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☆ Here’s How FTX Executives Secretly Spent $8 Billion in Customer Money
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Alexander Saeedy | Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Thanks to their ability to store large amounts of energy in a small package, lithium-ion batteries have become increasingly popular, powering such devices as laptops and vape pens as well as electric cars and bikes. While most of the batteries operate safely, a small percentage can malfunction and catch fire, sometimes with lethal results.

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☆ The Covid–19 Crisis Is Officially Over. Everything Changed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Stephanie Stamm | Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The alarms sounded in March 2020, and Americans cloistered at home, sheltering from a pandemic killing at times thousands a day. Many people free to work remotely left their big-city lives for suburbs and rural communities. Americans everywhere have settled into more homebound routines for meals and entertainment. Yet even with the deadly crisis fading, the U.S. has yet to recapture the level of happiness enjoyed before the virus SARS-CoV-2 transformed our world.

☆ The Covid–19 Crisis is Officially Over. Everything changed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Stephanie Stamm | Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Sunbelt Cities Nashville and Austin Are Nation’s Hottest Job Markets
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Sarah Chaney Cambon | Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

To find the best job markets in America, head to the South. Nashville, Tenn., topped the list of 2022’s hottest job markets, followed by Austin, Texas, and Jacksonville, Fla. Other cities known for tourism—notably Orlando, Las Vegas and New Orleans—climbed the ranks last year.

☆ Where Financial Risk Lies, in 12 Charts
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Shane Shifflett | Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was driven in part by assets that lost value when interest rates rose from near zero. Higher rates will continue to weigh on banks’ balance sheets. Banks lost money on securities sensitive to interest rates such as Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities. One risk is commercial real estate, where owners of half-empty office buildings might struggle to pay their debts. That would hurt commercial mortgage-backed securities, which are already declining in price.

Operators of hotels, bars and restaurants—hit hard as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold—are now among the country’s fastest-growing employers, offsetting a slowdown in tech-related hiring. The leisure-and-hospitality industry is rebuilding its workforce after cutting back during the pandemic’s early days. In contrast, companies focused on providing business and tech-related services have slowed their growth in recent months.

☆ Consumer Prices Plateau as Inflation Slows to Prepandemic Levels
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Danny Dougherty | Nate Rattner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After a period of steep inflation, Americans have seen monthly price growth ease, but when will things get back to normal? The inflation benchmark, measuring price growth over a year, hit a 40-year high in June after months of sustained price increases. Since then, monthly gains have slowed. While December 2022 prices were up 6.5% from a year earlier, a Wall Street Journal analysis of Labor Department data indicates that annual growth has eased to levels that existed before the pandemic. Inflation observed during the past six months would extend to prices rising 1.9% over the course of a year, close to the average annual rate of 1.7% between 2010 and 2020.

☆ In Georgia’s Runoff Election, Midterm Turnout and Blank Ballots Might Reveal Who Has the Edge
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Georgia will have its second runoff Senate race in less than two years after Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker finished within 1 percentage point of each other in November. Mr. Walker and Mr. Warnock earned backing from supporters across the state. Now they need to garner the votes that they left on the table in November. Mr. Walker may hope to mobilize Georgians who voted Republican elsewhere on the ballot, while Mr. Warnock could face less pressure if turnout declines. Precincts he lost had a higher turnout rate.

☆ Senate Control Could Be Decided by These Remaining Midterm Votes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As votes are tabulated in the races that will determine control of the Senate, the speed at which votes are counted can vary widely within each state. That can lead to changes in who is leading the race at a particular point in time. The Associated Press will declare a winner in a race when it is determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidate to close the gap. That decision is informed by votes that have already been tallied, results from the AP VoteCast survey of why voters voted how they did, and an estimate of the total votes expected to be cast. The expected vote total is determined by AP’s proprietary research, knowledge and expertise; it will vary over the course of the election tabulation, based on the incoming total votes at any given time for the race.

☆ 2022 House and Senate Election Outlook
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Randy Yeip | Danny Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Forecasts for congressional contests are rated on a scale from safely Democratic or Republican to tossup, based on combined ratings from the Cook Political Report; Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales; and Larry Sabato ’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. States rated “likely” for each party aren’t considered competitive but have potential for movement. Those rated as “leaning” one way or the other are competitive, but one party has an advantage.

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