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Trump can't stop shooting himself in the foot, as the stage looks set once again for Warsh to hold—if not hike—interest rates Yahoo FinanceWhat would a rate hike signal about the new Fed chief's MO? AxiosThe Fed confronts an unusually confusing economic moment CNNTrump can't stop shooting himself in the foot, as the stage looks set once again for Warsh to hold—if not hike—interest rates FortuneFederal Res
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Layoffs have been on the rise in some US industries as tech and professional services companies grapple with slowing demand and mixed economic signals. Sandra Sucher, Frances Frei, and Maria Roche offer insights for executives, job seekers, and the employees who remain as they navigate the turmoil.
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TODAY Derek From is a successful lawyer in Canada. Twelve years ago, he was roughing it in Arizona, trying to break into the recording industry. So he started selling his blood plasma. Twice a week, he sat for an hour in a Grifols Biomat centre, as an apheresis machine whirled, siphoning the plasma out of his blood. For this, he took home $45. "As a poor person" at the time, he found that "a huge economic benefit".
It was also part of a thriving industry. Blood products made up a remarkable 1.6% of American exports in 2016. Since 2005 blood-plasma collections have nearly quadrupled. To critics, this is evidence of a rapacious industry coercing the poor to auction bits of themselves to make ends meet. In fact, plasma, 90% of which is water, is quickly replenished. Giving it has no obvious negative health effects—though the long-term consequences of repeated siphoning have not been fully studied. Strict testing (and later heat-treating) of the extracted plasma ensures that those with communicable...Continue reading
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