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UM Health buys old Kmart HQ land for $4.4M, plans bigger Metro Detroit presence

detroitnews.com The University of Michigan Health system is purchasing a portion of the vacant land at the former Kmart headquarters in Troy to build a multi-specialty facility, expanding…

Magna Upgrades Again, Boosts Outlook On Strengthening Economic Indicators

mediapost.com Citing improving macroeconomic indicators, IPG Mediabrands' Magna unit this morning released a new quarterly update to its U.S. ad-spending forecast, revising both 2023's…

Americans are more confident inflation is on the decline

finance.yahoo.com Consumers are feeling increasingly confident that inflation will continue falling. On Thursday, the latest University of Michigan survey showed consumers expect inflation to…

Buttigieg stresses the enormity of the collision in Baltimore as engineering community fiercely debates safety measures

fortune.com When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood firm and no one died, either on the ship or the highway above. The…

US consumer sentiment tops estimates in March to hit nearly 3-yr high, UMich says

aol.com U.S. consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly in March to the highest in nearly three years thanks in part to growing confidence that inflation will keep softening. The…

Consumer Sentiment Rises as Inflation Expectations Improve

barrons.com Americans were channeling a sunnier outlook on the economy this month. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index rose to a final reading of 79.4 in March, up…

Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Dips Ahead Of GDP, Jobless Claims; Apple Falls On Downgrade

investors.com Dow Jones futures and the other major stock indexes were mixed Thursday, as Wall Street reacted to a stronger-than-expected GDP reading for the fourth quarter. Meanwhile,…

Futures Dip Ahead Of GDP, Jobless Claims

investors.com Dow Jones futures rose Thursday, while the other major stock indexes fell, as Wall Street reacted to a stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter GDP reading. Meanwhile, tech…

Biomerica InFoods IBS Data to be Presented at the Upcoming Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024 Conference

benzinga.com Collaborators at the University of Michigan will present new Data on InFoods® IBS in the DDW Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Clinical Session IRVINE, Calif., March 28, 2024…

Stock market today: Stocks muted as booming first-quarter comes to close

finance.yahoo.com US stock futures were muted Thursday morning as markets were set to close a fruitful first quarter of 2024. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC), the blue-chip Dow Jones…

Futures flat ahead of Easter break, Wall St set for sharp Q1 gains

aol.com U.S. stock index futures remained sluggish on Thursday in thin trading ahead of Easter break, as investors awaited more data to gauge the Federal Reserve's policy path on…

Stock Market Today: Stocks mixed into quarter-end; Fed's Waller warns on rates

thestreet.com Check back for updates throughout the trading day U.S. equity futures were mixed in early Thursday trading, while the dollar powered higher against its global peers, as…

Sexually transmitted infection rates have risen sharply among adults 55 and older, CDC data shows

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article Sexually transmitted infections are becoming more common in…

NSF Paid Universities To Develop AI Censorship Tools For Social Media

zerohedge.com NSF Paid Universities To Develop AI Censorship Tools For Social Media By Daniel Nuccio of The College Fix "Used by governments and Big Tech to shape public opinion by…

Debate emerges over whether modern protections could have saved Baltimore bridge

apnews.com When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood firm and no one died, either on the ship or the highway above. The…

Experts Fear Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Are Laying the Groundwork for a Nationwide Ban on Medication Abortions

vanityfair.com If you were worried the Supreme Court was going to ban the abortion drug mifepristone—an entirely reasonable concern given the Court’s conservative majority and the fact…

Truth Social’s stock price is soaring. It’s not just Trump supporters buying in

finance.yahoo.com More than two years after announcing the merger that would take it public, Trump Media – the parent company to Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social – hit the…

Wall St set to open higher as growth stocks recover

aol.com Wall Street's main stock indexes were set to gain at open on Wednesday as chipmakers and growth stocks rebounded in light trading ahead of crucial economic data, commentary…

Shohei Ohtani is baseball's golden ticket. How will the gambling scandal impact his brand?

latimes.com Artist Robert Vargas painted a mural of new Dodger Shohei Ohtani on the side of the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo. Vargas and others in the community hope that the mural will…

Loss of ship's power and stiff current may have led to bridge collision, experts say

npr.org Loss of ship's power and stiff current may have led to bridge collision, experts say Details are still scant on what might have caused a giant container ship to collide with…

New lawsuit alleges abuse by former Endeavor Health gynecologist Fabio Ortega

chicagotribune.com A Cook County woman filed suit Monday against Endeavor Health and former gynecologist Fabio Ortega, contending the doctor sexually abused her and the health system failed to…

FDA approves new drug that may help stop and even reverse a rare, fatal condition that doctors call a ‘ticking time bomb’

cnn.com When doctors told Katrina Barry that she had a rare and serious condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension or PAH, they warned her not to Google it. Come on, she…

The two-speed economy

axios.com Call it the two-speed economy. Rich Americans are spending at healthy rates, driving overall demand — but there are early signs that low- and middle-income consumers are…

3 things America can do to solve its retirement crisis, according to BlackRock chief Larry Fink

aol.com None America has a retirement crisis on its hands. • None But there are things the US can do to help people better prepare for post-work life, Larry Fink said. • None The…

Wall Street giant Larry Fink says younger generations don’t trust older ones, and they’re completely justified

fortune.com To Larry Fink, CEO of $90 trillion asset manager BlackRock, the economy’s biggest worry isn’t high inflation or a possible recession: it’s a lack of hope. More specifically,…

Asian & Indian art from "The Collection of Walter and Nesta Spink" highlight Moran's 2-day Traditional Collector sale!

benzinga.com LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to present the highly-anticipated 2-day sale, The Traditional Collector: Featuring The…

Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings

latimes.com “You are not a horse”: The FDA’s 2021 consumer warning about not treating COVID with ivermectin, best known as a horse dewormer, was the most successful social media post in…

As West draws closer to Vietnam, Hanoi gets more like Beijing

asia.nikkei.com Dien Luong is an associate fellow with the media, technology and society program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and a doctoral student in communications and…

Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, lift Biden's prospects

finance.yahoo.com The U.S. Federal Reserve looks on track to cut interest rates as the presidential campaign season heats up, potentially delivering President Joe Biden a boost as polls show…

Here’s why the Fed doesn’t see a US recession in coming years

cnn.com America’s central bank doesn’t see any signs of a recession on the horizon. Not this year nor the year after. The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee of 19 officials…

Inside the Republican Attacks on Electric Vehicles

yahoo.com An American flag is reflected in a side view mirror of a new Jeep SUV with Plug-In Hybrid Technology during an Environmental Protection Agency event in Washington, on March…

Why are Americans so gloomy about their great economy?

economist.com “The vibes are off” is a phrase that does not usually appear in rigorous economic analysis but has cropped up again and again in serious discussions about America over the…

The economy is fantastic

businessinsider.com If you like your situation right now — your job, your house, your car — you can keep it. If you aren't so satisfied, well, tough luck, because you might have to keep it…

How Trump property seizures will impact New York's real-estate industry

newsweek.com The New York Attorney General Letitia James could start to confiscate Donald Trump's properties as soon as Tuesday if he fails to make a £464 million civil-fraud case bond…

Evidence grows that screens are poisoning kids' minds

axios.com A shocking number of American kids are sad, suicidal and stuck on small screens sucking away their zest for life. Why it matters: This is the indisputable and alarming trend…

Fed holds interest rates steady, postponing rate cuts amid stubborn inflation

abcnews.go.com Inflation fell sharply last year but progress has stalled in recent months. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, opting to keep rates highly elevated…

NASA is struggling to compete with Bezos, Musk and their 6-figure salaries for starting aerospace engineers at Blue Origin and SpaceX

fortune.com SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many young and tireless engineers…

Hiring booms at SpaceX and Blue Origin making it hard for NASA to attract talent

siliconvalley.com By Aashna Shah | Bloomberg News SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many…

Official Amazon HR document reveals a spike in employees put on PIPs during a time of record layoffs

businessinsider.com By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on…

Hiring booms at SpaceX, Blue Origin making it hard for NASA to attract talent

financialpost.com Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many…

From 'Billion-Dollar Mistake' To $300M Exit: The Early Entrepreneurial Experiences Of Co-Founder Jason Raznick

benzinga.com You might not have heard of the Razzie, but that's the name Benzinga co-founder Jason Raznick gave to his first invention: a device developed in the early 90s that could…

Impressive $3.3M investment in Basic Mental Health Research

benzinga.com MONTREAL, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In their effort to fund bold, transformative basic mental health research projects, Brain Canada, Krembil Foundation, and…

US Economic Conditions Scream "Buy Gold"

zerohedge.com US Economic Conditions Scream "Buy Gold" Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Epoch Times, The manufacturing and consumer confidence weaknesses of the United States are deeply…

Wendy’s isn’t the first: Dynamic pricing is everywhere

siliconvalley.com By Anna Helhoski | NerdWallet When word got around that the burger chain Wendy’s would start surging prices in 2025, the backlash was swift. What followed was a swarm of…

Grow Through It: 2X Plane Crash-Survivor Inspires Others With Talk on Turning Adversity to Opportunity

benzinga.com PINE BROOK, N.J., March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin Hatch, a survivor of two plane crashes, will speak at Metro Exhibits on Tuesday, May 14 at 11am. His talk, "Grow…

Stock market today: Asian stocks gain ahead of US and Japan rate decisions

aol.com Asian stocks advanced Monday ahead of policy decisions this week by Japan’s central bank and the Federal Reserve. Chinese data for January-February were mixed, with property…

Consumers ‘Balancing a Lot’ as Retail Sales Slow

pymnts.com Consumers are growing more hesitant to spend following a long stretch of looser spending. That’s according to a Saturday (March 16) report by the Financial Times (FT),…

Why the Irish hated the color green

newsweek.com It may be the color associated with St. Patrick's Day, but Irish people feared the color green for much of their history. Green, now associated with St. Patrick and the rich…

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