>"Retail sales rose last month, and several companies reported strong earnings. But discounts seemed to drive a significant portion of purchases."

"Traditional tuition-reimbursement policies often don’t work for the employees who could benefit the most — hurting employers and employees alike."

>"The retailer said it is focused on keeping prices low, as some shoppers get nervous about inflation."

>"The stock market has begun swinging wildly as companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, Starbucks and Exxon Mobil reveal their earnings and hint at divergent prospects for the year ahead."

I strongly recommend the work of Alvin Roth to anyone interested in learning Market Design; he's basically the father of the field, so his work includes a lot of reference to translational studies of markets that were designed and _...Read More_

"Government tax revenues in rich countries rose as a share of economic output in 2020, as job losses were concentrated in low-wage employment and high-income jobs were hit less hard."

"The payout on one of the most richly-funded bets of the past decade or so revolves around whether _...Read More_

>"Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings and announced it had set itself a bigger carbon reduction target."

"The best-intentioned AI deployed by an all-powerful government cannot predict or provide for the people anywhere near how humans can for themselves."

"Tehran resumed fuel exports to Afghanistan, with the Taliban providing dollars to Iran from its narcotics operations."

[https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/earnings/icici-bank-q1-results-net-profit-rises-78-to-rs-4616-cr-as-provisions-fall/articleshow/84705823.cms](https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/earnings/icici-bank-q1-results-net-profit-rises-78-to-rs-4616-cr-as-provisions-fall/articleshow/84705823.cms) >"Net interest income (NII) for the quarter rose 18 per cent year-on-year to Rs _...Read More_

>"Shares in SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled Monday after Chinese regulators ordered app stores to remove _...Read More_

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>"Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have been desperate for weeks to recruit drivers to meet a sharp rise in _...Read More_