Monthly Archives: August 2022

Amid a hot labor market and high inflation, searches for jobs paying $20 an hour have soared, overtaking those for $15/hour positions

Carol Yepes/Getty Images Searches for jobs paying $20 per hour have overtaken searches for $15/hour roles on Indeed, according to a new report. Year over year, queries for $20/hour jobs have jumped 35.5% while searches listing “$15” have fallen 57.3% in the same period. The change reflects higher wage expectations from job seekers amid a…

Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says inflation has already peaked – as he warns the Fed risks going overboard with its rate hikes and sparking a deep recession

Jeremy Siegel. Scott Mlyn/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Jeremy Siegel touted stocks, brushed off inflation worries, and issued a fresh caution to the Fed. The Wharton finance professor said Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s inflation outlook was too pessimistic. Inflation has peaked, and the Fed risks a recession if it hikes interest rates too far,…

What it’s like to shop a Costco Business Center, which is stocked with wildly different products than the chain’s typical stores

Brittany Chang/Insider There are only 23 Costco Business Centers across the US and these outposts take “bulk” to another level. Over 70% of its products are different from what’s available at a typical Costco warehouse. See what it’s like shopping at the Costco Business Center in Hackensack, New Jersey. Even if you consider yourself an…

I visited the oldest McDonald’s still standing and found a crash course in creating a cultural icon — see inside the iconic restaurant

Mary Meisenzahl/Insider I visited the oldest existing McDonald’s in Downey, California.  The location has many original details from when it was built in 1954. The museum shows how McDonald’s went from a regional burger chain to an instantly recognizable symbol. The oldest remaining McDonald’s sits in Downey, California, outside of Los Angeles. Mary Meisenzahl/Insider As…

The RNC isn’t paying Trump’s legal bills over the Mar-a-Lago raid despite having bankrolled his personal lawyers in the past, report says

Then-President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images The RNC won’t foot Trump’s legal bills relating to the Mar-a-Lago raid, Politico reported.  It’s a departure from the committee’s previous willingness to cover some of his personal legal fees.  The reported decision came as Trump appointed a heavyweight…

Why a Harvard economist who opposed Biden’s student debt forgiveness pledge as a ‘crude and inequitable tool’ changed her mind

President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness at the White House on August 24, 2022. AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Biden recently announced up to $20,000 in student debt forgiveness for some federal borrowers.  A Harvard economist was previously opposed to cancellation, but now approves of it, she wrote in The New York Times. …

A faltering economy – not peaking inflation – will give the Fed a green light to stop raising rates, Charles Schwab’s top stock picker says

Charles Schwab’s CIO Liz Ann Sonders. Charles Schwab Federal Reserve will only cut rates when it’s worried about a recession, Charles Schwab’s CIO said. Friday’s jobs report will help markets to gauge the health of the US economy. Strong jobs numbers will let the Fed to “stay on their aggressive path,” Liz Ann Sonders told…

Sony and Tencent now own almost a third of ‘Elden Ring’ studio FromSoftware

Sony has joined forces with Tencent to purchase a 30.34 percent share of FromSoftware, the developer behind titles like Elden Ring, Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne. Tencent’s Sixjoy Hong Kong division will own 16.25 percent of FromSoftware’s shares, Sony will take a 14.09 percent interest and parent Kadokawa Group will remain the largest shareholder with a…