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Angus Deaton won a Nobel Prize in economics. Now he says he got it wrong on globalization.

Sun, 04/07/2024 - 05:27

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Angus Deaton — British-born economist Angus Deaton of Princeton University answers questions in a news conference after winning the 2015 economics Nobel Prize on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey October 12, 2015
REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

economy, economy, labor-union, labor-unions, free-trade, Tariffs, Immigration

The men's college basketball Final Four teams earn $19.3 million in revenue. The women's teams earn 27% of that.

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 19:32

Tech Insider : Economy

Caitlin Clark. — Stars like Caitlin Clark are helping to narrow the revenue gap.
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

economy, finance, NCAA, womens-sports, college-basketball, march-madness, caitlin-clark

A growing chorus of experts don't think a rate cut is coming in 2024

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 06:28

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell — U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged.
Win McNamee/Getty Images

economy, Markets, interest-rates, stock-market, economy, Markets, federal-reserve

The men's Final Four coaches earn on average nearly double the women's salaries for the same job. Here's how much all 8 head coaches make.

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 06:23

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UConn's Dan Hurley and South Carolina's Dawn Staley. — UConn's Dan Hurley and South Carolina's Dawn Staley.
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images; Andy Lyons/Getty Images

economy, finance, sports-business, march-madness, ncaa-tournament, Salaries, college-basketball

A millennial who made $170,000 secretly working two remote jobs says it helped him pay off about $50,000 in student loans

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 06:08

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graduating overemployed — Secretly working two remote jobs helped an Arizona millennial double his income and pay down student loan debt. The worker in the story is not pictured
Phynart Studio via Getty Images

economy, Careers, finance, economy, Careers, Overemployed, remote-work

Meet the world's richest self-made woman — a shipping magnate worth $33 billion

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy

Gianluigi Aponte and Rafaela Aponte-Diamant at the MSC Divina cruise ship launch in Marseille, France in May 2012. — Rafaela Aponte-Diamant and Gianluigi Aponte at the MSC Divina cruise ship launch in Marseille, France in May 2012.
Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images

finance, economy, Wealth, Shipping, forbes-billionaires-list

People are getting taxed for gig work they've never done

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 05:42

Tech Insider : Economy

DoorDash Driver NYC — Some people are getting tax forms suggesting they worked for apps like DoorDash even when they didn't.
Alexi Rosenfeld / Contributor/Getty Images

economy, gig-workers, gig-economy, Uber, Lyft, instacart, DoorDash

It took an Austin developer 4 years to build 4 small homes that he made no money on as the city struggles to bridge the gap between tiny apartments and pricy houses

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 05:32

Tech Insider : Economy

One of four smaller homes built on a single lot (right), adjacent to a 5-bedroom single-family home on a similar lot in Austin, Texas. — A five-bedroom single-family home, left, and one of four smaller homes built on a similar lot in Austin.
Eliza Relman/Business Insider

economy, Real Estate, Markets, Housing, Texas, Austin, Homes

Russia-China trade payments are facing months of delays as sanction fear creates a banking shortage

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 11:44

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VTB Bank, Russia's second biggest lender — VTB said it could not make payments in dollars due to sanctions.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/Getty Images

economy, Markets, russia-sanctions, china-bank, lenders, russia-oil-trade, oil-revenue

The different ways Biden and Trump will shape US trade policy with China, according to a foreign-policy analyst

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 11:27

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Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. — Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
Scott Olson and Drew Angerer/Getty Images

economy, US-China, us-china-trade-war, us-china-trade-tensions, joe-biden, donlad-trump, us-economy-outlook

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