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AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season
NEW YORK (AP) — Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented share of online spending.
Although AI-powered purchases are in early stages, the sho ... (full story)
Here's why everyone's talking about a 'K-shaped' economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the "K-shaped economy" are rapidly proliferating.
So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part p ... (full story)
Understanding notes
Q. What are Treasury notes? -- A.V., Mililani, Hawaii
A. They're U.S. government-issued debt securities, with maturity terms of two, three, five, seven or 10 years. (Treasury bills, in contrast, mature within four to 52 weeks, and Treasury bonds have terms of either 20 or 30 years.) Investors buying a Treasury note are essential ... (full story)
Local
Rural students graduate more than city kids, but less likely to go to college
(THE CONVERSATION) Many high school seniors are currently in the midst of the college application process or are already waiting to hear back from their selected schools.
For high school students in rural parts of the United States, the frantic pace of the college application process can look a bit different. For starters, some ... (full story)
New York's wealthy warn of a tax exodus after Mamdani's win – but the data says otherwise
(THE CONVERSATION) New York's mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, campaigned on a promise to raise the city's income tax on its richest residents from 3.9% to 5.9%. Combined with the state income tax, which is 10.9% for the top bracket, the increase would cement the city's position as having the highest taxes on top earners in the country. ... (full story)
State
What is mutual aid? And why are more people turning to informal efforts to help each other?
When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster like a hurricane or wildfire, people get together to take care of each other.
Even outside of a crisis, some who struggle to meet their needs ... (full story)
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation's capital to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration.
The suspect in the shooting near the White House that killed ... (full story)