Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
3/4/2020: AG William Barr laments “massively consolidated” mainstream press; claims journalists now ‘less objective” - The Human Side of Money
Today's Article: AG William Barr laments “massively consolidated” mainstream press; claims journalists now ‘less objective”
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
12/3/2019: Wealthy Danes who want to make a deposit will need to pay up - Too soon? Festive family told to take down Christmas decorations
Today's Article: Wealthy Danes who want to make a deposit will need to pay up
From: ReutersReadability Score: 10.1
Should banks charge you money to hold your money? What would you do with your money if they did?
Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Too soon? Festive family told to take down Christmas decorationsReadability Score: 6.4
From: Reuters
Readability Score: 10.1
Should banks charge you money to hold your money? What would you do with your money if they did?
Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:
https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Too soon? Festive family told to take down Christmas decorations
Readability Score: 6.4
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
11/21/2018: Cargill offers more traceable turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners - Seattle's Campaign Finance Program
Today's Article: Cargill offers more traceable turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners
From: The Telegraph Herald
Readability Score: 13.0
How much do you know about where your turkey came from? How much do you want to know? One company is providing a way for you to 'meet' the farmers who provided you with your holiday feast.
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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Seattle's Campaign Finance Program
Readability Score: 9.2
From: The Telegraph Herald
Readability Score: 13.0
https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Readability Score: 9.2
Thursday, February 8, 2018
2/8/2018: Dow ends wild day down 1,175 points, largest point drop in history From: USA Today - The average American spent $81.17 on the Super Bowl. How about you?
Today's Article: Dow ends wild day down 1,175 points, largest point drop in history
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 11.8
Stock prices fell by the biggest point total ever this week. Should we be concerned? What is behind the drop?
Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:
http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: The average American spent $81.17 on the Super Bowl. How about you?
Readability Score: 8.6
Thursday, April 6, 2017
NEW RELEASE: Sneaker Money
Meet teenage entrepreneur and “sneakerhead” Chase Reed, whose business Sneaker Pawn is helping the people of his neighborhood. Sneakers as currency and collateral? Yes!
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
12/14/2016: New Zealand Law Gives Financial Assistance to Organ Donors - Florida Family's Missing Dog Found Three Years Later -- in New Jersey
Today's Article: New Zealand Law Gives Financial Assistance to Organ Donors
From: Radio NZ
Readability Score: 12.9
Matt van der Gulik donated a kidney to his grandmother Sharon and is delighted with the news.
Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:
http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Today's Alternate Article: Florida Family's Missing Dog Found Three Years Later -- in New Jersey
Readability Score: 9.0
Monday, February 11, 2013
2/11/13 - Is Facebook envy making you miserable?; NY Times says Chinese hacked paper's computers
Today's Articles:
The Associated Press
January 22, 2013
"Is Facebook envy making you miserable?"
"Witnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers."
The Washington Post
January 31, 2013
"NY Times says Chinese hacked paper's computers"January 31, 2013
"Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated The New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for files on an investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of a top Chinese leader, the newspaper reported Thursday."
Monday, January 28, 2013
1/28/13 - Study Suggests Lower Mortality Risk for People Deemed to Be Overweight; IRS loses lawsuit filed by tax preparers opposed to new regulations, competency exam
Today's Articles:
New York Times
January 1, 2013
"Study Suggests Lower Mortality Risk for People Deemed to Be Overweight"
"The report on nearly three million people found that those whose B.M.I. ranked them as overweight had less risk of dying than people of normal weight. And while obese people had a greater mortality risk over all, those at the lowest obesity level (B.M.I. of 30 to 34.9) were not more likely to die than normal-weight people."
"A federal judge on Friday barred the IRS from imposing a series of new regulations, including a competency exam, on hundreds of thousands of tax preparers."
New York Times
January 1, 2013
"Study Suggests Lower Mortality Risk for People Deemed to Be Overweight"
"The report on nearly three million people found that those whose B.M.I. ranked them as overweight had less risk of dying than people of normal weight. And while obese people had a greater mortality risk over all, those at the lowest obesity level (B.M.I. of 30 to 34.9) were not more likely to die than normal-weight people."
Washington Post
January 18, 2013
"IRS loses lawsuit filed by tax preparers opposed to new regulations, competency exam"OR
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