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☆ Fed skipping rates in June looks likely, says former Fed President Dennis Lockhart
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFed skipping rates in June looks likely, says former Fed President Dennis LockhartDennis Lockhart, Former Atlanta Fed President, joins 'Closing Bell: Overtime' to discuss jobless claims and the lookahead to the Fed.

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☆ Debt ceiling uncertainty leads to volatility, says fmr. Atlanta Fed president
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDebt ceiling uncertainty leads to volatility, says fmr. Atlanta Fed presidentFormer Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to discuss the White House meeting to discuss the Federal Reserve's hiking cycle, the debt ceiling, and what a default could mean for the U.S. economy.

☆ Science Proves the 4-Day Workweek Prevents Burnout, Helps Productivity
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

At the time, back in 2018, a New Zealand firm had just wrapped up a landmark trial to test the efficacy of a four-day workweek. A lot of the benefits of the four-day workweek come down to a simple, everyday activity: sleep. A lot of the benefits of the four-day workweek come down to a simple, everyday activity: sleep. Less time, more productiveThough the four-day workweek may seem like a recent phenomenon, it's been decades in the making. But for now, the four-day workweek certainly has the potential to be a far-reaching antidote to pressing workplace concerns such as mass resignations and the burnout crisis.

☆ Why the former Atlanta Fed president sees increased risks of hard landing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Melissa Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhy the former Atlanta Fed president sees increased risks of hard landingDennis Lockhart, Former Atlanta Fed President, on the Fed and economy with CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders.

☆ Labor revisions beginning a tipping point in economic trends, says Dennis Lockhart
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLabor revisions beginning a tipping point in economic trends, says Dennis LockhartFormer Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to discuss labor market softening, the possibility of a hike or a pause, and a reversal in bank loan volumes.

[1/5] Grammy award-winning Fugees rapper Prakazrel (Pras) Michel, who is facing criminal charges in an alleged illegal lobbying campaign, arrives for opening arguments in his trial at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2023. "This is a case about foreign money, influence and concealment," Lockhart said during her opening statement in Washington on Thursday. "Through this scheme, the defendant duped the Obama campaign," Lockhart told the jury. For his work on these two lobbying campaigns on behalf of Low and China, prosecutors said Michel was paid $70 million. Low remains a fugitive in the Michel case.

☆ Fugees rapper Pras Michel was 'willing to break any laws necessary to get paid' in alleged international fraud scheme, prosecutor said
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The conspiracy and fraud trial of American rapper Pras Michel kicked off on Thursday. Prosecutors alleged that Michel was involved in an international scheme to influence the US government. Michel is accused of working with Malaysian businessman and fugitive Jho Low. "Low had money to burn and the defendant was willing to cash in at any turn," Lockhart said. McMaster, casino mogul Steve Wynn, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in the 2013 film "The Wolf Of Wall Street" that Low helped fund.

☆ Trump's Waco rally fans take his word as gospel and can't fathom voting for anyone else: 'Whatever he says is just golden for me'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"All the solutions we need are strictly Donald J. Trump," one diehard fan told Insider. "I"m just waiting for Trump," the Waco resident, who declined to give his last name, told Insider. Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida mingles with MAGA supporters during former US President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign rally in Waco, Texas. Nguyen Adams, who said she wouldn't call herself a full-fledged Trump supporter, told Insider she was there mainly out of curiosity. The world is not safe," Edy told Insider, adding that she's worried that America is being taken over by communists and freedom-hating domestic terrorists.

☆ Trump kicks off 2024 with a lifeless stump speech, folding indictment hysteria into a growing list of grievances
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump's first stump speech of 2024 saw the ex-president lashing out at a growing list of enemies. 'Final battle' rhetoricThe former president is seeking another term in the White House while multiple criminal and civil cases against him keep building. Trump categorized every investigation poking around his personal life, single-term presidency, and post-presidential life as bogus "witch hunts." "Put me back in the White House and their reign will be over," Trump told the thousands in the crowd, their cheers rising up to greet him. Earlier in the day, one of the local officials who helped warm up the crowd told attendees he had a foolproof plan for overcoming just about any issue.

☆ During a four-day week trial, men did a lot more childcare
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Men participating in the world’s biggest trial of a four-day work week spent much more time with their children, organizers say. That is the biggest number of companies to ever take part in such a trial, according to organizers 4 Day Week Global (4DWG), a nonprofit organization. The time male workers spent looking after their children rose by 27%, according to time diaries they kept during the trial. 4DWG ran the study with Autonomy, a think tank, the 4 Day Week UK Campaign, as well as in partnership with researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College. It was “a resounding success,” according to organizers, with 92% of the 61 participating organizations continuing with the four-day week beyond the end of the trial.

☆ 'The Last of Us' is based on real science: A fungus pandemic is unlikely, but not impossible
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"The Last of Us" on HBO Max depicts a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungus pandemic. Here's the science fact and fiction behind the show, and the possibility of a fungal pandemic. The new scenario, first realized in the video game that the show is based on, is making viewers wonder whether a fungus pandemic can happen in real life. "A fungal pandemic is definitely possible," Norman Van Rhijn, a mycologist researching fungal infections at the University of Manchester, told Insider in an email. Still, fungal infections are on the rise worldwide, and researchers are concerned that more and more people are at risk.

☆ Powell showed 'balanced approach' on inflation and rate hikes, says Dennis Lockhart
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPowell showed 'balanced approach' on inflation and rate hikes, says Dennis LockhartDennis Lockhart, former Atlanta Fed President, joins CNBC's "Fast Money" to discuss his reaction to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's news conference following the central bank's 25 basis point interest rate hike.

☆ Former Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart breaks down Fed's looming rate decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart breaks down Fed's looming rate decisionDennis Lockhart, former Atlanta Fed President, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss predicting a Fed pause, determining the durations of a Fed hold period, and consensus among Fed members.

☆ A fungus pandemic is unlikely, but not impossible. There's real science behind the mushroom zombies in HBO's new series 'The Last of Us.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new HBO Max series "The Last of Us" depicts a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungus pandemic. Here's the science fact and fiction behind the show, and the possibility of a fungal pandemic. The new scenario, first realized in the video game that the show is based on, is making viewers wonder whether a fungus pandemic can happen in real life. "A fungal pandemic is definitely possible," Norman Van Rhijn, a mycologist researching fungal infections at the University of Manchester, told Insider in an email. Still, fungal infections are on the rise worldwide, and researchers are concerned that more and more people are at risk.

☆ Former Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart joins CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to discuss the labor market.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart joins CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to discuss the labor market. The labor market is key thing to watch at the moment, says former Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart.

☆ How the four-day workweek gained momentum — and could change the future of work
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Anuz Thapa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The idea of a four-day or shorter workweek is gaining momentum worldwide — a big thanks to the remote work boom during the Covid-19 pandemic. A recent study from 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit group that has been conducting four-day week pilot programs in several countries, found that employees expressed satisfaction with their overall productivity and performance. "The idea of reducing work time has been around for quite some time," said Charlotte Lockhart, founder and managing director at 4 Day Week Global. We have thousands of companies around the world that are actually reducing work time in one way or another." Watch the video above to learn whether the four-day workweek is what working life will look like in the future.

☆ Why going into work five days a week is a thing of the past
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Chris Cillizza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Though it feels like the five-day, 40-hour work week has always been with us, it’s actually a relatively new invention. As far back as 1866, Congress considered mandating a 40-hour work week, but the legislation stalled. In 1926, Henry Ford instituted a 40-hour work week for his employees, believing that was the optimal amount of time for someone to work in a week. But the 40-hour work week was – and is – routinely violated by salaried employees (and their bosses) who believe that working more is working better. “If you think about it, your contract with your employee is not just buying time,” Charlotte Lockhart, an advocate for a four-day work week, told me.

☆ 100 UK companies are scrapping the 40-hour workweek. Here's how the standard work schedule became so popular in the first place.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Marguerite Ward | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

100 companies in the UK are adopting a four-day workweek without cutting pay for their employees. Here's a timeline of how the US adopted the five-day, 40-hour workweek. Indeed, the pandemic accelerated public discourse over whether the 40-hour workweek still makes sense for some employees. Here's a look back through the history of the 40-hour workweek and how we got to where we are today. How the 40-hour workweek has evolvedDespite the long work it took to make the 40-hour workweek a reality, research shows people do continue to log longer work hours.

☆ The world's largest iPhone plant is under a Covid lockdown — What's the impact to Apple?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Melissa Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe world's largest iPhone plant is under a Covid lockdown — What's the impact to Apple? The world's largest iPhone plant is under a 7-day Covid lockdown in China. How will it impact Apple stock? With CNBC's Dennis Lockhart and the Fast Money traders, Steve Grasso, Michael Contopolous, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

☆ Chartmaster on what's next for oil and energy stocks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Melissa Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChartmaster on what's next for oil and energy stocksCarter Worth of Worth Charting looks at energy stocks. With CNBC's Dennis Lockhart and the Fast Money traders, Steve Grasso, Michael Contopolous, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

☆ After the latest rate hike, fmr. Atlanta Fed Pres. Dennis Lockhart says policy is moving to 'tactical phase'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Melissa Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAfter the latest rate hike, fmr. Atlanta Fed Pres. Dennis Lockhart says policy is moving to 'tactical phase'Former Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart breaks down the Fed's next move. With CNBC's Dennis Lockhart and the Fast Money traders, Steve Grasso, Michael Contopolous, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

☆ Options Action: The Fed and options
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOptions Action: The Fed and optionsNationsShares' Scott Nations looks at how the Fed is impacting the options market. With CNBC's Dennis Lockhart and the Fast Money traders, Steve Grasso, Michael Contopolous, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

☆ Lockhart: The Fed could pause early next year and see how the medicine is performing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLockhart: The Fed could pause early next year and see how the medicine is performingFormer Fed President Dennis Lockhart discusses the future path of Fed policy, and the potential lag effect of the central bank's aggressive rate hikes.

☆ The path of policy to four and a quarter is in everyone's mind, says former Atlanta Fed president
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe path of policy to four and a quarter is in everyone's mind, says former Atlanta Fed presidentDennis Lockhart, former Atlanta Fed president, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss if there will be more variety in how Federal Reserve officials speak on the terminal rate, if a 4.25% federal funds rate is restrictive enough, and more.

☆ A Texas barbecue chain was ordered to pay $230,000 to workers after their tips were shared with managers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A chain of barbecue restaurants in Texas was ordered to pay $230,353 in back wages to employees. According to Wage and Hour Division investigators, employers kept employee tips for managers. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division is ordering Black's Barbecue restaurant to pay employees back, after illegally keeping tips from employees, according to a press release from the department. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers, managers, and supervisors are not allowed to keep employees' tips. Black's Barbecue restaurant operates Black's Barbecue Inc; Kent Black's Lockhart Barbecue Inc., and New Braunfels Barbecue LLC.

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