January 2025
February 2025
Negative Treasury Returns: Unprecedented 10-Year Loss Amidst Higher Yields
Rising U.S. Treasury yields have resulted in the first negative 10-year rolling return (-0.5%) in 90 years, contrasting with positive returns for other asset classes, due to the Fed's rate hikes, anticipation of higher rates, and concerns about government spending; however, high yields present poten...
Negative Treasury Returns: Unprecedented 10-Year Loss Amidst Higher Yields
Rising U.S. Treasury yields have resulted in the first negative 10-year rolling return (-0.5%) in 90 years, contrasting with positive returns for other asset classes, due to the Fed's rate hikes, anticipation of higher rates, and concerns about government spending; however, high yields present poten...
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48% Bias Score
Racial Wealth Gap: Early Financial Education as a Solution
Studies reveal a significant racial wealth gap, with only 8% of Black households owning stocks compared to 24% of white households. This disparity stems from limited access to financial services, lack of exposure to investing, and generational financial instability, highlighting the urgent need for ...
Racial Wealth Gap: Early Financial Education as a Solution
Studies reveal a significant racial wealth gap, with only 8% of Black households owning stocks compared to 24% of white households. This disparity stems from limited access to financial services, lack of exposure to investing, and generational financial instability, highlighting the urgent need for ...
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24% Bias Score
Medicare Price Negotiations Expand to 15 Drugs, Including Ozempic and Wegovy
The Biden administration announced 15 drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, for Medicare price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, aiming to lower drug costs for 50 million beneficiaries; the new prices are expected to take effect in January 2027, although the incoming Trump administratio...
Medicare Price Negotiations Expand to 15 Drugs, Including Ozempic and Wegovy
The Biden administration announced 15 drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, for Medicare price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, aiming to lower drug costs for 50 million beneficiaries; the new prices are expected to take effect in January 2027, although the incoming Trump administratio...
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36% Bias Score
Oakland Mayor, Partner, and Businessmen Indicted on Bribery Charges
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her partner Andre Jones, and businessmen Andy and David Duong were indicted on Friday for bribery, conspiracy, and fraud, allegedly funneling city business for personal gain, including a $75,000 attack mailer and a $300,000 no-show job.
Oakland Mayor, Partner, and Businessmen Indicted on Bribery Charges
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her partner Andre Jones, and businessmen Andy and David Duong were indicted on Friday for bribery, conspiracy, and fraud, allegedly funneling city business for personal gain, including a $75,000 attack mailer and a $300,000 no-show job.
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52% Bias Score
Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Citing National Security
The Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, citing national security concerns, impacting over 170 million American users just two days before the ban takes effect.
Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Citing National Security
The Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, citing national security concerns, impacting over 170 million American users just two days before the ban takes effect.
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56% Bias Score
MS-13 Leader Receives Plea Deal, Sparking Outrage
Jairo Saenz, leader of MS-13's Sailors, received a 40–60 year sentence after a plea deal that avoided the death penalty and life imprisonment, prompting outrage from victims' families and raising concerns about the Biden administration's approach to MS-13 prosecutions.
MS-13 Leader Receives Plea Deal, Sparking Outrage
Jairo Saenz, leader of MS-13's Sailors, received a 40–60 year sentence after a plea deal that avoided the death penalty and life imprisonment, prompting outrage from victims' families and raising concerns about the Biden administration's approach to MS-13 prosecutions.
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64% Bias Score
Small Business Earnings Plummet in Q4 2024 Amid Rising Costs
Biz2Credit's December 2024 Small Business Earnings Report shows average monthly earnings plummeted to $83,083, down from $150,917 in 2023, due to rising expenses outpacing revenue growth, particularly in the second half of the year, impacting 100,000 small businesses.
Small Business Earnings Plummet in Q4 2024 Amid Rising Costs
Biz2Credit's December 2024 Small Business Earnings Report shows average monthly earnings plummeted to $83,083, down from $150,917 in 2023, due to rising expenses outpacing revenue growth, particularly in the second half of the year, impacting 100,000 small businesses.
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36% Bias Score
Biden's Economic Performance: Job Growth, Unemployment, Inflation, and GDP
President Biden's administration oversaw the creation of 17 million jobs, reduced unemployment from 6.4% to 4.1%, lowered inflation to 2.9%, and increased the GDP from \$23.5 trillion to \$27.7 trillion between 2021 and 2024.
Biden's Economic Performance: Job Growth, Unemployment, Inflation, and GDP
President Biden's administration oversaw the creation of 17 million jobs, reduced unemployment from 6.4% to 4.1%, lowered inflation to 2.9%, and increased the GDP from \$23.5 trillion to \$27.7 trillion between 2021 and 2024.
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52% Bias Score
Three Jailed for 1990s Child Rape, Police Response Criticized
Three men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the rape of a 13-14 year old girl in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in the 1990s; the judge criticized authorities for treating the victims as responsible for their own abuse, while two of the perpetrators remain at large.
Three Jailed for 1990s Child Rape, Police Response Criticized
Three men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the rape of a 13-14 year old girl in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in the 1990s; the judge criticized authorities for treating the victims as responsible for their own abuse, while two of the perpetrators remain at large.
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36% Bias Score
American Extradited to Face Sexual Assault Charges After Decade-Long Pursuit
Ian Cleary, a 31-year-old American, was arrested in France and extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Gettysburg College student in 2013, after which he sent her a Facebook message confessing to the crime; he was ordered held without bail.
American Extradited to Face Sexual Assault Charges After Decade-Long Pursuit
Ian Cleary, a 31-year-old American, was arrested in France and extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Gettysburg College student in 2013, after which he sent her a Facebook message confessing to the crime; he was ordered held without bail.
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24% Bias Score
Almodóvar's "Room Next Door" Explores Assisted Suicide and Female Friendship
Pedro Almodóvar's "The Room Next Door," opening nationwide Friday after its 2024 New York Film Festival premiere, adapts a chapter from Sigrid Nunez's novel, focusing on two women's evolving friendship as one confronts terminal illness and chooses assisted suicide.
Almodóvar's "Room Next Door" Explores Assisted Suicide and Female Friendship
Pedro Almodóvar's "The Room Next Door," opening nationwide Friday after its 2024 New York Film Festival premiere, adapts a chapter from Sigrid Nunez's novel, focusing on two women's evolving friendship as one confronts terminal illness and chooses assisted suicide.
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24% Bias Score
Wall Street Banks Smash Records Amidst Merger and Acquisition Boom
American investment banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs reported record profits in the fourth quarter of 2024, exceeding expectations due to increased trading activity, a rise in investment banking deals, and the anticipation of a surge in mergers and acquisitions fueled by a more favorable ...
Wall Street Banks Smash Records Amidst Merger and Acquisition Boom
American investment banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs reported record profits in the fourth quarter of 2024, exceeding expectations due to increased trading activity, a rise in investment banking deals, and the anticipation of a surge in mergers and acquisitions fueled by a more favorable ...
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56% Bias Score