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European Stocks Are Outshining U.S. Peers

WSJ - 01.10.2023 Original article ›

Caitlin Mc Cabe

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A warmer than expected winter and lower inflation is helping European stocks in Jan 2023, says this report in the WSJ. European indexes are also not weighed down by the decline in tech stocks as in the US. Germany's DAX and France's CAC have risen by 16% compared to 6.9% in the US for last 3 months.

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White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers

WSJ - 01.10.2023 Original article ›

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Companies in retail, construction entertainment sectors made layoffs in the first 2 years of the pandemic. White collar workers worked remotely and were not affected that much. In 2023 the layoffs are now affecting professionals and white collar workers. White collar workers are also paid more which creates savings for companies when they layoff higher paid professionals who do not perform critical tasks. In manufacturing and blue collar worker industries there are not many layoffs because companies are hoarding these workers as there are worker shortages. Many workers retired in manufacturing and blue collar leading to shortages in these sectors. Because this is not typical in the layoffs and hiring cycles seen previous to the pandemic this is an unusual situation.

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Biden Administration Plans to Ease Rules for Income-Based Student-Loan Forgiveness

WSJ - 01.10.2023 Original article ›

Gabriel T. Rubin

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President Biden's plan to reduce payments to 5% of income instead of 10% for income driven payments on student loans. Loan balances would not grow as long as payments are made. After 10 years of payments student loan balances would be forgiven where balances are less than $12000 in place of the current 20 years. This is the first effort to create a student loan safety net. Borrowers making less than $30,600 as individuals or $64,200 for a family of four will not be required to make monthly payments on loans. Under the current system loan balances kept growing till borrowers were left with huge and often unpayable student undergraduate loans.

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‘Make in India’ in defence neither isolationist nor meant for India alone, says Rajnath Singh

The Hindu - 01.09.2023 Original article ›

The Hindu Bureau

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The 14th edition of Aero India from Feb 13-17, 2023 with 80 countries participating. India has increased defense exports 8 times over 5 years. During G-20 meetings in India the country will showcase 3 D's - Democracy, Development and Diversity, says Rajnath Singh.

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Rep. Jason Smith Picked to Lead House Ways and Means Committee

WSJ - 01.09.2023 Original article ›

Richard Rubin, Siobhan Hughes

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42 year old Jason Smith of Missouri will head the powerful House Ways and Means Committee in the US Congress. He is an ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy and one of the youngest persons in this position. He will help form new trade, tax and health policies for Republicans.

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