Just Business – Latest News and Analysis – Page 7 | Straight Arrow News

UAW's strike against Detroit's Big Three could cost the economy $5.6 billion in 10 days. Here are 5 other costly strikes in history.

UAW strike could cost billions. See the price of these 5 strikes in history.

College spending far outpaces enrollment and inflation, fueling the student debt crisis. Now an "enrollment cliff" is coming.

With college spending sprees, students and taxpayers foot much of the bill

With interest rates around 7% and average monthly payments above $700, it has never been more expensive to buy and finance a new car.

‘Crazy’ auto loan payments of $1,000 or more: When will car market cool down?

China's population has peaked, its workforce is aging and the Chinese Communist Party can't convince its people to have more kids.

China’s population problem: Aging people, fewer babies, ‘lying flat’ youth

Sanctions against Russia have spurred renewed desires by some nations to move away from the U.S. dollar. Is dollar dominance at risk?

Russia sanctions ‘weaponized’ US dollar and now countries want to move away

Could king dollar lose its reign as the world's reserve currency? We look at the rise and fall of global reserve currencies before it.

The dollar is king but for how much longer? How reserve currencies fell.

The U.S. dollar's global dominance has been a sure thing for about a century. Now BRICS and emerging economies are looking to dethrone it.

Could BRICS nations dethrone US dollar dominance with a new currency?

After repeatedly churning out disappointing economic data, banks are slashing China's growth outlook for 2023.

Banks bear down on China’s growth but this bull is bucking the doom and gloom

Environmental, social and corporate governance is a political hot potato and it's losing steam. Here are 5 blows to ESG in Five For Friday.

S&P drops ratings after Musk complains. Here are 5 recent blows to ESG.

With the Bud Light boycott, it was clear Coors Light and Miller Lite would benefit. But before long, Mexican lager Modelo Especial was on everyone's lips.

How Mexican beer Modelo Especial shot to the top thanks to Bud Light boycott

According to a former Anheuser-Busch executive, there are two reasons why the boycott against Bud Light has been so impactful.

They said boycotts rarely work. This is why Bud Light is different.

Customers are suing Taco Bell for selling less-than-beefy menu items compared with its ads. These 5 companies also faced false advertising claims.

Taco Bell sued for beefy false advertising, 5 companies settled suits

The "Barbenheimer" phenomenon that took movie theaters by storm this summer isn't enough to divert the storm cloud brewing from strikes.

‘Barbenheimer’ is a billion-dollar blast for box office but strikes loom large

Hype is growing the Fed will achieve the rare soft landing, where it drives down inflation without triggering a recession. But is it too good to be true?

Beware consensus over Fed nailing soft landing, former Fed adviser says

Straight Arrow News

5 things to know about WeChat, the super app Musk wants X to emulate

The threat of a UPS worker strike highlights how few players there are in the shipping industry. Four companies control 98% of the market.

UPS strike ‘catastrophe’ avoided but threat spotlights issues with US shipping

Whatever happened to that recession? Consumer confidence is soaring as the Fed prepares to hike its interest rate again.

Fed set to hike rate again as consumer confidence in economy hits 2-year high

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed regret about the lack of significant advancement on addressing the deficit.

Janet Yellen in China as countries clash over trade, chips and espionage

Forget the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck is stepping into the ring with Twitter instead, Threads in hand.

Meta’s Threads threatens Twitter’s turf with 30 million signups and no ads, yet

The SCOTUS ruled Biden overstepped his authority in canceling student loan debt. Here's what borrowers need to know as repayment resumes.

3 things to know now that Supreme Court blocked Biden’s student loan cancellation

AI has been all the rage since ChatGPT went mainstream. Here are 5 companies that are using the technology in this week's Five For Friday.

How 5 companies are already using AI, from Mercedes to Wendy’s

With the end of the work-from-home era, here are some of the coolest offices on the planet in this week’s Five For Friday.

From nuclear bunkers to pirate ships: 5 coolest offices on the planet

Consumer price inflation saw a big slowdown in May thanks to stable food prices and dropping energy prices, but core inflation stayed hot.

Significant slowdown: May consumer price inflation at 4% but core stays hot

Apple has entered the AR/VR chat with its $3,499 Apple Vision Pro headset. Here are Apple’s biggest innovations in history in Five For Friday.

Apple Vision Pro is here. Here are Apple’s top 5 life-changing innovations.

◀︎
5
6
7
8
9
▶︎