Artificial intelligence will affect 40% of jobs

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been investigating what that might be the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the global labor marketachieving results”impressive” and from the point of view replacement of some jobs on the side of technology and on the side of that integration with human work. As reported Sun 24 hoursthe study … Read more

The Americans are destroying roads that are thousands of miles from Gaza. Here’s why

The Americans are destroying roads that are thousands of miles from Gaza.  Here's why

The war between Israel and Hamas is affecting travel in the Middle East and beyond. International arrivals to the region rose in the fourth quarter of 2023 – mainly due to an increase in visitors in Saudi Arabia – to a level that matched 2019 numbers, according to travel data firm ForwardKeys. But it is … Read more

Deflation: Here’s where prices fell in December 2023, in one chart

Deflation: Here's where prices fell in December 2023, in one chart

Extreme Photographer | E+ | Getty Images As inflation continues to decline across the US economy, some consumer categories have fallen into outright deflation. In other words: Americans are seeing a decline in the prices of some items. Economists said these declines were largely in physical goods rather than services. Demand for goods surged at … Read more

Pixar also shoots

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Pixar is planning it reduce content production and therefore has in time more staff than is really necessary. That would be the reason as stated TechCrunchthe production company purchased in 2006 by Disney would be ready eliminate several jobs. Especially according to what the American newspaper reported, by the end of 2024, around 20% of … Read more

Wholesale prices unexpectedly fell by 0.1% in December in a positive sign of inflation

Wholesale prices unexpectedly fell by 0.1% in December in a positive sign of inflation

Wholesale prices unexpectedly fell in December, providing a positive signal for inflation, the Labor Department said on Friday. The producer price index fell 0.1% for the month and was up 1% at the end of 2023 from a year ago, the Labor Department said on Friday. Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected a monthly … Read more

Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Tesla, Delta, Qualcomm, Bank of America and more

Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Tesla, Delta, Qualcomm, Bank of America and more

Check out the companies that made headlines in pre-market trading. Tesla — Shares of the electric car maker fell more than 3% in premarket trading after Tesla cut prices of both the Model 3 and Model Y in China a day earlier. Tesla also said its Berlin manufacturing plant will face outages due to shipping … Read more

5 things you should know before the stock market opens on Friday

5 things you should know before the stock market opens on Friday

Here are the most important news investors need to start their trading day: 1. Packaging Stock futures fell on Friday ahead of the week’s final trading session. However, all the major indices are still heading for weekly gains, despite what has seemed like near-daily stagnation since the start of 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average … Read more

A new wave of layoffs at Amazon and Google

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Bad grades from early 2024 for large equipment. A few hours later on January 10 Amazon and Google have announced a new wave of layoffsfollowing the year 2023, which from this point of view turned out to be a annus horribilis for the sector. As reported by the agency ReutersThe Seattle giant will lay off … Read more

Drought in the Panama Canal is forcing Maersk to use a “land bridge” for Oceania cargo.

Drought in the Panama Canal is forcing Maersk to use a "land bridge" for Oceania cargo.

A view of stranded boats on Lake Alhajuela during the summer drought in Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, Panama, April 21, 2023. Lake Alhajuela is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the Panama Canal locks and is at its lowest level since last years. Luis Acosta | Afp | … Read more

The US deficit exceeded half a trillion dollars in the first quarter of the fiscal year

The US deficit exceeded half a trillion dollars in the first quarter of the fiscal year

The US Treasury Building in Washington, DC on August 15, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government spent another half a trillion dollars in red ink in the first quarter of its fiscal year, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. For the period from October to December 2023, the budget deficit reached … Read more