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France hits unsolicited telemarketers with $87,000 fine per call, following similar provisions in other European nations
The Netherlands, Germany and other countries have employed policies to restrict unsolicited telemarketers for years.
Great disappointment will follow the Great Wealth Transfer as baby boomers pass on just a fraction of their fortune to millennials and Gen Xers
The good news for the younger generations is that boomers are already showering some of their money on their heirs.
How a book that inspired Warren Buffett and a $14,000 side hustle helped billionaire Bill Ackman get started as an investor
Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman says he was inspired to become an investor after working at his dad’s real estate company.
Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why?
Americans went through a “happiness crash” right after the pandemic. The ones who are married are the only ones who really recovered.
For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as the stay-at-home boyfriend becomes an economic trend
Women now hold more jobs than men in America, for the third time ever. A Federal Reserve economist says this time, it's not reversing.
Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral
Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault
‘Millennials are not punk kids anymore’ — Ocasio-Cortez sees a ‘generational tidal wave’ driven by anger over economic futures sidelined by boomers
"And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate."
Kalshi cracks down on insider trading as Trump family looks to increase prediction market presence
Prediction markets are becoming intertwined with the government, and Kalshi is trying to prove it’s policing insider trading.
