As the 2024 Race Heats Up, Betting Is Growing for Everything but Elections

U.S. residents can still gamble on the presidential race — but regulators are trying to stop the practice. Presidential Election of 2024, Gambling, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Futures and Options Trading, Polls and Public Opinion, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010), Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Behnam, Rostin, Kalshi Inc, PredictIt (Aristotle International…

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China Says It Will Start Buying Apartments as Housing Slump Worsens

Signaling growing alarm, policymakers ramped up efforts to stem a continued decline in real estate values. Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Banking and Financial Institutions, Politics and Government, Mortgages, Affordable Housing, People’s Bank of China, China Signaling growing alarm, policymakers ramped up efforts to stem a continued decline in real estate values. NYT > Business

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FSA vs. HSA: What to Know About the Accounts to Pay Medical Costs

Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts both have tax benefits, but both may also have drawbacks, two reports found. Health Insurance and Managed Care, Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions, Personal Finances, Employee Fringe Benefits, Income Tax, Content Type: Service, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Employee Benefit Research Institute Flexible spending accounts…

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UAW Loses Unionization Vote at Mercedes Factories in Alabama

The election, fiercely opposed by the state’s political leaders, was seen as a test of the United Automobile Workers’ ability to unionize factories in the South. Automobiles, Mercedes-Benz, Organized Labor, Factories and Manufacturing, United Automobile Workers, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Batteries, Wages and Salaries, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Politics and Government, Ivey, Kay, Tuscaloosa (Ala), Southern…

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Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden

US economy, US politics, Joe Biden, Economics, Business, US news, Donald Trump, Biden administration, Federal Reserve, Inflation Business | The Guardian ​Exclusive Harris poll for the Guardian shows 55% believe economy is shrinking, in troubling sign for president’s re-election bidDo you know how US economy is actually doing? Try our interactive quizNearly three in five Americans…

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