Borrowing costs go boom

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• Rising global bond yields will put pressure on U.S. interest rates, too

  by Justin Ho

  

  The sheer amount of borrowing by countries covering budget deficits and tech companies building AI infrastructure is pushing rates higher.

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• The labor market in July showed very little movement

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  For every job seeker, there are 1.05 jobs available.

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• For this Mississippi barge line, labor is more of a concern than tariffs

  by Kai Ryssdal and Mika Ellison

  

  Austin Golding, CEO of Golding Barge Line, talks about how his business is juggling a changing labor market amid tariffs and a tight oil market.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Why solar energy storage capacity has nearly doubled since Trump took office

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  Solar energy is increasingly viable without government subsidies, and it is an economical way to power data centers.

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• "The heart of the internet": AI has marketers flocking to Reddit

  by Kai Ryssdal, Livi Burdette and Nicholas Guiang

  

  For years, brands never really paid attention to Reddit. But as LLMs and AI bots scrape the internet, Reddit has become valuable internet real estate for marketers.

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• From medicine to HVAC: one entrepreneur's journey

  by Nicholas Guiang and Sarah Leeson

  

  From a young age, La Toya Luces-Sampson wanted to become a doctor — and she did. But since then, her entrepreneurial spirit has led her along a winding career path.

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