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Weak Jobs Report Could Cool Fed’s Tapering Plans

Friday’s lackluster non-farm payrolls report, which showed American employers adding far fewer jobs in August than expected, is likely to cool enthusiasm among Federal Reserve policymakers for a quick roll-back of stimulus, some experts believe.

Conservative investment funds take aim at ‘woke’ corporations

Fortune 500 corporate boardrooms increasingly have embraced a “woke” agenda — such as Gillette lecturing its shavers about toxic masculinity and Bank of America having guest speakers declare capitalism evil.

Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud is on trial

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of Theranos.

Investors Borrow Less to Buy Stocks for First Time Since Pandemic Began, an Ominous Sign

U.S. investors cut their use of leverage in July, marking the first month since the onset of the pandemic that saw a reduction in the use of margin debt to buy securities like stocks, potentially a warning sign for markets buoyed by heavy use of borrowed money.

Where the World’s Most Powerful Meet the World’s Money: World Economic Forum & BlackRock

Covid-19, climate change, and China—the shared focus of the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset" and BlackRock's "economic restart."

S&P, Nasdaq rally to records as investors eye Fed’s Jackson Hole event

WTI crude oil snaps 7-day losing streak rising to the $65 per barrel level

BlackRock Wants Investors to Increase China Exposure, Should You Follow?

BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager with more than $9 trillion in assets under management, recently made a very contrarian call.

Labor shortage has employers scrambling to offer new perks

Companies are rolling out perks at a feverish clip to lure employees.

Why Gavin Newsom Faces a Recall Election in California

In 2019, still settling into his new home in the state’s creepy, gothic governor’s mansion, Gavin Newsom told an Axios interviewer, “California is what America is going to look like.” Then, perhaps reflecting on his Hollywood benefactors, he added for emphasis, “California is America’s coming attraction.”

Court Rules Against Bayer in Roundup Cancer Trial Appeal, Cites Monsanto’s ‘Willful’ Disregard for Safety

The appeals court said Monsanto had not shown that federal law preempted claims made by plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod, who in 2019 were awarded a combined $87 million after lawyers argued years of using Roundup weedkiller caused them both to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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