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Economists Don’t See Path To 3% Growth In 2019 (#GotBitcoin?)

Forecasters in survey expect GDP will increase 2.2%, falling short of Trump’s goal. Economists Don’t See Path To 3% Growth In 2019 (#GotBitcoin?) The Trump administration’s goal of achieving economic growth of 3% or better is looking increasingly remote this year, according to forecasters surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.…

U.S. Deficit Tops And Stays Above $1.9 Trillion

The deficit, up 19% compared with a year ago, has exceeded $1 trillion for the first time since 2012. U.S. Deficit Tops And Stays Above $1.9 Trillion The U.S. budget gap widened to more than $1 trillion in the first 11 months of the fiscal year, the Treasury Department said…

California Passes Landmark Bill Requiring Contract Workers To Be Labeled As Employees (#GotBitcoin)

Despite objections from Uber and Lyft, Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he would sign labor bill that could reshape the gig economy. California Passes Landmark Bill Requiring Contract Workers To Be Labeled As Employees (#GotBitcoin) California passed landmark employment legislation that challenges the business model of such “gig-economy” companies as…

Ultimate Resource On NCAA Pay Ban Reversal (#GotBitcoin)

College athletes in state could get endorsement deals under bill banning schools from enforcing association’s compensation rules. Ultimate Resource On NCAA Pay Ban (#GotBitcoin) California legislators voted to require schools in the state to allow their athletes to earn endorsement money, setting up a collision with the National Collegiate Athletic…

Trump Concedes Economic Defeat Trumponomics Will Result In Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?)

Blaming ‘boneheads’ at the Fed, president says U.S. is missing out on opportunity. Trump Concedes Economic Defeat Trumponomics Will Result In Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?) President Trump renewed his call for lower interest rates and his criticism of the Federal Reserve Wednesday, saying on Twitter that the Fed should reduce…

U.S. Corporate Insiders Selling Shares At Fastest Pace Since 2008

Investors watch for signs of whether insiders put more or less money into their own companies. U.S. Corporate Insiders Selling Shares At Fastest Pace Since 2008 (#GotBitcoin?) Insiders at U.S. corporations are selling shares at a pace not seen since before the financial crisis a decade ago.   Insiders are…

Fed Chair Says Agency Monitoring Crypto But Not Developing Its Own (#GotBitcoin?)

Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Jerome Powell said that the United States Federal Reserve is monitoring digital currencies carefully, but not working on its own at the moment. Fed Chair Says Agency Monitoring Crypto But Not Developing Its Own (#GotBitcoin?) Speaking at a forum in Zurich, Switzerland, on…

Number of Uninsured Americans Rises For First Time In Decade (#GotBitcoin?)

Reversal comes after 2010 Affordable Care Act expanded insurance coverage to millions of Americans. Number of Uninsured Americans Rises For First Time In Decade (#GotBitcoin?) The number of Americans without health insurance climbed to 27.5 million in 2018, according to new federal data that shows the first increase since the…

Scientists Discover New Evidence of the Asteroid That Killed Off the Dinosaurs (#GotBitcoin?)

New rock samples in Mexico show how a city-sized asteroid wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Scientists Discover New Evidence of the Asteroid That Killed Off the Dinosaurs (#GotBitcoin?) Drilling into the seafloor off Mexico, scientists have extracted a unique geologic record of the single worst day in the…

Median U.S. Household Income Slows As U.S. Job Openings Cool

Median income was $63,179, essentially flat from a year earlier after three years of increases. Median U.S. Household Income Slows As U.S. Job Openings Cool (#GotBitcoin?) American incomes remained essentially flat in 2018 after three straight years of growth, according to Census Bureau figures released Tuesday that offer a broad…

Wesley Snipes Is Launching A Tokenized $25 Million Movie Fund (#GotBitcoin?)

Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX) is tokenizing a $25 million movie fund together with renowned Hollywood actor Dr. Wesley Snipes. The news was reported by Cointelegraph auf Deutsch on Sept. 9. Wesley Snipes Is Launching A Tokenized $25 Million Movie Fund (#GotBitcoin?) Related: 7-13-2021 How Crypto is Primed To Transform Movie…

Documents Tie Mexican Mogul To Company At Center Of Fraud Probe (#GotBitcoin?)

Presidential ally is linked to Europe-based entities with large shares in Fertinal, whose sale to state-owned Pemex is under investigation. Documents Tie Mexican Mogul To Company At Center Of Fraud Probe (#GotBitcoin?) A prominent ally of Mexico’s president who is one of the country’s richest businessmen has financial ties to…