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Apr 09 2024
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5 things to know about the bipartisan data privacy bill
The chairs of the House and Senate Commerce committees unveiled a discussion draft of a long-awaited bipartisan data privacy bill Sunday evening.
Efforts to pass a comprehensive data privacy bill have failed in Congress for years, leaving the U.S. behind on protections as global regulators push ahead and state laws try to fill the gaps, creating a patchwork of regulations for tech
The HillApr 15 2024
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China Retail Sales, Industrial Production Slow In March: Official Data
Retail sales and industrial production in China slowed in March, Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, as the country navigates an uneven economic recovery.
Retail sales growth -- China's key gauge of consumer spending -- slowed to 3.1 percent year-on-year in March, down 5.5 percent from the first two months of 2024, while industrial production rose 4.5 percent, down
Barron'sApr 18 2024
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New Data Reveals How An ‘Eclipse Effect’ Rippled Through The U.S. Economy
Despite as many as four million being predicted to travel, only some had planned to travel to New Hampshire and Maine for April 8's total solar eclipse. Even fewer already lived there. In fact, according to GreatAmericanEclipse.com, just 12,000 and 99,000 lived within the path in famously cloudy New Hampshire and Maine, with most of the focus on Texas and Arkansas, where the climate was
ForbesApr 17 2024
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'Unprecedented' chaos in House GOP if Johnson gets the boot: CNN data reporter
The of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year by a handful of renegade Republicans triggered weeks of chaos and paralysis in Congress. But that's nothing to how bad it would be if House Speaker Mike Johnson gets the boot now, election forecaster Harry Enten told CNN's John Berman on Wednesday. This comes as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is threatening to call such a vote if Johnson moves
Raw StoryApr 19 2024
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11% of felony defendants charged with new crime on pre-trial release, data shows
COOK COUNTY, Ill. — New numbers from the chief judge of the Cook County court system seek to help answer the question: Has releasing more defendants awaiting trial made us less safe? Data show that 10,353 felony defendants have been released pre-trial since new provisions of the SAFE-T Act took effect in September of 2023. Of those, 89% were not charged with new crimes. However, 10% of
WGNApr 10 2024
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Fed's Rate-cut Vow Wavers as Inflation Data Misbehaves
Since then, those downward sloping lines have reversed in an economy that continues to grow above trend, produce enough jobs to keep unemployment at what many think is an unsustainably low level, and have pushed a core of at least four of the 12 Fed officials voting on monetary policy into a skeptical stance. If the data doesn't soon resume the trend that appeared to be developing last year,
Newsmax (News)Apr 05 2024
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Wall Street Indexes Surge on Strong Jobs Data
All major S&P 500 sectors advanced, with communication services, industrials and technology among those leading gains. U.S. Labor Department data showed employers hired far more workers in March than expected and kept steadily lifting wages, suggesting the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground. The data stoked expectations the Fed will likely delay cutting interest rates given
Newsmax (News)Apr 09 2024
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3 Romanians charged in federal court for allegedly stealing EBT data
(BCN) — Three people from Romania were charged last week in Oakland with stealing Electronic Benefit Transfer account information to make fraudulent cash withdrawals throughout the state, including Northern California, U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey said Thursday. Electronic Benefit Transfer accounts, also known as EBT, allow California’s low-income residents access to food and cash if they
KRON4Apr 09 2024
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Stock Futures Flat in Lead up to CPI Inflation Data
All three major indexes had a flat finish on Monday, as a rise in Treasury yields after a blowout jobs report last week kept gains in check. The focus will be on the March reading of the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), due on Wednesday, that is expected to show a rise in headline inflation to 3.4% year-on-year, from 3.2% in February. The core figure, which excludes volatile components such as
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