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According to BLS data, worker productivity in the United States suffered its largest drop since 1947 in the first half of 2022.

BLS: Following pandemic shift, US worker productivity plummets

Meat delivery company Good Ranchers warned "a meat recession is knocking and supply is about to be tight" as the beef supply continues to shrink.

Experts warn of ‘meat recession’ as beef supply shrinks; prices to rise

Recycling plastic has been branded a way to help save the environment, but a new Greenpeace study is calling it a failed concept.

‘A failed concept’: Study says only 5% of plastic waste actually recycled

CVS Health has reached an agreement could make them the first major pharmacy chain to reach a nationwide settlement of lawsuits over the opioid crisis.

CVS agrees to $5B settlement over opioid crisis, beats Q3 expectations

Pilots at Delta Air Lines voted to allow union leaders to call a strike. 96% of Delta pilots took part in the vote, 99% of those favored calling a strike.

Delta pilots authorize union to call strike, walkout still faces legal hurdles

BP earnings more than doubled in the third quarter; a judge blocked a merger between two major publishers; and the Powerball prize is now $1.2 billion.

BP earnings soar; judge blocks publisher merger; $1.2B Powerball prize

Now that Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter, he is switching up the platforms and proposing costs to verification.

Musk causing Twitter frenzy over plans to charge $20 monthly for verification

Workers are dredging the Mississippi River to make it deeper for shipping vessels in an effort to keep goods flowing during the drought.

Midwest drought drying up Mississippi and supply chain

Elon Musk wasted no time putting his stamp on Twitter this week, moving in everything including the kitchen sink and firing top executives.

Free bird: Elon Musk owns Twitter after 6 long months. Here’s what’s next.

Elon Musk has taken over Twitter; the hand-count of mail-in ballots in a Nevada county is on hold; and legal challenges to the election have already begun.

Musk takes over Twitter; NV hand counting paused; election challenges

Adidas dropped its partnership with rapper and designer Kanye West. We have 5 celebrities that have seen their deals with brands implode.

Adidas dumps Kanye West and 5 other celebrity brand deals that went bust

Inflation is synonymous with the consumer price index. But there's more than one way to measure inflation, and CPI is not the Fed's favorite.

Why the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge is much lower than better known CPI

A second railroad union, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), rejected its deal with the major U.S. freight railroads.

Second railroad union rejects deal, further elevating strike fears

After two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth in 2022, the latest GDP report suggests the U.S. economy has turned it around in the third.

GDP report: US economy grew 2.6% in Q3 but recession still top of mind

A second accuser claims Herschel Walker paid for her abortion; new details about the St. Louis school shooting; Elon Musk visited Twitter's headquarters.

2nd Walker abortion accuser; St. Louis shooting details; Musk visits Twitter

Big Tech dragged down the stock market Wednesday morning after disappointing earnings from Microsoft and Google, with more news on the way.

Big Tech delivers economic warnings as Microsoft, Google profits decline

Hong Kong stocks had their worst day since the global financial crisis after President Xi Jinping stacked China's top governing body with loyalists.

Foreign investors dump Chinese stocks as Xi Jinping tightens power grip

Elon Musk is on his way to taking Twitter from public to private. Here are some huge companies that went the same route in Five for Friday.

Elon Musk ‘overpaying’ to take Twitter private, these 5 went private too

The Amazon Labor Union was dealt a lop-sided defeat after Amazon employees in Upstate New York voted to reject joining the labor union.

Amazon workers in New York reject unionization

According to a report from Reuters, the ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to a near-record number of poultry deaths in the United States.

Bird flu causing near-record poultry deaths in US, further fueling inflation

While the U.S. debates whether to create a digital dollar, the international community is busy making breakthroughs in the CBDC space.

Does the US need a digital dollar? Fight drags on, other countries advance

A week after Kanye West was kicked off of Twitter and Instagram, the rapper is offering to buy conservative social media network Parler.

Kanye West offers to buy Parler after getting kicked off Twitter, Instagram

Rival companies Kroger and Albertsons announced they have come to a merger agreement that would combine two of the nation's largest grocers.

Kroger to buy rival grocer Albertsons in nearly $25B merger deal

A House committee has subpoenaed former President Trump; reaction to Russia's threat of World War III; Elon Musk under investigation over the Twitter deal.

Trump subpoenaed; response to Russia threat; Musk/Twitter investigation