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  1. Jan 2020
  2. Dec 2019
    1. The Food and Drug Administration said late Monday that what you don’t know about CBD might hurt you and warned that it could cause serious health problems, including liver damage

      The tests are coming out now

  3. Oct 2019
    1. A 25-year-old Dutch inventor named Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean

      People are starting to talk about the climate change now to fix it

    1. AMC has agreements with every Hollywood studio to make select films available for rent or purchase, including new releases.

      New mainstream movies will be available faster than Netflix and amazon

    2. Roku ROKU, +0.02% and smart TVs with more services and devices to be added in the future.

      There is going to be more services that will just create a pool of competition

    1. Therefore, while a 1.6% COLA isn't as robust a raise as some would like, it's also better than the numbers we've seen in the not-so-distant past.

      1.6% is good enough and better that some of the COLAs in the past

    2. Historically, COLAs have been as high as 14.3%, though in recent years, we haven't seen numbers anywhere close.

      The social security percent was higher because there was more money floating around

    1. It’s quite worrying,” said Mr. Tam, 56, who relies almost entirely on commissions for his income

      The stores workers are paid off commission and not paid for working there as much

    2. Sales at the store, in the once-teeming shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui, have plummeted 90 percent in recent months,

      People stopped buying jewelry because they have gone broke

    1. These players are currently pricing below the cost to serve, offering free delivery, or other deep discounts that are currently enabled by investor subsidies.”

      They are trying to discover more ways to stay competitive in the pizza business

    1. On the surface, Disney seems to have it all: World-famous content. Far-reaching digital platforms.

      Netflix has a bunch of different Disney movies and when Disney pulls that Netflix will lose a lot of customers

    2. AT&T’s as-yet-unpriced HBO Max, due in spring 2020, is the new streaming home of “Friends” and an exhaustive list of original shows and movies

      AT&T is also coming out in spring with HBO max so they can pull their services from netflix

    1. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, may try to stop the bill passing despite broad Democratic support, in order to retake the Senate for Democrats in 2020, the analysts wrote.

      Shumer wants to pass the bill to get re-elected

    2. Because cannabis is banned at the U.S. federal level, banks that are federally insured are reluctant to do business with companies in states that have legalized, hampering the development of the sector.

      The cannabis business owners are not allowed to keep their money in a bank so they have to store a bunch of physical cash

    1. Chipotle turned its focus to food safety in the months after the illness outbreaks were reported.

      Chipotle passed more food safety regulations to prevent this problem

    2. Everything was going the wrong way for Chipotle when CEO Brian Niccol, a former head honcho at Taco Bell, took the reins in March 2018.

      The CEO started to work on the restaurant chain after the disease breakout

  4. Sep 2019
    1. On the same street corner in Seoul where 10,000 South Korean women rallied last October to demand an end to spy cameras and sexual violence, the leader of a new activist group addressed a small group of angry young men.

      These men are trying to bring these problems up again at the same street as when the women addressed the issue

    1. "The events in Saudi Arabia have ratcheted up tensions in the Middle East to a new level raising concerns about supply security,"

      We have less oil now and the middle east is having a problem again

    1. U.S. crude oil prices jumped 10% to $60.33 a barrel, after leaping as much as 15% Sunday afternoon

      The attack led to higher oil prices since the production facility got destroyed

    2. Dow Jones futures fell Monday morning, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, as the stock market rally faces energy disruptions and a GM strike.

      There is a strike going on so that affects the stock market as a whole

    1. Challenges, of course, are many. Compensation costs continue to rise. Trade tensions and immigration confusion are creating uncertainty.

      The people think the economy is going to go down because immigration and the trading between countries

    1. Businesses nowadays are at a massive advantage when it comes to preparing for storms of Dorian’s magnitude

      The businesses stocked up to make a lot more money than usual because people are in a rush to get stocked up on food and supplies

    2. With Hurricane Dorian upgraded to a Category 5 as it makes its way closer to Florida, businesses and consumers statewide are preparing for the worst.

      The hurricane is working its way straight to Florida and businesses are working on stocking up to get more money.