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  • Sep 26, 2022

    What are your options after sending money by accident? It depends.

    While there are legal protections for consumers around accidental payments and fraud, banks have a spotty record of following them, says Carla Sanchez-Adams of the National Consumer Law Center.
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    A recent court case involving Citi brought the issue of accidental payments into the spotlight.

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  • Sep 23, 2022

    Labor Department calculates about $45 billion in pandemic unemployment fraud

    Emergency federal unemployment benefits — equivalent to roughly $6 billion per week — are set to expire in two and a half weeks.
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    The Labor Department also notes what kind of fraud, and where. The SEC has charged Boeing with misleading investors after two deadly crashes. The worlds of commercial and residential construction carry differing experiences within the economy.

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  • Sep 23, 2022

    It’s a “Tale of Two Cities” right now between commercial and residential construction

    Demand for residential construction projects has slowed while commercial projects have largely remained steady, says Maurice Rahming, President of the O'Neill Construction Group.
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    Construction projects are still being complicated by high interest rates, a persistent skilled labor shortage, and manufacturing slowdowns.

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  • Sep 23, 2022

    Boeing set to pay a heavy price

    Supply chain issues and a strike are bogging down Boeing's ability to deliver planes.
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    The SEC has charged Boeing and its ex-CEO for misleading investors in the wake of two deadly crashes. The Fed paints a harsher unemployment picture. Puerto Rico’s water system is reeling in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.

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  • Sep 23, 2022

    Russian men are fleeing the country

    BELGRADE, SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 21: Russians, living in Serbia, gather to protest against partial mobilization decision in Belgrade, Serbia on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Milos Miskov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: After President Vladimir Putin announces mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reservists, Serbia experiences an influx of Russians hoping to avoid the war in Ukraine. U.K. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng slashes taxes for high earners in a “mini-budget” the government says will boost growth. And is Italy lurching to the right? The BBC’s Mark Lowen travels to Sicily ahead of elections on Sunday.

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  • Sep 22, 2022

    Congress squares off with bank leaders

    With Congress back in session, Democrats will want another try at passing at least portions of the Build Back Better agenda.
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    Executives from the nation’s largest banks are testifying before the Senate. We look at how the state of the housing market affects the home-flipping industry. The BBC checks out the effects of China’s zero-COVID approach on its economy.

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  • Sep 22, 2022

    Checking and setting goals with Melinda French Gates

    French Gates, co-chair of the Gates foundation, says that world needs to do more to progress toward lofty sustainable development goals.
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    The world needs to step up progress on development goals, says Melinda French Gates, co-chair and co-founder of the Gates Foundation.

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  • Sep 22, 2022

    The Fed’s head issues a warning

    The Fed’s head issues a warning
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    We check in on the Federal Reserve following the interest rate rise. Melinda Gates tells us the world needs to check itself when it comes to some big goals.

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  • Sep 22, 2022

    Japan sells dollars to buy yen

    Japanese yen notes.
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    From the BBC World Service: The Japanese government is snapping up its own currency for the first time in decades in a bid to stop the yen tumbling past 24-year lows. Elsewhere in Japan, Honda says it will continue to restrict production into a second month in October as it struggles with supply chain issues. And Beijing’s ongoing zero-COVID strategy comes up against local resistance in China.

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  • Sep 21, 2022

    Awaiting the rise of the interest rates

    WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen on September 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is set to hold its two-day meeting on interest rates starting on September 20.
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    The Fed announces its plan for interest rates today, and it’s widely expected to raise them. We discuss many things inflation with David Kelly of J.P. Morgan. Oil and gas prices spiked this morning on the heels of Vladimir Putin’s announcement to mobilize reservists for the war in Ukraine.

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