A recent television advertisement depicts workers standing around their personal data arrays bemoaning the messages they are receiving from other team members. They are bewildered and dismayed that the messages Read more
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The Fed is not a ‘climate-policy maker,’ Powell says
The Federal Reserve has only a “narrow” role regarding climate change risks – to make sure banks understand and manage the financial risks associated with warming temperatures, the central bank’s Read more
Contraction in U.S. Factory Sector Deepened in December — S&P Global
By Xavier Fontdegloria The U.S. manufacturing sector contracted in December at the steepest pace since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic as demand remained subdued and production weakened, data from Read more
Equity funds suffer largest ever weekly outflows: BofA Global
Investors withdrew billions of dollars from equity funds at a record pace in the days after the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and European Central bank raised interest rates Read more
WHO head is ‘hopeful’ that COVID will no longer be a global health emergency some time in 2023
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he is hopeful that COVID-19 will reach the point in 2023 that it’s no longer a global emergency, striking an optimistic Read more
IMF head joins chorus calling on China to adapt COVID strategy as officials pledge to boost vaccinations among elderly
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday joined the chorus of people urging China to adopt a more targeted approach to the coronavirus pandemic as the country’s zero-COVID Read more
China’s zero-COVID strategy makes no sense and its homegrown vaccines are not ‘particularly effective,’ says Fauci
Widespread protests across China over the government’s zero-COVID policy dominated pandemic headlines Monday, with Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, weighing in with the view that the strategy does Read more
MarketWatch Live: Stock futures dip as China unrest sparks global growth concern
MarketWatch Live: Stock futures dip as China unrest sparks global growth concern
COP27: U.S. on the hook to pay for pollution; natural gas deemed transition fuel
For the first time ever, rich nations, including a top-polluting U.S., will pay for the climate-change damage inflicted upon poorer nations. These smaller economies are often the source of the Read more
Global tally of COVID cases rises in reversal of recent trend, led by Japan, South Korea and the U.S.
The global tally of COVID-19 cases rose 2% in the week through Nov. 13 from the previous week, according to the World Health Organization, in a reversal of the trend Read more