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Job openings, consumer prices, Costco and GameStop earnings top week ahead
Lance Roberts sounds off on a 'lack of liquidity' and inflation on 'Making Money.' Investors will begin the week after a surge in volatility fueled by omicron fears and rising inflation. Ticker Security Last Change Change % I:DJI…
‘We are in limbo’: banned Belarus theatre troupe forced into exile
For 16 years, the Belarus Free Theatre has advocated for freedom of expression, equality and democracy through underground performances from ad hoc locations to audiences hungry for an alternative voice to the country’s repressive…
Andy Corren Closes Management Company, Leaves Representation Business After 30 Years To
Andy Corren is closing his Andy Corren Management after 11 years of operation. He is leaving the representation business where he has been since 1991.
Corren, who had been writing on the side throughout his career…
The workers who feed America are exhausted. Now they face Omicron
She describes the experience as "the scariest thing you can ever imagine in your life. I don't want to go through that again."But the McDonald's (MCD) she currently works at in Hollywood, Florida, for $10 an hour is not prioritizing her…
Talk to Ukraine about ports, not us, says Russia ahead of U.N. talks in Moscow
A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Mundy/File…
Ukraine forces prepare for possible attack on Belarusian border
Ukrainian forces have built a new line of defences along the country’s previously unfortified northern border with Belarus amid signs of another attack.Russian forces invaded Ukraine through the Belarusian border in February when they…
Treasury secretary concedes she was wrong on ‘path that inflation would take’
"I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take," Yellen told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" when asked about her comments from 2021 that inflation posed only a "small risk."The admission was the latest…
Tensions rise again against Peru’s Las Bambas mine, despite latest deal
LIMA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Peruvian Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez said on Friday she would travel again next Friday to an area of frequent protests against MMG Ltd's (1208.HK) Las Bambas copper mine as tensions with community protesters…
Here’s what the Fed rate hike means for your salary
Every time inflation ticks up, it takes a bite out of workers' pay and chews away at their bank accounts. And this current stretch of inflation -- triggered by a confluence of events, including the war in Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic…
Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, November Update, after Bank of Canada Ended QE
Home prices spike in a few cities, “pause” in some, drop in others. Vancouver prices are below August levels.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
In an amazing development for the Canadian housing market where prices have…