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☆ U.S. retail sales rise solidly; fourth-quarter GDP estimates raised
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

With inflation cooling considerably in October, economists estimate real retail sales increased 0.9% last month. Sales at food services and drinking places, the only services category in the retail sales report, increased 1.6%. Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales increased 0.7% last month. Data for September was revised higher to show these so-called core retail sales rising 0.6% instead of 0.4% as previously reported. Core retail salesCore retail sales correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product.

☆ Artificial light while asleep linked to higher diabetes risk
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Sleeping in a room exposed to outdoor artificial light at night may increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a study of nearly 100,000 Chinese adults. Urban light pollution is so widespread that it can affect suburbs and forest parks that may be tens, even hundreds, of miles from the light source, the authors said. “Studies have suggested that inconsistent sleep patterns have been linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes,” he said in a statement. Blood samples were collected and compared with satellite imagery of light levels in the area of China in which each person lived. The analysis found chronic exposure to light pollution at night raised blood glucose levels and led to a higher risk of insulin resistance and diabetes.

☆ U.S. consumer sentiment slumps; inflation expectations edge up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The University of Michigan's preliminary November reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 54.7, down from 59.9 in the prior month. The survey's reading of one-year inflation expectations edged up to 5.1% from 5.0% in October. Data on Thursday showed consumer prices rose less than expected in October, pushing the annual increase below 8% for the first time in eight months. While that is consistent with a shift in spending to services from goods, some economists do not expect a collapse in consumer spending. "The correlation between changes in monthly consumer sentiment and real consumer spending is low, especially for this measure and especially in the short run," said Scott Hoyt, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

☆ Think the dollar is about to peak? Wall Street pros explain how to trade it
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts expect the dollar to decline against 18 out of 38 currencies in the fourth quarter of this year, according to FactSet data. UBS UBS considers selling the dollar against G-10 currencies being a "top investment idea for 2023." According to the investment bank, years of negative interest rates have led to a sizeable un-hedged buildup of dollars worldwide. BCA Research Analysts at BCA Research say from a technical standpoint, the dollar is due for a reversal. Goldman Sachs The Wall Street bank remains bullish on the dollar over the next three months and sees certain G-10 currencies only recovering beyond the six-month horizon.

☆ What it feels like to visit a fusion company lab on a day when wildfire smoke cloaks the horizon
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

The Helion Energy building under construction to house their next generation fusion machine. For the employees of Helion Energy, building a fusion device is their job. Helion Energy's building under construction to house the seventh generation fusion machine on a day when wildfire smoke was not restricting visibility. On the one hand, I had a newfound sense of hope about the possibility of fusion energy. This is the Polaris Injector Test, where Helion Energy is building a component piece of the seventh generation fusion machine.

☆ U.S. labor market unwavering despite stiff interest rates hikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

But annual revisions to the data showed productivity much stronger in 2020 and 2021 than previously reported. Unit labor costs - the price of labor per single unit of output - increased at a 3.5% rate after accelerating at a pace of 8.9% in the second quarter. Unit labor costs advanced at a 6.1% rate from a year ago. Growth in unit labor costs was much slower than previously estimated in 2020 and 2021. Labor costs"Both productivity growth and labor cost growth may be understated," said Conrad DeQuadros, senior economic advisor at Brean Capital in New York.

☆ Here's what the Federal Reserve's fourth 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike means for you
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point for the fourth time in a row on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented pace of rate hikes. The federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. As the federal funds rate rises, the prime rate does, as well, and your credit card rate follows suit within one or two billing cycles. Still, it's not the interest rate but the sticker price of the vehicle that's causing an affordability problem, McBride said. Federal student loan rates are also fixed, so most borrowers won't be impacted immediately by a rate hike.

☆ U.S. job openings jump in September; raw material prices fall in October
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | Wayne Cole | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

With roughly 1.9 job openings for every unemployed worker at the end of September, wage growth could remain elevated. "It is a head scratcher where you have to wonder whether 10 million job openings can stop a recession from coming." Job openings, a measure of labor demand, increased 437,000 to 10.7 million on the last day of September, the Labor Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report. Data for August was revised higher to show 10.3 million job openings instead of 10.1 million as previously reported. The job openings rate increased to 6.5% from 6.3% in August.

☆ Trade seen boosting U.S. economy in Q3; growth details likely soft
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

"The devil is in the details, and if you strip out trade, GDP will look a lot weaker than the headline number suggests," said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania. According to a Reuters survey of economists, GDP growth likely rebounded at a 2.4% annualized rate last quarter after contracting at a 0.6% pace in the second quarter. Wild swings in trade and inventories were behind the contraction in GDP in the first half of the year. A modest rebound in business spending on equipment is predicted after it contracted in the second quarter. Some economists believe inventories, which were the biggest drag on GDP in the second quarter, had a neutral impact on output last quarter.

☆ Photos show what Tower Rock, a limestone formation in the middle of the Mississippi River, looks like before and after severe drought dropped water levels
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tower Rock, a limestone formation in the middle of the Mississippi River, is newly accessible by foot. The Mississippi River is experiencing historic low levels, likely due to climate change. Tower Rock was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1970. The region, including the Ohio River and the Upper Mississippi River valleys, has not received enough rain to sustain usual water levels, Insider's Morgan McFall-Johnsen and Paola Rosa-Aquino reported. These variable river conditions are consistent with scientists' predictions of climate change creating more unpredictable weather events.

☆ Inflation worries hurt U.S. consumer confidence; house prices decelerating
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 102.5 this month from 107.8 in September. Consumers were also more inclined to buy a house, probably encouraged by a sharp slowdown in house price inflation. On a monthly basis, prices fell 0.9% in August, the second straight monthly drop. Prices fell 0.7% on a monthly basis after decreasing 0.6% in July. It was the first time since March 2011 that monthly prices posted back-to-back declines.

☆ An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen Democratic campaign signs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen campaign signs in Philadelphia. The Tredyffrin Township Police Department received numerous reports of stolen political signs. In a press release, the police department said it received numerous reports of stolen political signs from community members between Oct. 10 to Oct. 13. Police said a person whose signs were stolen told them that one of their signs had an AirTag attached to it which led officers to a commercial dumpster behind the Valley Fair Shopping Center where they discovered more than 100 signs. The Apple AirTag has been used to track campaign signs before: In April, a candidate in Florida used an AirTag to track a stolen campaign sign located in a Jeep parked outside the home of his political rival.

☆ Protesters arrested after throwing substance from soup cans at Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Two protesters who threw a substance that appeared to be tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting Friday morning were arrested on charges of criminal damage and aggravated trespass, London police said. "The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis. Activists with their hands glued to the wall under Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" after throwing tomato soup on the painting at the National Gallery in London on Oct. 14, 2022. It is one of five paintings he completed of sunflowers, which are among his most famous works, according to the Van Gogh Museum. Van Gogh died by suicide in 1890 at age 37 after being unable to sell his paintings.

☆ Trial underway for U.K. nurse accused of killing 7 babies, attempting to kill 10 others
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — A hospital neonatal nurse in Britain accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor said Monday. Sometimes babies who had been sick, but then been on the mend suddenly deteriorated for no apparent reason,” he told the jury. The two boys’ blood sugar levels dropped to dangerous levels, Johnson said, but both survived after help from medical staff. The first baby allegedly targeted by Letby was a prematurely born boy who was killed at just a day old in June 2015, Johnson said. Police launched an investigation into the deaths of a number of babies at the hospital in May 2017.

☆ A rout by the US in an air battle around Taiwan led Japan to adopt desperate tactics in World War II's final months
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Their goal was to destroy as much of Japan's air and naval strength before US troops landed on the Philippine island of Leyte. A diversionA Japanese heavy cruiser after being bombed by US Navy aircraft during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. But Japan's air and naval power were still major threats, and to ensure the Philippines could be liberated, they had to be degraded, if not eliminated. By 1944, Japanese military leaders recognized their situation and devised a plan to prepare for US invasions of Japanese-held territory. Japanese attempts to attack the carriers were fruitless, with 42 more Japanese planes shot down trying to conduct attack runs.

☆ U.S. goods trade deficit narrows in August as imports fall
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The economy could also get a lift from big gains in wholesale and retail inventories last month. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe goods trade deficit contracted 3.2% to $87.3 billion last month, the smallest since October 2021. Imports of capital goods dropped 1.8%, while those of consumer goods slipped 0.2%. There were, however, increases in imports of food, motor vehicles and other goods, which boosted retail inventories. Goods exports fell $1.7 billion to $179.8 billion.

☆ How a remote lagoon and a 'secret weapon' allowed the US Navy to overwhelm Japanese forces during World War II
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In September 1944, the US Navy captured Ulithi Atoll and used it to support the Allied advance. US NavyService Squadron 10 oversaw the rearming, resupplying, and repairing of Navy ships and aircraft, and otherwise supported the war effort's logistical needs. In all, the unit had over 400 vessels, including repair ships, tankers, floating dry docks, crane ships, desalination ships, tugs, floating barracks, and floating workshops. US NavyBy the end of the war, Ulithi was the world's largest naval facility, hosting as many as 617 vessels. An airfield and a high school damaged by Typhoon Maysak on Falalop Island in Ulithi Atoll in December 2015.

☆ Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’: An Opera That Surprises
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Emma Schneider | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In 1913 “The Rite” took inspiration from Russian folk music. Less than four decades later, the music of Stravinsky’s opera “The Rake’s Progress” looked to the classical and baroque canon instead. Stravinsky began writing the opera in 1947, when he stumbled upon a series of 18th-century William Hogarth prints at the Art Institute of Chicago. The artworks, titled “A Rake’s Progress,” depict a young man whose inherited wealth leads him to debauchery and ruin. Wanting to compose an opera in English ever since his arrival in the States in 1939, he finally found his subject.

☆ Developers rush to convert run-down hotels and offices into shiny new apartments as the costs of new construction and borrowing money soar
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Some real-estate developers are increasingly targeting offices and hotels for conversion into apartments because, they say, these projects are the only ones that make financial sense right now. The company spent a total of $14.2 million to acquire the properties, which Hubbard described as "on the run-down side." With conversions, developers are also hoping to capitalize on the increased demand for rentals as buying a home becomes less affordable. By extension, the value of office space is declining — making conversion projects more profitable when financing can be secured. The program includes zoning reforms designed to make the conversion projects easier and funding from the federal American Rescue Plan, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

☆ After abortion restrictions, Texas recasts sex education
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Emmarie Huetteman | Kaiser Health News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Her school did not teach sexual health education, and preventing pregnancy was a foreign concept. Previously, a 2017 report showed 58% of Texas school districts offered “abstinence-only” sexual health education, while only 17% offered curriculums that expanded beyond that. These changes in sex education come as the state ratchets down abortion access following the Supreme Court decision in June overturning Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. In 2019, the Texas Board of Education began rewriting the health education standards that had been in place since the 1990s. Now, information about contraceptives, as well as more about STIs, is taught in middle school health classes, which are required.

☆ «Врунья и лжец». Как Платон пообщался с Григориу (Аудио)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +2 min

Депутат от партии «Платформа Достоинство и правда» (DA) Инга Григориу пожаловалась в Генеральную прокуратуру на то, что бизнесмен Вячеслав Платон прослушивал ее телефон, следил за ней и оказывал давление. В ней она сообщает прокуратуре, что Вячеслав Платон звонил ей 16 июня и спрашивал, почему его не заслушали в парламентской комиссии. По словам Григориу, в этот день она представила детали расследования, проведенного комиссией, и она считает, что звонок Платона был связан именно с этим. Григориу в заявлении также сообщает, что Платон прослушивал ее телефон и собирал личную информацию. Отвечая на вопрос NM, следил ли он за Григориу и прослушивал ли ее телефон, Вячеслав Платон заявил, что уже продемонстрировал «ложь Инги Григориу по поводу угроз».

Persons: Инга Григориу, Вячеслав Платон, Платон, Ингой Григориу, Григориу Organizations: Chester Limited, ComTehService, Invest LLP, Платформа Достоинство и правда» (), Генеральная прокуратура, СМИ, Ландромату, Ландромат Locations: .

☆ Платона заслушают в парламентской комиссии, расследующей «Ландромат»
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +2 min

В парламентской комиссии, расследующей «Ландромат», заслушают бизнесмена Вячеслава Платона. Об этом 17 июня сообщил член комиссии, депутат от партии «Действие и солидарность» (PAS) Думитру Алайба. По словам Алайбы, депутат-социалист Богдан Цырдя настоял на том, чтобы Платона заслушали в парламентской комиссии. «Предложение поддержали депутаты, члены комиссии от ПСРМ, партии Шор и группы Pro Moldova. Депутат утверждает, что Платон боится результатов расследования парламентской комиссии по «Ландромату», которую она возглавляет.

Persons: Вячеслав Платон, Думитру Алайба, Алайбы, Богдан Цырдя, Платон, Шор, Инга Григориу, Алайба, Григориу, Михай Поалелунжь, Александр Суходольский, Людмила Гузун, Денис Уланов, Владимир Чеботарь Organizations: Ландромат, Действие и солидарность» (), ПСРМ, Высочайшая судебная палата (ВСП), Платформа Достоинство и правда» (), Партия социалисты, Демпартия, Партия «Шор», Действие и солидарность Locations: Великобритания, Молдова

☆ Вячеслав Платон угрожал депутату Инге Григориу? Две версии звонка Платона
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-16 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +2 min

Депутат от партии «Платформа Достоинство и правда» (DA) Инга Григориу заявила 16 июня, что ей звонил с угрозами бизнесмен Вячеслав Платон. Григориу утверждает, что Платон боится результатов расследования парламентской комиссии по «Ландромату», которую она возглавляет. Бизнесмен подтвердил звонок, заявив, что хочет выступить на заседании комиссии, и пытался добиться этого у Григориу. NM обратился за комментарием к Платону, который рассказал, что действительно позвонил Григориу, чтобы она вызвала его на слушания в комиссии. Депутат заявила, что все они принадлежат Платону.

Persons: — Anticoruptie.md, Инга Григориу, Вячеслав Платон, Григориу, Платон, Ингой, Григорий Organizations: Chester Limited, ComTehService, Invest LLP, Платформа Достоинство и правда» (), Ландромат Locations: — .

☆ Ziua Libertății Presei 2021. Stăpânii politici ai televiziunilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-03 | by ( Anatolie Esanu | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +15 min

„Telestar Media” SRL și cele două televiziuni de sub umbrela sa au, de asemenea, sediul pe str. În 2017 Ciubară a fost unul dintre însoțitorii lui Igor Dodon pe muntele Athos. În decembrie 2018, Vadim Ciubară a procurat și o clădire de 777 m.p., situată pe str. Tot pe Sciusev 76a își are sediul și Accent TV, o altă televiziune afiliată socialiștilor, deținută tot de firma „Telesistem TV” SRL. „Exclusiv Media” SRL îl are drept unic fondator pe deputatul Corneliu Furculiță, liderul fracțiunii PSRM din parlament.

Persons: Plahotniuc, Partidului Democrat Vladimir Plahotniuc, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Petru Jelihovschi, Lilian Buștiuc, Plahotniuc . Buștiuc, Cătălin Golban, Domashniy, Victoriei Rusu, Igor Dodon, Stanislav Vîjga, Igor Chaika, Vadim Ciubară, ZdG, Natalia, Lilian, Diana, Galina, Ciubară, Corneliu, Ludmila Furculiță, Galina Dodon, Tatiana Țaulean, ., Ion, Petru Burduja, Corneliu Furculiță, Șor, Ilan Șor, Dumitru Chitoraga, Chitoraga, Margarita Țvic, Irina Țvic, Petru Macovei, Berlusconi Organizations: Libertății Presei, Partidului Democrat, Canal, Canal 3, Audiovizualului, Prime, Group, Media Group, Cristal, CTC Mega, Real, PDM, Partidului Socialiștilor, Accent TV, Kanal, Media, Accent, CA, Partidul, Partidului, Facebook, Centrală, Jurnalism, Partidului Politic, Asociației Presei, Медиа Инвест Сервис Locations: Moldova, CA, Federația Rusă, Federației Ruse, Athos, Sadova, Chișinău, . Chișinău, Bahamas, Orhei, Televiziune, Italiei, SUA, Молдова

☆ (ВИДЕО) «Часть денег была вывезена через приднестровский сегмент». Григориу рассказывает о расследовании дела «Laundromat»
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-20 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +4 min

Во время брифинга для прессы, состоявшегося во вторник, 20 апреля, через постановления суда, посвященного влиянию схемы отмывания денег в стране в 2010-2014 годах. По словам председателя парламентской комиссии Laundromat, в результате этой сделки через соответствующий коммерческий банк 13.02.2014 Людмиле Примак переданы денежные средства на сумму более 1,8 миллиона евро. Григориу утверждает, что эта тема до сих пор упоминается в уголовном деле, возбужденного прокуратурой по факту коррупции некоторых депутатов парламента Республики Молдова в 2014 году. По крайней мере, один из них дал нам ответ относительно причастности нескольких политически значимых лиц, граждан Республики Молдова, к этой схеме отмывания денег. Больше деталей мы представим в итоговом отчете комиссии», — добавила председатель парламентской комиссии.

Persons: nokta, Инга Григориу, Примак Людмила, Людмила Примак, Григориу, депутатВ Organizations: CHESTER NZ, — DA, Служба по предупреждению и борьбе с отмыванием денег, Национальный антикоррупционный центр, Антикоррупционная прокуратура, Платформа, Парламент, Комиссия Locations: Laundromat, Российская Федерация, Украина, Республика Молдова, Новая Зеландия, США

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