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Bidenflation: Producer Price Index Jumps a Full Year Record High 9.7%

Bidenflation: Producer Price Index Jumps a Full Year Record High 9.7% Via Breitbart: Businesses saw the prices of goods they sell rise a record 9.7 percent in 2021, the fastest full-year increase in prices in records going back to 2010. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its Producer Price Index rose two-tenths of a percentage point in December. That’s a slowdown from November, when prices rose one percent, and October, […]

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Gamestop shares surge on report it will create NFT marketplace

Gamestop shares surge on report it will create NFT marketplace Via CNBC.com: Gamestop shares rose over 14% in extended trading on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported the retailer plans to create a marketplace for non-fungible tokens, often called NFTs. Gamestop also plans to establish cryptocurrency partnerships to create games and items for the marketplace, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter. The report suggests […]

01/06/2022 14

Not enough U-Haul trucks for fleeing Californians in 2021 amid ongoing blue-to-red flight: report

Not enough U-Haul trucks for fleeing Californians in 2021 amid ongoing blue-to-red flight: report Via Just The News: A new report released Monday revealed California saw the greatest net loss in U-Haul migration in 2021, the second consecutive year the Golden State ranked 50th in the nation for U-Haul one-way migration. The U-Haul Growth Index, an annual report that determines growth by calculating the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks […]

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Biden, Democrats require Venmo, PayPal, others to report $600 or more of payments to IRS

Biden, Democrats require Venmo, PayPal, others to report $600 or more of payments to IRS Via Just The News; President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress passed a new rule that requires payment companies and cash applications such as Venmo and PayPal to report $600 or more of payments to the Internal Revenue Services. The law was included in the Democrats' $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which was passed […]

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KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide

KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide Via CNBC.com: KFC restaurants nationwide will add Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken to its menus, starting Monday for a limited time. The launch comes after years of testing from the Yum Brands chain and Beyond Meat to create a meat substitute that mimicked the taste and texture of whole muscle chicken, like chicken breast. The two companies first tested plant-based […]

01/04/2022 12

A record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November

A record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November Via CNBC.com: Workers quit their jobs in record numbers in November while the total employment openings pulled back a bit, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The so-called quits level surged to 4.53 million for the month, according to the department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. That represented an 8.9% increase from October and broke September’s high-water mark of 4.36 […]

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Tesla opened a dealership in Xinjiang, China, despite widespread reports of Uyghur oppression there

Tesla opened a dealership in Xinjiang, China, despite widespread reports of Uyghur oppression there Via CNBC.com: Tesla has opened a new sales and service center in the Xinjiang region of China, home to a Muslim population known as the Uyghurs whom the United Nations and rights organizations have identified as a repressed ethnic group. In 2021, the United States, United Kingdom and Canada said China engages in “forced labour, mass detention in internment […]

01/04/2022 12

Holiday travel surges this year, with Florida and California as top destinations, AAA says

Holiday travel surges this year, with Florida and California as top destinations, AAA says Via Just The News: Unlike last Christmas when many Americans were living in states still under lockdowns, an estimated 109 million people will be traveling out of town for Christmas and New Year’s this year, AAA reports, a 34% increase from last year. "Americans who canceled their vacations in 2020 want to gather with family and […]

12/23/2021 12

Delta asks CDC to cut quarantine guidelines for breakthrough Covid, citing workforce impact

Delta asks CDC to cut quarantine guidelines for breakthrough Covid, citing workforce impact Via CNBC.com: Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Tuesday asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to halve its recommended quarantine time for vaccinated people who contract Covid-19, saying the current isolation period could negatively affect the airline’s operations. Bastian wrote to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky proposing a five-day recommended quarantine period for fully vaccinated […]

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