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Endless Demand Spurs U.S. Natural-Gas Prices to Shale-Era Highs

  
WSJ - 08.23.2022 Original article ›
Ryan Dezember
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Natural gas prices hit a 14 year high in the US with futures reaching $10 per million British thermal units BTU's. Natural gas is liquefied and sent to Europe from the US leading to higher domestic prices. Europe is facing a winter of gas shortages with rationing of energy supplies to industry to meet winter home demand. Germany has built up its reserves to 80% and has agreements for additional supplies from Qatar.

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Germany: Gas storage filling up faster than expected ahead of winter | DW | 28.08.2022

  
DW.COM - 08.29.2022 Original article ›
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Germany will reach 85% of gas storage with Russian gas reduced to 10% of consumption by September 1, 2022. The next target is to get it up to 95% for German gas storage facilities by November 1, 2022. "The reservoirs are filling quicker than planned," German Economy Minister Habeck told Der Spiegel. The big part of gas supplies are now from Norway and Netherlands. And LNG supplies will come from France. 

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Giant Gap Persists Between Job Openings and Available Workers

  
WSJ - 12.08.2021 Original article ›
Gabriel T. Rubin
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This WSJ report cites estimates showing 11 job openings in the US, with 6.9 million people looking for work or unemployed. About 5 million more job openings than people seeking work. Low wage sectors are hit hard with people shunning these sectors. People are quitting jobs looking for higher wages, better benefits and working conditions, better work-life balance. In August 4.3 million workers quit their jobs as the American workforce goes through big changes.

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China is reducing its CO2 emissions – DW – 12/13/2023

  
dw.com - 12.30.2023 Original article ›
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In this video DW.com looks at China with its CO2 emissions making up 30% of the global total and addition of coal power capacity. Yet China is also the country with a huge effort to build solar energy and is at the forefront in electric cars. What does this mean and how does it affect the search for reaching a limit to the use of fossil fuels? DW.com's Christian Pricelius takes a look.

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How did Yashasvi Jaiswal prepare for the James Anderson onslaught

  
The Indian Express - 02.20.2024 Original article ›
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Jaiswal's double century at Rajkot in the third Test cricket match against England was achieved with cricket skills developed though hard work on the pitch.Sriram Veera reporting from the Rajkot cricket grounds says Jaishwal is a player who has worked hard on his batting, methodically improving it to build a sound base. This discipline was seen in practice sessions and on the pitch when Sharma pointed out for him to keep his bat straighter.

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How Layoffs Have Barely Dented Tech Giants’ Workforces, in Charts

  
WSJ - 02.29.2024 Original article ›
Theo Francis, Alana Pipe
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Layoffs at Microsoft, Amazon and Google are offset by more hiring. So that the companies are smaller by a small margin in 2023 compared to 2022, yet way larger than 2018. WSJ looks at the growing size of these companies. At Microsoft the headcount is 101,000 outside the US, a 70% increase since 2019. Apple's 161,000 employees are much higher than the 137,000 in 2019. A small trimming of employees only took down 3000 employees.

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Infantino, Chaubey discuss infrastructure, grassroots, women's football development in India

  
The Hindu - 09.11.2022 Original article ›
Pti
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India begins preparations for the Women's Under 17 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer games. A new effort will be laid on developing soccer in India with focus on infrastructure, grassroots, and women's soccer. The games will kick off on October 11 to go to Oct. 30. The All India Football federation and the Government of India have identified 40 cities, and areas where games can take place.

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Investors Are Betting Yet Again That Inflation Will Cool

  
WSJ - 08.15.2022 Original article ›
Matt Grossman
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Prevailing bets in financial markets by investors are that inflation over the next 12 months will be 3.3%. This is also reflected in the way oil, copper and commodities markets prices are declining. Some of the decline comes from sharply slower growth in China of less than 4%. This means inflation is headed in the right direction, and circumstantial driven by the war in Ukraine and supply chain issues, and not embedded or structural, say experts. 

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Putin applauds China's desire to help end Ukraine war – DW – 03/20/2023

  
dw.com - 03.20.2023 Original article ›
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Xi Jinping visits Russia in an effort to start peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian leader wrote an article in a Chinese newspaper saying he was grateful for China's "balanced" stance on the conflict," and welcomed China's "constructive" role in ending the conflict. Xi Jinping wrote an article in a Russian newspaper Rossikaya Gazeta saying "complex problems do not have simple solutions."

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Social Security COLA Expected to Rise in 2024, but Not by a Lot

  
WSJ - 08.10.2023 Original article ›
Anne Tergesen
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Social Security payment are likely to increase by 3.3% in 2024 in line with about 3% inflation, after an increase of 8.7% in 2023. 46% of retirees paid taxes on a part of their benefits. About 40% of Americans depend on social security payments for half of their income, and 14% for 90% of their income. Average 401K balances are up to $223,000 for people 65 to 69 years, according to Fidelity Investments.

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Insights on How to Be a Socially Conscious Company Today

  
WSJ - 08.09.2023 Original article ›
Ben Ashwell, Walden Siew
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Do social value in the way you run the business. That is the intelligent way. On green washing it says just don't do it. With so much that businesspersons are faced with- lack of upward mobility and wages, mental health, climate change needs, supply chain and domestic manufacturing, the need for an honest sincere response on these issues. These points are made at a WSJ event as reported by Ashwell and Siew.

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China floods: The families torn apart by 'huge, furious waves'

  
BBC News - 08.12.2023 Original article ›
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Typhoon winds that exacerbated the floods in Beijing, China, are shown here in a BBC report. Recent floods in China and fires in Maui, Hawaii, show effects of climate change on opposite sides of the planet in August 2023. This is one more reason for the US and China to work with other countries in limiting the effects of climate change and focus on the important issues that require cooperation and mutual effort.

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UN population report: Key takeaways for India and the world

  
The Indian Express - 04.20.2023 Original article ›
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A key takeaway from the UN Population report in 2023 is the youthfulness of India's population. India has 1.428 billion people in 2023. 26% of this is in the 10-24 year age group. As much as 68% is in the 15-64 years age group. The fertility rate now at 2.0 is less than the replacement rate of 2.1. This is the number of children each woman has in her lifetime.

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ECB president Christine Lagarde’s son lost money invested in crypto

  
- 11.25.2023 Original article ›
Mehreen Khan
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The European central bank chief and former French finance minister takes a dim view of crypto currency. It has called for direct regulation of crypto currency, and their inclusion in anti money laundering and terrorist financing laws. ECB's view is- "Since Bitcoin is suitable neither as a payment system nor as an investment, it should be treated as neither in regulatory terms and should not be legitimised."

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Mortgage Rates Hit 7.09%, Highest in More Than 20 Years

  
WSJ - 08.17.2023 Original article ›
Ben Eisen, Gina Heeb
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With higher mortgage rates at 7% from 4% during the pandemic sellers and buyers are not moving forward. There is a sharp drop in US homes for sale by 14% in June over 2022, to 1.1 million homes, according to NAR. Home builders are building new homes to meet demand. Sellers often prefer to rent out existing homes and rent in their new location. Buyers preferring to rent with limited supply to choose from.

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Is Reclining Your Airplane Seat Upright Behavior or Downright Rude?

  
WSJ - 08.17.2023 Original article ›
Joseph De Avila
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A You.gov poll shows Europeans by 64% consider reclining seats fully "unacceptable" compared to 46% in the US. The seats squeezed into a tight space make it more difficult for passengers making airline decisions on seat arrangement an issue. Delta tried limiting reclining to 2 inches to improve passenger comfort on 20% of its planes in 2019, but has not moved ahead to do this with the rest of the planes.

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Iran Slows Buildup of Near-Weapons-Grade Nuclear Fuel

  
WSJ - 09.04.2023 Original article ›
Laurence Norman
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One of the side effects of the Ukraine war is the gradually improving relations between the US and Iran. The US released some funds to Iran that were frozen. Here Iran responds by slowing down its buildup of near weapons grade nuclear fuel. In this way president Biden has tackled the difficult problem of Iran's nuclear program in a low profile way, one of the achievements of the Biden administration's foreign policy.

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As EVs Fill Rental-Car Lots, Drivers Feel Jittery

  
WSJ - 09.06.2023 Original article ›
Dawn Gilbertson
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WSJ's Gilbertson looks at EV rental car hassles at Hertz and other rental car companies. Hertz is ordering 300,000 EV's, says this report and planning on 15% of its fleet being EV's. Many users say they were unaware that they were given an EV as rental,  describe the difficulties learning how to drive an EV, and the problems with a draining battery with few charging stations nearby.

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Roger Federer’s Life After Tennis: Less Cardio, More Carpool

  
WSJ - 09.11.2023 Original article ›
Chavie Lieber
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With two 9 year old twin boy and two 14 year old twin girls Federer spends a lot of time taking the children to and from school. He owns a minority stake in a Swiss sportswear company ON where he designed a new sneaker. He has tried Soul Cycle classes in East Hampton, New York, and he sees a physio 4 times a week for knee issues, which means he does less cardio at the gym.

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Here’s What It’s Like to Take the Classic Learning Test

  
NYTimes.com - 09.06.2023 Original article ›
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The Classic Learning Test is an alternative to use of ACT and SAT. It includes Christian thought and classic writings from English and American literature and culture. It tests reading comprehension in different ways than the ACT and SAT to make certain key concepts in an essay are correctly understood. Today two thirds of American 4th grade children do not pass the ACT reading comprehension test making a campaign for reading comprehension practice essential.

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The Top U.S. Colleges for Delivering Social Mobility

  
WSJ - 09.20.2023 Original article ›
Tom Corrigan
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The California State University system ranks high in creating social mobility in the US. Of the top 10 universities in the social mobility rankings 7 are in the Cal State System. About one third of the 460,000 students in the Cal State system are first in their family to attend college and half represent underrepresented communities. Half of all students receive Pell Grants. Cal State Los Angeles ranks first and Cal State Northridge is fifth.

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Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest-serving senator, remembered in pictures

  
Washington Post - 09.30.2023 Original article ›
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A career in pictures shown in The Washington Post that stretches back to the 1970's with elections to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Mayor of that city. Feinstein ran unsuccessfully for governor before winning the Senate seat from California. She represents the first wave of California's women politicians, followed by Nancy Pelosi who went on to become Speaker in the US Congress, and now Kamala Harris who is vice president.

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Kaiser Permanente, Unions Reach Deal on New Contracts

  
WSJ - 10.13.2023 Original article ›
Melanie Evans
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The union representing 75000 nurses and pharmacists and other workers in California reached a settlement after a 3 day strike. Julie Shu, acting Labor secretary participated in the negotiations. Kaiser Permanente has 40 hospitals, medical offices and 213,000 employees other than doctors, serving 12.7 million people on the West Coast of the US. A sticking point was outsourcing. It is the largest strike of healthcare workers in the US for wages and benefits.

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Hydrogen Subsidy Spree Kicks Off With $7 Billion in Federal Grants

  
WSJ - 10.13.2023 Original article ›
Scott Patterson, Amrith Ramkumar
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Biden hopes to kickstart the green hydrogen industry in the US with $7 billion in subsidies for new technologies and infrastructure. Green hydrogen is made by splitting water or H2O into its component parts and new cost effective technologies are needed. WSJ shows where in the US this money is going. About $1.75 billion will go to Appalachia and Mid Atlantic states such as West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania with Pennsylvania a key state in 2024 election.

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WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter Continues to Burn a Hole Through Bank Balance Sheets

  
WSJ - 10.25.2023 Original article ›
Alexander Saeedy, Cara Lombardo
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How much capital allocation is distorted in the US today is again evident when dire needs for infrastructure and fighting climate change action are unmet. How much capital is being wasted in the $44 billion used to purchase Twitter? In just one part of that investment banks lent $13 billion to Elon Musk for purchase of Twitter and WSJ reports already taking a 15% loss of $2 billion. The list of wasted allocation is endless.

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