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An LA city approved plans to raise the minimum wage to $17.64 an hour, set to be the highest in the US to date
Business Insider - 5 Nov 2021 14:16A tale of two altcoins: Shiba inu's star fades, while solana shines, as investors favor real-use tokens
Business Insider - 5 Nov 2021 15:03The Unbearable Whiteness of Camping
Fast Company - 5 Nov 2021 09:00
People of color have been excluded from the camping industry for decades. The pandemic changed everything. My Indian father and Chinese mother thought the concept of camping was absurd. Born in the British colony of Mala...
What's ahead for COVID-19 treatments after Pfizer says its antiviral pill works
Business Insider - 5 Nov 2021 15:02One of America's Toughest CEO Jobs: Fixing PG&E
Wall Street Journal - 5 Nov 2021 11:30Chinese real estate developer Kaisa halts trading in Hong Kong, as debt concerns escalate
CNBC - 5 Nov 2021 04:56
Chinese real estate developer Kaisa Group Holdings halted trading of its shares Friday after news it had missed a payment on a wealth management product.
US Lawmakers Urge SEC to Permit Trading of Bitcoin Spot ETFs
Bitcoin.com - 5 Nov 2021 03:30
U.S. lawmakers have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Since the SEC has approved the trading of bitcoin futures ETFs, the lawmakers said it “sh...
The Wall Street Journal: Boeing reaches $225 million settlement in shareholder lawsuit over 737 Max safety
Market Watch - 5 Nov 2021 03:26
Current and former Boeing Co. directors have reached an approximately $225 million agreement to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed the plane maker's board failed to properly oversee safety matters related to the 7...
Smart home services company Plume blooms with $300M boost from SoftBank
Venture Beat - 5 Nov 2021 01:40
SoftBank, which estimates that 1 trillion connected devices will create $11 trillion in value by 2025, is betting big on Plume.
Reopening Stocks Lead The Market Higher After Strong Jobs Report, Pfizer Announcement
Forbes - 5 Nov 2021 22:07Advent Nears Deal to Buy McAfee for More Than $10 Billion
Wall Street Journal - 5 Nov 2021 21:51
The security-software company is nearing a deal to sell itself to private-equity firm Advent International, according to people familiar with the matter.
'The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain': New Biopic Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Full Of Quirk
Forbes - 5 Nov 2021 20:00What, Exactly, Is The Metaverse?
Forbes - 5 Nov 2021 19:08Real-estate brokers brace for 'flood' of wealthy buyers from overseas as travel restrictions lift
CNBC - 5 Nov 2021 17:35
Overseas real-estate buyers are expected to descend on the nation's luxury housing markets Monday, as U.S. lifts travel ban for vaccinated visitors.
When Bad News About the Climate Is Good for Green Stocks
The New York Times - 5 Nov 2021 16:47
Markets respond when coverage of global warming spikes, new research suggests. But investors could become inured to the bleak state of climate change.
Henry Kissinger's Last Crusade: Stopping Dangerous AI
Time - 5 Nov 2021 16:44
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) At the age of 98, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has a whole new area of interest: artificial in...
How Disney Harnessed Interest in Escapism to Connect With Audiences in 2020
AdWeek - 5 Nov 2021 16:14
As Covid-19 began to descend on the world in 2020, consumers searched for ways to connect while trapped at home. Over and over again, they turned to Disney. Disney saw its global video viewership of its video content inc...
The construction industry needs a 'staggering' 2.2 million more workers to keep up with booming demand for houses amid the labor shortage
Business Insider - 5 Nov 2021 16:05US stocks eye fresh record highs as upbeat jobs report boosts economic optimism
Business Insider - 5 Nov 2021 15:38US hiring rebounded in October, with 531,000 jobs added
Chicago Tribune - 5 Nov 2021 15:21Economic Report: U.S. adds 531,000 new jobs in October as hiring revs up. Unemployment falls to 4.6%
Market Watch - 5 Nov 2021 14:54
Companies stepped up hiring in October and added a solid 531,000 jobs, but the biggest labor shortage in decades is still holding back an economic recovery and adding to the largest surge in inflation in three decades.