U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Show Slight Uptick From Seven-Month Low

After reporting first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to a seven-month low in the previous week, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a slight increase in initial jobless claims in the week ended September 23rd. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims crept up to 204,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised level […]

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Consumer Confidence Plummets on Recession Fears: 5 Stocks to Buy

Inflation has declined sharply over the past year but remains stubbornly high, which has raised concerns of an impending recession. This saw the consumer confidence of Americans ebbing further in September. The decline in consumer confidence in September was largely triggered by the Fed’s hawkish stance as it hinted at another interest rate hike this year. Markets have since been […]

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YouTube Chief Business Officer Mary Ellen Coe On NFL Sunday Ticket “Exceeding Expectations”, Unexpected Disney-Charter Plugs & More

Mary Ellen Coe was installed as YouTube‘s Chief Business Officer last fall, just as the activity level at the company was beginning to surge even by the breakneck standards of a startup-turned-digital-behemoth. Since she landed in her new role after a 10-year run at Google and a prior chapter at McKinsey, many major headlines have blared. The company secured NFL […]

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$37 Mln Student Debt Relief For 1200 Defrauded University Of Phoenix Borrowers

The Biden Administration has approved $37 million in debt cancellation for more than 1,200 student borrowers who were deceived by the University of Phoenix. These borrowers were cheated into believing that by attending the University of Phoenix they would have promising career prospects at Fortune 500 companies – yet those benefits and opportunities never existed. The U.S. Department of Education […]

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States Where the Most Americans Serve in the Military

The United States has one of the largest militaries in the world, with more than 1.3 million active-duty personnel. This includes those serving in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. (Read about the countries with the largest militaries.) While about 160,000 of these active-duty service members are deployed abroad, the majority are stationed at […]

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Thousands of pensioners could receive £5,000 in back payments

Hundreds and thousands of pensioners could claim on average £5,000 due to holes in their child benefit records, the Government confirmed in July. Most of the people affected were stay-at-home mums who made a claim for Child Benefit between 1978 and 2000. Due to a Governmental error, National Insurance credits for time spent at home looking after children or vulnerable […]

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Switzerland Central Bank Unexpectedly Holds Rate Steady At 1.75%

The Swiss National Bank unexpectedly left its benchmark rate unchanged on Thursday, as policymakers assessed that the significant tightening of policy over the past five consecutive meetings is countering inflationary pressure, though the bank left the door open for future hikes. The SNB Governing Board, chaired by Thomas Jordan, decided to hold the policy rate at 1.75 percent, while markets […]

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