ECONOMY

DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDE AT UGANDA GARBAGE DUMP
BY: ELIAS BIRYABAREMA ... The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda's capital Kampala has risen to 17, a Red Cross official said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors … continue reading

THE 'SUPERFOOD' TAKING OVER FIELDS IN NORTHERN INDIA
BY: PRITI GUPTA ... Like his father and grandfather before him, Phool dev Shahni once made a living by diving to the bottom of 8ft-deep (2.4m), muddy … continue reading

EVERYONE’S DOING FEWER MCDONALD’S RUNS
BY: MOLLY LIEBERGALL ... The value meal isn’t what it used to be. The average Big Mac Meal costs $9.29 in the US—27% more than it did in 2019, according to McDonald’s … continue reading

KROGER, ALBERTSONS AGREE TO PAUSE MERGER AS FTC, STATE CHALLENGES PROCEED
BY: DAVE MICHAELS & PATRICK THOMAS ... Deal between the two grocery-store operators has faced regulatory scrutiny since it was announced in October 2022 … continue reading

WHY 7-ELEVEN PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC OUTSIDE ITS STORES
BY: MARK DENT ... This spring at a 7-Eleven near downtown Tacoma, Washington, patrons filled up their gasoline tanks to a surprising soundtrack: the haunting pitch of a classical string … continue reading

ELECTRIC FLYING TAXIS ARE QUIETLY SNEAKING UP ON US
BY: STEVEN ASHLEY ... When the electric air taxi revolution arrives, you probably won’t it hear coming. A remarkable feature of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is how quietly it flies … continue reading

RETAIL THEFT IS WILDLY OUT OF CONTROL ALL OVER AMERICA, AND IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AS OUR SOCIETY DESCENDS INTO ANARCHY
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... We are right in the middle of a tsunami of shoplifting that never seems to end, and as a result major retailers are closing down locations in major cities all over the country … continue reading

CANADA’S FIRST GROCERY STORE WHERE FOOD IS FREE OPENS IN SASKATCHEWAN
BY: ANDY CORBLEY ... Canada’s first free grocery store is set to open as a flourishing food bank continues to look for ways to support the community … continue reading

MASSIVE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL TOWER TO OFFER HOMELESS PRIVATE ROOMS, GYM, CAFE AND MORE AMENITIES
BY: NIKOLAS LANUM ... A massive residential tower in California will provide homeless people with a swanky new living space and luxury amenities, including a café, gym and TV lounge … continue reading

‘HAMSTER’ CRYPTO CRAZE HAS TAKEN IRAN
BY: JON GAMBRELL & NASSER KARIMI ... Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich … continue reading

A SUPERMARKET TRIP MAY SOON LOOK DIFFERENT - THANKS TO ELECTRONIC SHELF LABELS
BY: LOLA MURTI ... Grocery store prices are changing faster than ever before — literally. This month, Walmart became the latest retailer to announce it’s replacing the price stickers … continue reading

U.S. CONSUMERS HAVE REACHED A BREAKING POINT
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... ver the past several years, the cost of living has been rising significantly faster than paychecks have. As a result, U.S. consumers have reached a breaking point. Delinquency rates are spiking and bankruptcies … continue reading

CA’S NEW MINIMUM WAGE DRAWS MAXIMUM CONTROVERSY
BY: DAVE LOZO ... Fast-food workers will get a big pay bump but small businesses could close up shop … continue reading

ANGRY FARMERS IN A ONCE-LUSH MEXICAN STATE TARGET AVOCADO ORCHARDS THAT SUCK UP TOO MUCH WATER
BY: ARMANDO SOLÍS ... VILLA MADERO, Mexico (AP) — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields … continue reading

APPLE PLANS TO OVERHAUL ENTIRE MAC LINE WITH AI-FOCUSED M4 CHIPS
BY: MAC REPTS. ... So far, all generative AI can do is lie, defame, and make stuff up. It’s not an error, it’s by design. Just ask Google. Anything AI excretes, wether textual or image or video has to be assumed to be false … continue reading

THE ‘WORLD’S LARGEST WILDLIFE CROSSING
BY: SARAH KUTA ... When freeways are built through their natural habitats, animals often end up suffering—and so do humans on the road. Every year, more than … continue reading

HOW OFTEN TO CLEAN YOUR SHOWER CURTAIN — AND THESE 6 OTHER BATHROOM ITEMS
BY: ASHLEY WELCH ... Toilet seats, bath mats, and other washroom essentials can harbor various bacteria, viruses, and pathogens that can make us sick, so it’s important to disinfect … continue reading

20-SOMETHINGS WHO SPEAK THEIR MINDS AT WORK ARE THE NEW NORMAL & IT'S CHANGING THE OFFICE FOREVER
BY: ULIANA KAPLAN & SARAH JACKSON ... The pandemic recession-battered generation has lived through a Great Rethink of work that started right as they received their first offer letters. An economy shaped by labor shortages … continue reading

LARGEST BODY OF WATER WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI DISAPPEARED 130 YEARS AGO. NOW IT'S BACK
BY: NOAH LLOYD ... The San Joaquin Valley of California, despite supplying a significant percentage of the country's food, is nevertheless a dry, arid place … continue reading

COCOA SUPPLY ISSUES COULD LEAD TO SMALLER CHOCOLATE BAR SIZES
BY: CHRIS CASEY ... Producers may experiment with new product formulations to avoid recent heavy price hikes on chocolates … continue reading

GEN Z CALLED, & IT WANTS ITS LANDLINE BACK
BY: SARA FRIEDMAN ... Can Gen Z revive the humble landline telephone in time? The Motorola Razr. The Blackberry. The iPhone — for each generation … continue reading

HOW THE “DONUT EFFECT” IS CHANGING THE FACE OF AMERICAN CITIES
BY: NEWS READY STAFF ... The national health crisis changed the real estate market in America. Cities have transformed because of it. Experts are referring to the change as the “donut effect.” … continue reading

HERE’S WHAT 6 EXPERTS THINK WILL HAPPEN IN THE TECH WORLD IN 2024
BY: CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER ... From the AI revolution to the fight for social media supremacy, there are plenty of uncertainties as we look ahead toward 2024 … continue reading

IS THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY READY TO CONFRONT ITS GREATEST CHALLENGE YET?
BY: BART PLACKLÉ ... The first automobile, a marvel of technological innovation, hit the road nearly 150 years ago. Undoubtedly a great achievement—yet one that pales in comparison to the challenges car manufacturers face today … continue reading

AMAZON LAUNCHES GENERATIVE AI TO HELP SELLERS WRITE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
BY: MARY BETH WESTMORELAND ... New AI capabilities make it easier for sellers to write engaging, effective product listings, and help shoppers find what they are looking for … continue reading

YOU'RE FIRED - CEO ROASTS HUMAN WORKERS HE FIRED & REPLACED WITH CHATGPT
BY: VICTOR TANGERMANN ... "IT WAS A NO-BRAINER FOR ME TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TEAM WITH A BOT." … continue reading

‘REPAIR IS THE NEW COOL’: HOW AMSTERDAM STARTED A FASHION REVOLUTION
BY: EMMA BEDDINGTON ... A new project in the Netherlands employs skilful refugees to mend much-loved clothes – and the idea is spreading fast … continue reading

REMAINS OF AT LEAST 189 PEOPLE REMOVED FROM COLORADO FUNERAL HOME, UP FROM 115
BY: JESSE BEDAYN & MATTHEW BROWN ... DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 … continue reading

HAVANA’S ONCE STATELY HOMES CRUMBLE AS THEIR RESIDENTS LIVE IN FEAR OF AN IMMINENT COLLAPSE
BY: ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ ... HAVANA (AP) — The house on Villegas Street, in the heart of Old Havana, looks nothing like the stately two-story home it used to be a century ago … continue reading

TYSON FOODS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MEAT PRODUCERS, IS INVESTING IN INSECT PROTEINL
BY: DANIELLE WIENER-BRONNER ... New York CNN — Tyson, a major US producer of beef, pork and chicken, is betting on protein that comes from insects … continue reading

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO AI? BIAS, DECISION-MAKING, AND DATA PROCESSING
BY: JAMES SPENCER - PRESIDENT OF THE D.L. MOODY CENTER ... The claim that AI’s unbiased and unemotional decision-making, combined with its ability to process massive amounts of data, will lead to … continue reading

BOOM TO BUST: FALLOUT OF WAR AND DROUGHT LEAVES ETHIOPIANS MIRED IN POVERTY
BY: EDITED BY: OBI ANYADIKE ... With annual inflation running at over 30%, rising prices have made daily life a struggle. Seventy-six-year-old Tsedale Gebreselassie explains how even the most basic items, such as teff, Ethiopia's staple grain, are out of her reach … continue reading

LET THEM EAT BUGS: CHALLENGING THE WEF’S CORPORATE-DRIVEN FOOD RESET
BY: COLIN TODHUNTER ... The prevailing globalised agrifood model is built on unjust trade policies, the leveraging of sovereign debt, population displacement and land dispossession … continue reading

AMERICANS’ CREDIT CARD DEBT HITS A RECORD $1 TRILLION
BY: ALICIA WALLACE ... Scientists claim to have developed targeted chemotherapy pill that can “annihilate” tumors while leaving healthy cells alone … continue reading

AMERICA IS TOO RELIANT ON FOREIGN SOURCES OF KEY MINERALS NEEDED FOR “GREEN” ECONOMY
BY: ETHAN HUFF ... America is too reliant on foreign sources of key minerals needed for “green” economy, data shows … continue reading

HOW UNDERCOVER STING OUTWITTED PANGOLIN TRAFFICKERS
BY: STEVE SWANN ... The leaders of a global wildlife trafficking gang have been convicted after a four-year investigation and a trial in Nigeria … continue reading

WHY ARE PEOPLE MAD AT DISNEY? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
BY: JOHN GULLION ... Disney World and nostalgia … continue reading

AMAZON TURNS TO AI TO WEED OUT DAMAGED GOODS
BY: LIZ YOUNG ... Company expects artificial intelligence to reduce the number of damaged items moving … continue reading

HOW CHANGING OUR DIET CAN HAVE UNEXPECTED NEGATIVE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
BY: WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY ... Switching to a healthier diet not only reduces your risk of disease, it also improves the sustainability … continue reading

FOOD, DRUG SHORTAGE CRISIS RAGES ON: NUMEROUS PHARMACEUTICALS TO RUN OUT BEFORE END OF 2023
BY: ETHAN HUFF ... The “experts” promised us this would never be a problem, but the lingering effects … continue reading

HOW TO SECURE CRITICAL MINERALS FOR CLEAN ENERGY WITHOUT ALIENATING CHINA
BY: ZONGYUAN ZOE LIU ... There are multiple ways to bolster the security of U.S. critical mineral supply chains … continue reading

FIRST THERE WAS QUIET QUITTING. NOW IT'S BECOME GRUMPY STAYING
BY: JULIANA KAPLAN ... Some workers feel more stuck in their jobs as the labor market finally starts cooling off … continue reading

THE GRIND IS REAL: 55% HAVE STARTED SIDE HUSTLES TO MAKE ENDS MEET
BY: SOPHIA NAUGHTON ... Four in 10 people have asked their loved ones for money over the past year, to deal with the rising cost of living, according to new research … continue reading

THE US HOUSING MARKET HAS LOST $2.3 TRILLION IN VALUE FROM ITS PEAK AS HOME PRICES TUMBLE
BY: BRIAN EVANS... US homes lost 4.9% of their value from a 2022 peak, equating to $2.3 trillion, according to a report from Redfin … continue reading

'WE'RE BARELY MAKING IT' - AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP TO FARMING CRISIS
BY: TYLER DURDEN ... Last week we noted how US farmer sentiment plummeted in May - as producers have become anxious about their farms' financial health … continue reading

‘JUST STOP BUYING LATTES’: THE ORIGINS OF A MILLENNIAL HOUSING MYTH
BY: MARK DENT ... Financial gurus want young home shoppers to stop complaining and cut back on small luxuries. But there are broader affordability issues at play … continue reading

BRITAIN’S ROYAL MINT IS SALVAGING GOLD FROM E-WASTE – RECYCLING PRECIOUS METALS FOR GREEN INVESTORS
BY: ANDY CORBLEY ... Perhaps the least-debated of all environmental dangers, unrecycled electronic waste is piling up around the world at alarming … continue reading

THE U.S. ECONOMY JUST TOOK A TURN IN A VERY UGLY DIRECTION
BY: MICHAEL SNYDER ... That sure didn’t last long. Over the past two years, the U.S. government borrowed and spent trillions of dollars that we did not have … continue reading

THE DARK SIDE OF 15-MINUTE GROCERY DELIVERY
BY: LEV KUSHNER & GREG LINDSAY ... Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space. Left unregulated, the insatiable demand for faster delivery will only hasten the erosion of community life … continue reading

YOU DO KNOW THAT, IN MOST CASES, BOTTLED WATER IS JUST TAP WATER?
BY: DAVID LAZARUS ... Since the start of the pandemic, thirsty Americans have drowned their sorrow in bottled water … continue reading

CHINA’S ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ POWER CRUNCH MAY ‘RIPPLE THROUGH’ GLOBAL ECONOMY
BY: SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL ... As a result, US retail prices for many products could increase by as much as 15% next spring amid a "strong appetite" from retailers. … continue reading

WHAT EMPLOYEES WILL & WON'T TOLERATE AT WORK
BY: MARCEL SCHWANTES ... New Report Reveals What Employees Will and Won't Tolerate at Work As 'the Great Resignation' quit rates go up, many workers are determined to improve their work situations … continue reading

AS CARS GO ELECTRIC, CHINA BUILDS A BIG LEAD IN FACTORIES
BY: WILL LEROY ... Fueled with money from Wall Street and local officials, automakers plan to build eight million electric cars a year there, more than Europe and North America combined … continue reading

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE GREAT BACON SHORTAGE OF 2022
BY: JAN DUTKIEWICZ ... Panic over California’s pork reform exposes everything wrong with the meat industry. Americans love few things more than bacon. American media outlets love few things more than running stories about bacon shortages … continue reading

THE DEADLY TAX
BY: JACOB SILVERMAN ... The third of the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” is usually known as “Scarcity.” It might also be called “Inflation.” Revelation 6:6 describes a situation during the seven years of tribulation. “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius.” … continue reading

b>THAT $5 UBER RIDE, $8 BURRITO, & THE BRUTAL COSTS OF “CHEAP”
BY: JACOB SILVERMAN ... Wage increases and other rising expenses are being “passed on” to the consumer, we’re told. But we’re looking in all the wrong places for the true costs of how we live … continue reading

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE WORLD STOPS SHOPPING?
BY: LLOYD ALTER ...Economists and central bankers around the world are forecasting a post-pandemic economic boom, predicting that pent-up demand, unspent savings, and government incentives will drive us to the stores in droves … continue reading

8 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DARK SIDE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS, AS REVEALED IN THE FINCEN FILES
BY: BUZZFEED ...These are the major findings after BuzzFeed News worked with more than 100 news organizations to unravel the secrets inside 2,100 confidential documents filed by banks across the globe. This week, BuzzFeed News told the world about the FinCEN Files, an investigation based on thousands of government documents … continue reading

THE 6 COMPANIES THAT OWN (ALMOST) ALL MEDIA [INFOGRAPHIC]
BY: WEBFX TEAM ... In modern America, it feels like you have an unlimited variety of entertainment and media options right at your fingertips. Television, film, and video game companies seem to come out of the woodwork in today’s … continue reading

ONE OF THE GREAT IRONIES: AS CHINA GROWS RICHER, IT IS GROWING FURTHER APART FROM THE US
BY: TOM CLIFFORD ... In calmer times, when there is less talk of trade disputes, tariffs, human rights abuses, it will be noted as one of history’s great ironies that as the economic gap between the United States and China narrowed the ideological chasm widened. The spiral in relations shows no sign of easing … continue reading

WHAT "CAPITALISM" REALLY MEANS
BY: LUDWIG VON MISES ... Descriptive terms which people use are often quite misleading. In talking about modern captains of industry and leaders of big business, for instance, they call a man a "chocolate king" or a "cotton king" or an "automobile king." Their use of such terminology implies that they see practically no difference … continue reading

DECODING THE ECONOMIC & CONTAGIOUS ‘ENIGMA’ OF COVID-19
BY: ANDREA GALEOTTI & PAOLO SURICO ... British mathematician Alan Turing designed the curiously named Bombe machine during the early stages of World War II. A forerunner to the computer, the Bombe was able to rapidly intercept messages, quickly decode them, and thereby allow allied forces to react within hours rather than weeks … continue reading

IT’S REALLY BAD” — ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN NY, NJ HAVE CLOSED
BY: TYLER DURDEN ... Here comes the next recession as nearly one-third of small businesses in New York and New Jersey remain closed since the virus pandemic began earlier this year. The NYPost outlines small business data from Opportunity Insights and New Jersey Business & Industry Association paint a troubling outlook … continue reading

THE REAL PANDEMIC GAP IS BETWEEN THE COMFORTABLE AND THE AFFLICTED
BY: LIBBY WATSON ... Beneath society’s plutocratic layer, America is not as united in the face of crisis as we like to pretend. The stories from the front lines of this country’s abandonment of the poor in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic are not in short supply … continue reading

9 WAYS THAT SOCIALISM WILL MORALLY BANKRUPT AMERICA
BY: THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ... 1. Socialism is being marketed to young people as kind, selfless, and community-focused, 2. Many people are unaware of Socialism’s dismal record, and 3. Young people are not being taught America’s founding principles, so they are unprepared to combat the narratives they hear in their schools and colleges … continue reading

THE ABCS OF TRADE: IF IT CAN’T BE MADE IN AMERICA, IT SHOULD BE MADE ANYWHERE BUT CHINA
BY: ZACH MOTTL ... Tariffs are depriving Beijing of money it needs to expand brutal regime. The annual 2019 trade figures for the United States came out last week, heralding some encouraging news. America’s enormous international trade deficit actually declined slightly from 2018. This was the first decrease … continue reading

LOCUST PLAGUE UP TO 20 TIMES WORSE
BY: ELIAS MARAT ... Locust swarms have already ravaged countries like South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. East Africa is currently bracing itself for a plague of locusts that could be up to 20 times larger than the already historic swarms that blighted regional crops and spilled over into neighboring countries … continue reading

MORE THAN 8-IN-10 AMERICANS CALL MASS MIGRATION A ‘THREAT’ TO U.S.
BY: JOHN BINDER ... More than eight-in-ten American adults call mass migration at least a “threat” to the United States, a survey finds. The latest Pew Research Center survey reveals that the overwhelming majority of Americans see the mass … continue reading

CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWNS ARE PUSHING MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS TO THE BRINK AND LOW-INCOME RIDERS WILL PAY THE PRICE
BY: RAMYA VIJAYA ... Mass transit ridership in Los Angeles and elsewhere has plummeted during the crisis. Low-income Americans have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. They may all get left behind in the recovery. Steep declines in ridership during the crisis have pushed public transit systems across the U.S. … continue reading