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Pictured here is a Shanghai development under construction on Nov. 4, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s National Bureau of Statistics is scheduled Friday to release retail sales, industrial production and fixed-asset investment data for October. Retail sales are expected to have picked up to 3.8% year-on-year growth, according to
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97 | E+ | Getty Images As inflation has throttled back from pandemic-era highs, consumers have seen prices decline outright for many household items. This dynamic, known as deflation, generally doesn’t occur on a broad, sustained scale in the U.S. economy: With limited exceptions, businesses are generally loath to lower prices once they’ve increased, economists
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State Drug Policy: Marijuana Legalization | Tax Foundation Skip to content Home • Blog • Momentum Slows for State Drug Legalization Policies via 2024 State Ballot Initiatives Drug policy was on the ballot in many states in 2024. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, and South Dakota considered legalizing recreational marijuana; voters in Nebraska had the
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Disney is back. After several quarters of cutting costs and revamping its streaming business, CEO Robert Iger’s turnaround plans is paying off: On Thursday, the entertainment giant reported strong quarterly earnings and a robust outlook for the coming year. Revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter totaled $22.57 billion, topping the $22.45 billion expected by analysts,
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Shoppers walk past Burberry’s Shanghai store Kevin Lee | Getty Images LONDON — Burberry is aiming to win back shoppers and boost waning sales by refocusing on heritage designs and statement pieces under sweeping revamp plans designed to revive the luxury fashion house’s ailing fortunes. The “Burberry Forward” strategic overhaul, announced Thursday, intends to reconnect
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Thomas Jefferson, 1848/1879. Artist George Peter Alexander Healy. Heritage Images | Hulton Fine Art Collection | Getty Images In “All The Presidents’ Money,” author Megan Gorman takes readers into a side of U.S. presidents that is often overlooked: how they managed their own money. Gorman writes about commanders in chief who were obsessively frugal, and
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Pictured here is an AI-generated clip from Vidu’s website. The tool can create videos from text or image prompts. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Beijing-based Shengshu Technology on Wednesday said that its artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video tool Vidu will now be able to generate videos by combining images. Vidu already allows users worldwide to create
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