The biggest threat to Medicare you've never even heard of

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/585103-the-biggest-threat-to-medicare-youve-never-even-heard-of

Bill Gates: Metaverse will host most virtual meetings in a few years

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/09/bill-gates-metaverse-will-host-most-virtual-meetings-in-a-few-years.html

Analysis: Shipping costs - another danger for inflation-watchers to navigate

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/shipping-costs-another-danger-inflation-watchers-navigate-2021-12-10/

We need to get the elderly back into work to tackle budget deficits and public debt

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/elderly-work-retirement-public-debt-b1971365.html

Evergrande can't pay its debts. China is scrambling to contain the fallout

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/10/business/evergrande-government-intervention-intl-hnk/index.html

COVID: New version of Omicron variant has been discovered

https://www.ohmymag.co.uk/news/covid-new-version-of-omicron-variant-has-been-discovered_art10207.html

Biden bites back! US readies missile defence as Russia sends nuclear warning

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1534214/joe-biden-missile-defence-space-force-russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-iss-asat-test

End of the world: MIT scientist claims we're on the brink of a mass extinction

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1533975/end-of-the-world-mit-scientist-brink-mass-extinction-oceans-carbon-dioxide-daniel-rothman

One of the last independent newspaper chains unanimously rejects hedge fund's bid to take over

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/media/lee-enterprises-rejects-alden/index.html

Coronavirus Infects Fat, May Explain Obesity Link to Severe COVID-19

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-infects-body-fat-obesity-covid-hospitalization-death-19-2021-12

Toyota Made Its Key Fob Remote Start Into a Subscription Service

https://www.thedrive.com/news/43329/toyota-made-its-key-fob-remote-start-into-a-subscription-service

‘A marvel to behold’: New US unemployment claims fall to lowest level in 52 years | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/unemployment-claims-lowest-jobs-workforce-b1973286.html

Over half of the U.S.'s psychotherapists no longer perform talk therapy

https://www.zmescience.com/science/over-half-of-the-u-s-s-psychotherapists-no-longer-perform-talk-therapy/

Taiwan, the world's biggest chip-maker, just set up a new trade framework with the US amid tensions with China

https://www.businessinsider.com/taiwan-sets-up-trade-framework-with-united-states-chip-maker-2021-12

Life insurance payouts see highest increase in over 100 years

https://fortune.com/2021/12/09/life-insurance-payouts-2020-record-high-covid/

Millennials Are so 'Stuck in Place' That Migration Hit a Record Low

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-housing-debt-marriage-issues-record-low-migration-2021-12

Farmers ask US Justice Department to investigate fertilizer price spikes

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/farmers-ask-us-justice-department-investigate-fertilizer-price-spikes-2021-12-08/

Italy fines Amazon $1.3B, alleging harm to outside sellers

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-health-business-europe-cbcfc1212519778eaf27f80da0a7805c

Cloud wake-up call: Amazon Web Services outage illustrates the pitfalls of online infrastructure

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/cloud-wake-up-call-amazon-web-services-outage-illustrates-the-pitfalls-of-online-infrastructure/

When Will High-Yield Savings Account Interest Rates Bounce Back?

https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/financial-planning/when-will-high-yield-savings-account-interest-rates-bounce-back/

‘Killing the middle class’: millions in US brace for student loan payments after Covid pause

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/09/us-student-loan-crisis-payments

Nike, Walmart, and Meta join alliance to stop AI hiring bias

https://www.fastcompany.com/90704265/walmart-nike-and-other-giant-employers-aim-to-cut-algorithmic-bias-from-the-hiring-process

Truck drivers are paid more than teachers. Why America's educators are leaving classrooms.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/12/09/teacher-shortage-why-educators-fleeing-classroom/8820454002/

Skilled Labor Shortage Spurs Action From Construction Industry

https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/skilled-labor-shortage-spurs-action-from-construction-industry/

The Average American Motorist is Burning Just as Much Gas as in 1965

https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/12/the-average-american-motorist-is-burning-just-as-much-gas-as-in-1965/

SALT Inaction Risks Dooming Biden’s Agenda, House Democrats Warn

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-08/salt-inaction-risks-dooming-biden-s-agenda-house-democrats-warn

Which is best: actively or passively managed mutual funds? Usually the latter

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-12-08/peter-lynch-index-fund-investing

House Passes First U.S. Ocean Shipping-Law Revamp in Two Decades

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-08/house-passes-first-u-s-ocean-shipping-law-revamp-in-two-decades

World Leaders Have To Face The Truth About Oil Demand

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/World-Leaders-Have-To-Face-The-Truth-About-Oil-Demand.html

Experts Predict What the Economy Will Look Like in 2022

https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/experts-predict-what-the-economy-will-look-like-in-2022/

Metaverse will disrupt human life -- here are 7 companies that may win big

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/metaverse-will-disrupt-human-life-here-are-7-companies-that-may-win-big-183756942.html

US Senate is considering changes to extra $4,500 incentive for electric vehicles built at union factories

https://electrek.co/2021/12/08/senate-considering-changes-extra-4500-incentive-for-electric-vehicles-built-union-factories/

The Kellogg Worker Strike Just Took A Huge Turn

https://www.mashed.com/681812/the-kellogg-worker-strike-just-took-a-huge-turn/

What Actually Worries U.S. Doctors About Omicron

https://time.com/6126293/doctors-omicron-worries/

China Injects $188BN Into Economy Amid Evergrande Crisis

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-central-bank-evergrande-crisis-inject-188-billion-economy-2021-12

Omicron Covid cases ‘doubling every two to three days’ in UK, says scientist

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/08/omicron-covid-cases-doubling-every-two-to-three-days-in-uk-says-scientist

The American Worker Is About to Get Their Biggest Raise Since 2008

https://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-worker-raise-decade-wages-inflation-salary-budgets-conference-board-2021-12

US labor productivity sees worst decline since 1960

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/economy/labor-productivity-third-quarter-revised/index.html

Power companies commit to building nationwide EV charging network

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/7/22822454/power-companies-utilities-ev-fast-charging-network

Top U.S. shale producer worries oil prices could run too hot

https://www.reuters.com/article/oil-conference-pioneer-natural-resources-idUSKBN2IM1NP