Category: #Money

Colorado’s cannabis industry is preparing for tough times as marijuana sales drop and economic problems pile up. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, weed businesses serviced…

Demands include end to fossil fuels, preservation of biodiversity and greater social justice About 3,500 protesters have gathered in Munich as the G7 group of…

The conversation around raising the minimum wage has intensified over the last decade. With the dollar’s purchasing power shrinking every year, millions of Americans are…

With gas prices going through the roof and showing no signs of slowing down, we’re seeing more people debate the switch to an EV or hybrid vehicle….

President Joe Biden will ask Congress to suspend the federal gasoline tax for three months in a speech on Wednesday afternoon, according to a new…

According to a study commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, blockchain technology might not be so decentralized and immutable after all. Source: https://www.slashgear.com/903108/darpa-drops-a-bomb-on-cryptos-biggest-selling-point/…

Chinese refiners cash in on heavily discounted Russian oil supplies, boosting imports by 55% Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates China’s crude oil imports from Russia soared…

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce the biggest interest rate hike since 1994 on Wednesday after an alarming inflation report and a stock market…

You might have heard that nowadays workers want flexibility or jobs with a sense of purpose. But with inflation on the rise, something far more…

Federal Reserve expected to increase cost of borrowing by 0.75 percentage points to curb rising inflation The world’s financial markets are bracing themselves for the…

When Argentina’s central bank issued a de facto ban on trading digital assets, enraged cryptocurrency investors quickly fingered a culprit: As part of a bailout…

The national average price for a gallon of gas neared $5 on Wednesday, according to AAA.  After weeks of soaring gas prices, Wednesday’s numbers showed…

Report on 300 top US companies found CEOs making an average of $10.6m, with the median worker getting $23,968 The wage gap between chief executives…

The most comprehensive crypto bill to date is being introduced by a bipartisan pair of senators looking to set a clear regulatory structure for digital…

Spiking inflation is helping push up taxes on a group that lawmakers are loath to cross: the elderly. While Social Security benefits increase along with…

“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and “if I can do it, so can you” are the monetary maxims of billionaires across the country that…

Real estate firms with one worker got $3.9 billion in government-approved Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. But during Covid, the housing market boomed. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/real-estate/real-estate-agents-got-39-billion-covid-relief-ppp-loans-housing-marke-rcna26947…

Gas prices are skyrocketing, and consumers are all asking the same question: can you really save money by replacing a gas car with an electric…

Hundreds of new billionaires since 2020 in contrast with hundreds of millions pushed into extreme poverty worldwide. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/23/oxfam-calls-for-taxing-the-rich-as-davos-summit-returns Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…

Covid rising in the U.S.: Biden administration officials are warning they need more money from Congress to buy vaccines, treatments and tests for anticipated fall…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Ukraine will be getting $215 million in emergency food assistance, with more aid expected in the future. …

Jordan Brown, a 29-year-old budtender, was shot and killed on March 19 during his shift at World of Weed in Tacoma, Wash. Joshua Chase, owner…