchmark — was trading down more than 2%, at around $87 a barrel. The SPR will also need to be refilled eventually, which should be bullish for oil prices. Elevated energy prices will translate to bountiful free cash flow generation for Pioneer, ultimately leading to very healthy shareholder returns.

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☆ Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful card review: Chase's new Marriott credit card comes with a 125,000-point welcome bonus offer and upscale perks, but with an annual fee to match
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Jasmin Baron | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

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☆ Marriott has unveiled the new Bonvoy Bevy and Bountiful credit cards, and the Bonvoy Brilliant just got an extensive makeover
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Joseph Hostetler | Credit Cards Reporter | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +46 min

Amex; InsiderThere are two new Marriott credit cards: The Marriott Bonvoy Bevy™ American Express® Card and Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful™ Card. There are also new offers on the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card, Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card, and Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card to round out a big day for Marriott. Awards can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points) at hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy®. The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card, Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card, and Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card also have similar restrictions. Bottom lineAmex and Chase have each debuted a new Marriott credit card — the Marriott Bonvoy Bevy™ American Express® Card and Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful™ Card.

☆ Extreme weather could push food inflation even higher
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But as extreme weather events increase in frequency or become even more intense, the unpredictability is becoming more of an economic liability. “And those higher costs are being passed on to consumers.” The rise in food prices is one of the key factors fueling inflation, according to recent CPI data. Extreme weather also can negatively affect companies’ bottom lines, according to research from Paul Griffin, professor of management at UC Davis. Corn crops that died due to extreme heat and drought during a heatwave in Austin, Texas, on Monday, July 11, 2022. Still, the very prospect of more extreme weather could further sap away groundwater and limit the cultivation potential in the future, Smith said.

☆ Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card review: 100,000 bonus points, an anniversary free night certificate, and new benefits for a reasonable annual fee
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-22 | by ( Holly Johnson | Jasmin Baron | Freelance Writer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

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☆ I 'fell' into virtual assistant work — and now I make 6 figures a year doing it. Here's how I built up my client base and income.
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-06 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Hannah Dixon became a virtual assistant after wanting a more stable career and better income. I always say that I "fell" into being a virtual assistant. Courtesy of Hannah DixonThis transitioned to doing long-term work exchanges, where I worked in bars, on farms, and in hostels. This is when, after three years as a virtual assistant, I turned my attention to supporting others as a virtual-assistant coach. I found myself doing many things that I wasn't experienced in, but I was learning by doing.

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