Jan 2, 2025

Gains for the greenback

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Bloomberg calculates that the U.S. dollar made its biggest gain last year in nearly a decade. That strength could very well continue into the new year.

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Today's Amazon's RTO deadline

by Nova Safo

Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy has said that office workers need to return to offices full time in order to maintain a strong company culture and make it easier to collaborate and invent. Many Amazon workers apparently are unimpressed.

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Strong dollar shows no signs of weakening

by Mitchell Hartman

Jan 2, 2025

The prospect of tariffs and of interest rates staying higher for longer will likely continue to push up the U.S. currency's value in 2025.

Continued, elevated interest rates from the Federal Reserve will likely drive the value of the dollar higher.

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More Texans are investing in microgrids to avoid winter power outages

by Elizabeth Trovall

Jan 2, 2025

Microgrids generate and supply their own power in tandem with the grid and work as a backup option in case extreme weather knocks out power.

A sign posted at a supermarket in Austin, Texas, in February 2021, when a winter storm knocked out power for millions of Texan residents and businesses.

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