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Missouri wants woman to repay $8,000 in pandemic unemployment funds
ST. LOUIS — The State of Missouri asked a St. Louis woman to repay pandemic unemployment funds that she received from the state.
Lacheka Harris is an unemployed, disabled, mother of two. She said she can not afford to repay.…
U.S.-Led Alliance Faces Frustration, and Pain of its Own, Over Russia Sanctions
WASHINGTON — Four months into the war in Ukraine, the countries aligned against Russia face growing economic pain even as sanctions and energy embargoes are showing little impact on Russian President Vladimir V. Putin’s military campaign…
Inflation-time shopping at the gas pump: Less gas, bigger bags of chips, lots of frozen
Gas station convenience stores typically serve as an ideal substitute to a grocery store when all that's needed is a case of water, a couple bags of chips, a carton of milk or a late-day coffee grab on the way home from work. This…
China’s steel mill owners are in a bad mood as demand takes a hit
Steel mill owners in parts of China are in a bad mood, Beijing-based commodities consultant Simon Wu said.Steel inventories are slowly piling up in the warehouses of the country's biggest steelmaking hub, the northeastern city of…
U.S. weighs lifting summer smog rules to lower gasoline prices
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm expressed interest in potentially lifting smog-fighting gasoline regulations and backed off a plan to ban fuel exports during an emergency meeting on Thursday with…
Germany triggers ‘alert level’ of emergency gas plan, sees high risk of long-term supply
Habeck has previously warned the situation is going to be "really tight in winter" without precautionary measures to prevent a gas supply shortage.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGermany has declared it is moving to the…
Fed chairman contradicts Biden, says Russia’s Ukraine invasion not the main inflation
Thomas Hoenig, the former Kansas City Federal Reserve president, weighs in, arguing that a 'recession is a fair call.' Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday appeared to contract President Biden’s repeated insistence…
Semafor Readies Entry Into Tricky Digital News Market
News articles will be broken into sections distinguishing facts from opinion. Reporters’ bylines will be as prominent as headlines. And journalists will be permitted to offer their analysis on social media.Justin Smith and Ben Smith…
Ritson’s recession playbook: 9 steps marketers should take to survive the dark times
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With the tasteless timing of a drunk hitting on a widow at her husband’s funeral, marketers are in Cannes this week as the big grey clouds of recession barrel overhead.
While our economy constricts and inflation…
A gas station manager who raised over $20,000 to make up for a mistake that cost him his
A former manager gas station manager lost his job after mistakenly charging 69 cents per gallon for gas.
The mistake cost the company $20,000, he said. His…