Month: March 2020

World’s largest printer of money is running out of money

Despite the rise in digital payments, cash is still king in uncertain times — but who’s going to print it? In the United States, the task of printing money and minting coins falls to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which is part of the Treasury Department. But in the United Kingdom, a private company…
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Paul Volcker, inflation-busting economist who served under six presidents, dies at 92

“Volcker was the man who made America a country that was regarded as not willing to take inflation anymore,” one financial analyst said. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who guided economic policy for more than half a century and served under six presidents, died Sunday. He was 92. Perhaps best known in recent years…
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The No. 1 job of 2019 pays $140,000 — and its hiring growth has exploded 74%

On Tuesday, career and job site LinkedIn released its annual “Emerging Jobs” list, which identifies the roles that have seen the largest rate of hiring growth from 2015 through this year. No. 1 on the list: Artificial Intelligence Specialist — typically an engineer, researcher or other specialty that focuses on machine learning and artificial intelligence,…
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Thousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook archive searches

Thousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook Inc’s searchable advertising database on Tuesday, hampering researchers’ ability to track ads two days before Britain’s general election. Facebook’s ad library, which it launched in the UK in 2018, is a public tool for users to view political advertising on the platform. The problem, first reported…
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