As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/as-microsoft-lays-off-thousands-and-jacks-up-game-pass-prices-former-ftc-chair-says-i-told-you-so-the-activision-blizzard-buyout-is-harming-both-gamers-and-developers/
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As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout…
When you're right, you're right.
China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/business/china-soybean-sales-farmers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok8.xbJ1.T-BBFTW-1Gdo
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/business/china-soybean-sales-farmers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok8.xbJ1.T-BBFTW-1Gdo
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NY Times
China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0. (Gift Article)
China stopped buying soybeans from America in May, placing a retaliatory tariff on the bumper crop after President Trump increased levies on goods from China.
Trump insists America can “grow out” of its $37T debt — but Ray Dalio says that’s a fantasy
https://azexpress.net/en/news/769/trump-insists-america-can-grow-out-of-its-37t-debt-but-ray-dalio-says-thats-a-fantasy
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https://azexpress.net/en/news/769/trump-insists-america-can-grow-out-of-its-37t-debt-but-ray-dalio-says-thats-a-fantasy
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azexpress.net
Trump insists America can “grow out” of its $37T debt — but Ray Dalio says that’s a fantasy - AzExpress
Trump Bets Growth Can Shrink Debt — But Dalio Warns That’s the Last Stage Before Crisis
As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/as-microsoft-lays-off-thousands-and-jacks-up-game-pass-prices-former-ftc-chair-says-i-told-you-so-the-activision-blizzard-buyout-is-harming-both-gamers-and-developers/
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PC Gamer
As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout…
When you're right, you're right.
Gen Z and millennials face burnout because older generations had hope despite working hard
https://wtfdetective.blog/suzy-welch-gen-z-millennials-burnout-hope/
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WTF Detective
Gen Z and millennials face burnout because older generations had hope despite working hard - WTF Detective
A generational divide over workplace burnout appears to be driven less by work intensity and more by declining expectations for career rewards, according to business author and New York University professor Suzy Welch. The 66-year-old Portland native earned…
Worrying prediction that we're six days from 'spiraling out of control' if government shutdown doesn't end
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15161741/government-shutdown-prediction-spiraling-control.html
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15161741/government-shutdown-prediction-spiraling-control.html
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Mail Online
Six days from 'spiraling out of control' if shutdown doesn't end
Budget expert Josh Stern warned that the ongoing government shutdown threatens to leave thousands of federal workers unpaid potentially destabilizing vital services.
More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn's CEO is saying the future of work won't belong to people with degrees anymore | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2025/10/02/gen-z-graduates-linkedin-ceo-college-degrees-future-of-work-ai-skills-hiring-career-advice/
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https://fortune.com/2025/10/02/gen-z-graduates-linkedin-ceo-college-degrees-future-of-work-ai-skills-hiring-career-advice/
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Fortune
More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn's CEO is saying the future of work won't belong to people with degrees anymore | Fortune
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said Ivy League diplomas won’t get Gen Z hopefuls far in the job hunt. Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg agree college isn’t needed for success.
UCLA forecasts 'stagflation-lite' economy with higher inflation and unemployment
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-01/ucla-economists-forecast-stagflation-lite-with-elevated-inflation-and-unemployment
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https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-01/ucla-economists-forecast-stagflation-lite-with-elevated-inflation-and-unemployment
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Los Angeles Times
UCLA forecasts 'stagflation-lite' economy with higher inflation and unemployment
The UCLA Anderson Forecast released Wednesday predicts economic growth will slow next quarter as the costs of the Trump administration's tariffs fully take hold, leading to a 'stagflation-lite' scenario.
Most Americans continue to rate the U.S. economy negatively as partisan gap widens
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/03/most-americans-continue-to-rate-the-us-economy-negatively-as-partisan-gap-widens/
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https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/03/most-americans-continue-to-rate-the-us-economy-negatively-as-partisan-gap-widens/
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Pew Research Center
Most Americans continue to rate the U.S. economy negatively as partisan gap widens
Nearly three-in-four U.S. adults (74%) say economic conditions are only fair or poor, up slightly from 72% in January 2024.
Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump to release the jobs report despite shutdown
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/02/economy/jobs-report-elizabeth-warren-trump-shutdown
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https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/02/economy/jobs-report-elizabeth-warren-trump-shutdown
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CNN
Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump to release the jobs report despite shutdown
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the Trump administration to release the September jobs report on Friday despite the ongoing government shutdown, a Senate aide told CNN on Thursday.
Since US Soybeans aren't being bought, could they be distributed to the people? Help offset some of the rising cost of living?!??!
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Reddit
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Are we in a recession? Yes — if you live in one of these 22 states.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-we-in-a-reccession-yes-if-you-live-in-one-of-these-22-states-3947b4cd
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-we-in-a-reccession-yes-if-you-live-in-one-of-these-22-states-3947b4cd
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MarketWatch
Are we in a recession? Yes — if you live in one of these 22 states.
The U.S. economy is very close to falling into a damaging contraction — and many states are already in a recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
China Pushes Trump to Drop Curbs as It Dangles Investment Pledge. (China offers to invest $1 trillion in building factories in the US. Could be a win-win idea that shifts the two countries away from a war path)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-03/china-pushes-trump-to-drop-curbs-as-it-dangles-investment-pledge
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-03/china-pushes-trump-to-drop-curbs-as-it-dangles-investment-pledge
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Bloomberg.com
China Pushes Trump to Drop Curbs as It Dangles Investment Pledge
China is pushing the Trump administration to roll back national-security restrictions on Chinese deals in the US, dangling the prospect of a massive investment package as part of a proposal that would upend a decade of policy.
End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03144-y?WT.ec_id=N
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Nature
End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
Nature - The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.
Trump Slaps Tariffs on Furniture, Timber, and Lumber to ‘Make Wood Great Again’
https://azexpress.net/en/news/781/trump-slaps-tariffs-on-furniture-timber-and-lumber-to-make-wood-great-again
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https://azexpress.net/en/news/781/trump-slaps-tariffs-on-furniture-timber-and-lumber-to-make-wood-great-again
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azexpress.net
Who'll bear the brunt of Trump's wood and furniture tariffs? - AzExpress
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on imported wood and furniture, arguing that cheap foreign timber poses a threat to America’s national security and domestic industry.
Nvidia’s $100bn OpenAI sparks fears the AI bubble is about to burst
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/24/100bn-deal-signals-ai-bubble-burst/
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/24/100bn-deal-signals-ai-bubble-burst/
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The Telegraph
The $100bn deal sparking fears of a dotcom-style crash
Nvidia’s eye-watering investment in OpenAI has experts worrying that the AI bubble is about to burst
Government shutdown has already cost taxpayers $1.2 billion as 750,000 workers are paid to stay home
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15163223/government-shutdown-cost-furloughed-workers.html
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15163223/government-shutdown-cost-furloughed-workers.html
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Mail Online
Government shutdown 'shenanigans' has already cost $1.2 billion
An estimate shared by Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, says that the shutdown has cost taxpayers $1.2 billion in backpay for furloughed workers.