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February 10, 2022
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February 10, 2022
Why the SEC Will Look For Carbon Footprints

Because of the need for more accuracy and standardization, the SEC is working on the corporate GHG emissions reports that it will require.

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January 24, 2022
deregulating French Dressing
January 24, 2022
What Makes a Dressing French?

Designed to protect us from food fraud and maintain quality, the FDA's resistance to deregulating French Dressing has finally ended.

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January 13, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and value of a vaccine
January 13, 2022
How a Vaccine Is Like a Craft Beer

With surprising similarity, whether it's craft beer or vaccines, new product names create difficulties for firms.

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December 30, 2021
U.S. China trade relationship
December 30, 2021
Checking On China: US-China Phase One Trade Tracker 2021

Looking at the Peterson Institute's 2021 numbers for the first phase of the US-China Trade Deal, we can see if the agreement is working.

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December 9, 2021
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December 9, 2021
Where More Diapers Are a Disaster

The ingredients of China's new demographics recipe includes fewer marriages, a declining birth rate, more elderly, and interest in funerals.

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December 7, 2021
economici news roundup and popular emojis
December 7, 2021
The Message From The Most (and Least) Likable Emojis

Looking at this year's most popular emojis like Tears of Joy, we can see that small images can become big messages.

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December 3, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
December 3, 2021
The Impact of High Marijuana Taxes

Federally legalizing marijuana involves complexities that range from decriminalization to the impact of new taxes on businesses and states.

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November 11, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Raisinets slack fill
November 11, 2021
The Mystery of the Missing Raisinets

Consumers have been filing multi-million dollar class action suits for the slack fill that makes candy and chip packaging misleading.

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November 7, 2021
eliminating daylight saving time
November 7, 2021
Why Changing to Standard Time Is Tough

Ranging from Amtrak train schedules to our health, changing to Standard Time and then back to Daylight Saving create a slew of consequences.

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November 3, 2021
weekly economic news roundup and lobster fishing dispute
November 3, 2021
A Land and Lobster War

A disputed island and the surrounding Grey Zone add up to a lobster war with conflicting lobster regulation between the U.S. and Canada.

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October 11, 2021
corporate tax system pillars
October 11, 2021
New Pillars For the Global Corporate Tax System

Although 136 countries have agreed to update the corporate tax system, a 15 percent maximum rate is not as simple as it sounds.

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October 4, 2021
climate and weather disaster costs
October 4, 2021
How National Policy Can Respond to Floods

With flooding becoming more frequent, national policy makers need to decide if flood insurance should be more affordable or avoidable.

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