Description: Micron will spend up to $100 billion over at least the next two decades building a new computer chip factory in upstate New York, the state said on Tuesday.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Oct 04, 2022
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Description: In Tom Wolfe’s famous essay about the 1970s, “The Me Decade,” he wrote about how Americans had abandoned communal thinking in favour of personal wealth. “They took their money and ran,” he wrote. In fact, there wasn’t much money to take.
Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report
Date: Sep 24, 2022
Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-to-survive-the-worst-bear-market-of-all-time-120034754.html
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Description: Banks love housing booms because they offer attractive returns on investment. But they also get preoccupied with real estate during those boom times at the cost of lending to other parts of the economy, according to research by Wharton finance professor Itay Goldstein, Miami Business School finance professor Indraneel Chakraborty, and Virginia Tech professor Andrew MacKinlay.
Source: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/
Date: Sep 27, 2022
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Description: ESG and sustainable investing generally have come under fire recently, with critics pointing to a lack of transparency and differing definitions sparking confusion around what investors are actually buying.
Source: CNBC.com
Date: Sep 28, 2022
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Description: Massive export terminal under construction in Kitimat B.C. on track for first deliveries by middle of decade
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: Sep 29, 2022
Link: https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/lng-canada-kitimat-export-liquefied-natural-gas
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Description: For a limited time only, Happy Meals aren’t just for kids. McDonald’s teamed up with the fashion streetwear brand Cactus Plant Flea Market to release an adult meal box, complete with a classic character toy.
Source: NPR.org
Date: Sep 29, 2022
Link: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/29/1125809528/mcdonalds-adult-happy-meals-october
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Description: Piano-building was once one of the country’s largest industries. Today, only two companies remain in business.
Source: TheHustle.co
Date: Sep 29, 2022
Link: https://link.thehustle.co/view/61200bfe5acd1b72de2e7829hcmwm.d74a/f28d4c31
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Description: When Federal Reserve officials called inflation ‘transitory’ (or temporary) in 2021, Mohamed El-Erian warned investors that the data didn’t back up their claims.
Source: YahooFinance.com – video report
Date: Sep 20, 2022
Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mohammed-el-erian-policymakers-avoid-110000027.html
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Description: To say streaming platform and hardware provider Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) stock is having a bad year down (69%) would be an understatement.
Source: Entrepreneur.com
Date: Sep 21, 2022
Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/finance/roku-stock-is-down-but-not-out/435715
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Description: With inflation continuing to hover near 40-year highs, consumers seek out savings wherever they can find them — except for one surprising segment.
Source: MediaPost.com
Date: Sep 15, 2022
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