This Week: Consumer prices, UnitedHealth earns, retail sales
The Labor Department serves up its September reading of inflation at the consumer level Wednesday Go to Source Author:
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Toymaker Hasbro’s CEO Brian Goldner will take medical leave
Toy and entertainment company Hasbro Inc. has announced that Brian D Go to Source Author:
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Patient advocates and some state governments say hospitals must do more to help patients deal with medical bills before the debt winds up in collections Go to Source Author:
Hydropower decline adds strain to power grids in drought
U.S. hydropower generation is forecast to drop 14% this year compared with 2020 as drought grips vast areas of the West Go to Source Author:
How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network
When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit over safety, it was likely the most consequential choice of her life Go to Source Author:
Mexico’s Napa Valley protests against unfettered development
Defenders of Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe wine-producing valley are protesting unfettered development they say threatens the area’s environment and agriculture Go to Source Author:
Thousands march in Rome to protest workplace vaccine rule
Thousands of demonstrators have marched down Rome’s Via Veneto and other main streets to protest a government rule requiring COVID-19 vaccines or negative tests for workers to enter offices Go to Source Author:
McConnell seizes on debt standoff to undermine Biden agenda
During the recent standoff over the nation’s debt limit, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell showed just how far he’ll go to stop President Joe Biden’s agenda Go to Source Author:
China-U.S. reps hold meeting on bilateral trade issues
Chinese and U.S. officials have discussed their fraught trading relationship after a lengthy break in negotiations Go to Source Author:
IMF board says needs more time to weigh data-rigging details
The International Monetary Fund says it needs more time to weigh its response to a law firm’s findings that the agency’s managing director was involved in data-rigging at the World Bank when she was a top official there Go to Source Author:
McConnell says he won’t help Dems raise debt limit again
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not again help Democrats extend the government’s borrowing authority Go to Source Author:
Wall Street drifts lower as jobs report sparks questions
U.S. stocks are drifting lower in afternoon trading Friday after a weak jobs report raised questions about the Federal Reserve’s timeline to pare back its immense support for the markets Go to Source Author: