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A troubled U.S. housing market, coupled with fear of tariff costs passed on to inflation-weary consumers, weighed on home-furnishing stocks in 2025.
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Threat to Suspend Aid for Minnesota Child-Care Centers Rattles Families The New York TimesHHS freezing child care payments to all states after Minnesota fraud allegations: Official ABC NewsWe went to the day cares Nick Shirley did. Here's what we found. Star TribuneWhat's new, what's not: Parsing the rhetoric around the Minnesota child care fraud firestorm CNN
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In Mamdani's New York, Muslims become a political and demographic force The Washington PostZohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City The GuardianA DJ, a Poet and Politicians Make Up Mamdani's Inaugural Lineup The New York Times‘People Are Taking the Wrong Lessons From His Victory' PoliticoZohran Mamdani will be burdened with great expectations when he becomes mayor. Here's what New Yorkers want. CBS News
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Sometimes, doing the right thing makes you the most disliked person in the room.
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There's a difference between a professional mentor and a sponsor, but women need both if they want help moving forward in their careers, explains Wharton Deputy Dean Nancy Rothbard. This Ripple Effect podcast episode is part of a series on "Women & Leadership."
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Disruption. It's coming for the U.S. dollar in the form of digital currency. Last week the Biden administration detailed a broad plan for adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the coming years. The Departments of Energy, Commerce, the Treasury, and other agencies weighed in on how to manage and regulate a CBDC.
The government is reacting in part to the explosive growth of digital currencies. About three out of ten U.S. adults currently invest in some form of cryptocurrency, or "crypto," like Bitcoin or Ethereum. These digital "coins" rely on a decentralized network of computers to verify financial transactions, cutting out third parties like banks or credit cards.
The good, the bad, and the ugly of crypto
Advocates of crypto point to its affordability, efficiency, and its ability to reach consumers with little or no access to traditional banking services. With just a mobile phone or a crypto ATM, consumers can easily send and receive digital currency, even across international borders.
On the other hand, crypto is still largely unregulated and volatile. Investors in Bitcoin, for example, saw returns of over 70% in 2021, but the currency is down almost 60% year to date. And if you send your payment to the wrong account (called a "digital wallet") there may be no way to retrieve it. Crypto has also been used for money laundering, fraud, and to fund terrorism. Several
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