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NEW YORK, New York — As of Oct. 1, the East and Gulf coasts of the U.S. have been grappling with the most significant port strike in nearly 50 years. The strikes have disrupted trade at 36 key ports, including those in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Texas. Nearly
Oil Drops to Two-Month Low as China Concerns Weigh In
Oil traded at its lowest levels since early June on Tuesday, July 30, as worries about low demand in...
Global Tech Outage Disrupts Industries and Travel Worldwide
On Friday, July 19, a worldwide tech outage struck industries from travel to finance. Services...
Federal Reserve Somewhat Confident Inflation Is Returning to Normal Levels, Interest Rate Cut May Be
According to recent comments by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, key U.S. inflation readings measured...
Beijing’s Top Officials to Address Economic Crises at China’s Third Plenum: What’s at Stake
Xi Jinping and other high-ranking officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are gathering this...
Freight Importers Struggling as Container Shipping Rates Return to $10,000
The cost of shipping a standard 40-foot container from Shanghai to New York has ballooned to nearly $10,000...
Southern US Primed for Real Estate Crisis, Expert Warns
On June 8, Nick Gerli, founder and CEO of Reventure Consulting, warned that several southern U.S. states...
Proposed Regulations Capping Overdraft and Late Fees Will Drive Up Costs for Customers, JPMorgan Says
Recently, Marianne Lake, the head of Chase Bank — a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. — notified 86...
Tech Boom Leads Global Markets in First Semester of 2024
The first half of 2024 has been another whirlwind in world markets. Forecasts for a global interest-rate-cutting...
EU Antitrust Charges Apple for Breaching Tech Rules, Another Probe Coming
On Monday, June 24, European Union antitrust regulators alleged that Apple breached the bloc's rules...