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    • Trump's election win is making the dollar stronger

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Nov 12, 2024
    It started picking up strength as soon as betting markets indicated he was winning.
    The dollar started rising most recently in late September, around the same time betting markets started to anticipate a Trump victory.
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    NIH got $1.6 billion for research into long COVID. Where are the treatments?

    by Samantha Fields
    Nov 11, 2024
    About $1.6 billion has been invested in a program that has yielded little progress, disappointing many who suffer with the complex condition.
    Efforts to develop treatments for long COVID, which has a wide range of symptoms, have had little success so far. Above, an event supporting long COVID patients in Germany.
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    Depleted Arkansas oil field could be a lithium gold mine

    by Elizabeth Trovall
    Nov 5, 2024
    The drilling byproduct could power future electric vehicles and expand the U.S. role in clean energy. Extraction methods are in development.
    If the lithium in Smackover can be recovered commercially, it could power a vast number of electric vehicles and expand the U.S. presence in renewable energy markets.
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    Here’s why you can’t blame presidents for inflation

    by Janet Nguyen
    Nov 5, 2024
    During the pandemic, a wide variety of factors led to rising prices, including supply chain snarls.
    While some blame sitting presidents for inflation, experts told us a variety of factors influence consumer prices.
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    Where Elon Musk and his super PAC's "sweepstakes" fit into campaign finance rules

    by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
    Oct 30, 2024
    "It has those of us in the good government/democracy space scratching our heads," says Sarah Bryner of OpenSecrets.
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    In a 2nd Trump term, Fed independence would go “out the window,” economist says

    by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
    Oct 28, 2024
    Kai Ryssdal explores what would happen to the global economy if the Federal Reserve lost its autonomy.
    Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the process for making interest rate decisions “is always the same.” At meetings, FOMC members ask, “What's the right thing to do for the people we serve?' … It's never about anything else."
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    As focus shifts from inflation to employment, the Fed’s job is still tricky 

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Oct 23, 2024
    The September rate cut raised hopes for a sturdy labor market into next year and beyond. The effect on jobs, though, may take time.
    The labor market has shown strength and fragility this year. Potentially, lower interest rates could be good for business investment and hiring.
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    This earnings season, corporations are paying attention to the U.S. dollar

    by Justin Ho
    Oct 21, 2024
    The dollar's value has been stabilizing in recent months. That could help companies' profits in the near future.
    U.S. dollar value can shape overseas sales for many major companies.
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    The minimum wage for tipped workers is on the ballot in two states

    by Kimberly Adams
    Oct 21, 2024
    In Massachusetts and Arizona, voters will decide if a lower official wage for tipped workers should be phased out or made permanent.
    Many restaurant workers rely on tips to raise their pay to state or federal minimums.
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    2024 U.S. election: views from China

    by Jennifer Pak
    Oct 18, 2024
    U.S. work visa applicants in Shanghai have mixed feelings on which presidential candidate would be better for China-U.S. relations.
    People line up to apply for a visa at the U.S. consulate in Shanghai. The number of Chinese citizens going to America for work, study and travel has been dropping since U.S.-China tensions escalated in 2018.
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