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US economy shrank 0.9% last quarter, its 2nd straight drop

The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.

Atlantic City casino smoking ban may cost 2,500 jobs, report says

Amid a renewed push to ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos, a new report predicts that doing so could cost up to 2,500 casino jobs and nearly 11% of casinos’ revenue as they struggle to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

 
Facebook has a new name

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”

GameStop stock trading restricted on Robinhood, other trading platforms

GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 earlier this month to more than $400 early Thursday as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who had placed market bets that the stock would fall.

 
41M have lost jobs since virus hit, but layoffs slow

Nearly 2.1 million workers filed first-time claims for unemployment in the latest week nationwide, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Trump will sign order keeping meat processing plants open

Meatpacking leaders acknowledge that the U.S. food chain has rarely been so stressed and that no one is sure about the future, even as they try to dispel concerns about shortages.

OxyContin maker, governments in talks for $10B-12B settlement

Purdue Pharma has been cast as a main villain producing the prescription painkiller OxyContin. An NBC News report said the privately held company has offered to settle for $10 billion to $12 billion.

If abortion law holds, Netflix will ‘rethink’ Georgia shoots

Though major studios have so far remained quiet on Georgia’s recently passed abortion law , Netflix on Tuesday said it will contest the legislation and “rethink our entire investment” in the state, should the law going into effect.

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