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Stocks rebound in Europe and Japan as China takes a holiday following record week

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China's markets closed for Golden Week holidays. Markets in Japan and Europe picked up the slack though, notching modest gains.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/01/premarket-stock-futures-dow-sp500-nasdaq-6/

Millionaire parents are taking their lazy and disinterested Gen Z kids to bespoke conventions to prepare them for the $90 trillion Great Wealth Transfer

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Founders are scared their kids are too lazy or lack the skills to take over their businesses, so they’re trying to get them ready.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/09/30/europes-millionaires-gen-z-kids-bespoke-conventions-great-wealth-transfer/

Pasta Evangelists’ millennial co-founder has travelled to 68 countries—Lebanon and Syria are next on his list

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“I am the first to admit that, after a long and stressful day, I like to unwind with a drink. I could pretend I attend yoga or mindfulness sessions.”

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/01/pasta-evangelists-millennial-co-founder-the-good-life/

A 3-year luxury cruise sets sail after delays in Titanic’s shipyard where ‘everything went wrong’

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After four months of delays in Belfast, passengers celebrate as the Odyssey finally sets sail.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/01/3-year-luxury-cruise-sets-sail-belfast/

U.S. economy could lose $4.5 billion a day as ports hit with biggest dockworkers strike since 1977

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J.P. Morgan estimated that a strike that shuts down East and Gulf coast ports could cost the economy $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, with some of that recovered over time after normal operations resume.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/01/us-economy-lose-billion-day-ports-hit-dockworkers-strike-1977/

This jobseeker made a ‘Desperate’ LinkedIn banner to counter taboo of the ‘Open to work’ flag

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"If I sit there and pretend that everything is fine, how is anyone going to know that I need a job or some freelance work? People aren't psychic."

https://fortune.com/2024/09/28/desperate-banner-linkedin-jobseeker-career-search/

Japan’s new train-loving prime minister wants a higher corporate tax rate, more AI investment, and a review of long working hours

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Shigeru Ishiba hopes an increase in the corporate tax rate can allow Japan to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP, the NATO standard.

https://fortune.com/asia/2024/10/01/shigeru-ishiba-japan-new-prime-minister-policy-platform/

How a Japanese population crisis has quietly made Asahi one of Europe’s biggest beer makers

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Asahi Super Dry and Peroni Nastro Azzurro have made the Japanese brewer a giant in the European beer market.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/01/asahi-europe-sales-japanese-population-crisis-beer/

Lawsuit accuses YouTube of harming youth mental health

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Alphabet's Google, which is also named as a defendant in the case, denied the lawsuit's claims.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/30/lawsuit-youtube-google-alphabet-arkansas-mental-health/

BlackRock exec says new Ethereum ETF faces ‘narrative’ challenge

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Robert Mitchnick says BlackRock plans to educate clients on the benefits of Ethereum ETFs

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/09/30/blackrock-exec-says-new-ethereum-etf-faces-narrative-challenge/

Mark Zuckerberg loses spot as world’s 3rd richest person to LVMH’s Bernard Arnault

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"'Quiet luxury' has supported average selling price at the expense of volumes," Bank of America analysts wrote. "The industry needs to pivot back to creativity."

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/09/30/bernard-arnault-mark-zuckerberg-wealth-lvmh-luxury-industry/

New study debunks employers’ RTO argument that remote work entrenches inequality

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A new equilibrium in the hybrid work space means in-office workers are getting pay bumps while remote workers enjoyed other benefits.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/09/30/hybrid-work-boosts-pay-debunking-employer-myth-inequality/

Steward Health CEO sues over Senate resolution holding him in contempt

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The lawsuit claims that the lawmakers are unlawfully violating de la Torre's constitutional rights.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/30/steward-health-ceo-sues-senate-contempt-bernie-sanders/

Gen Alpha is stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks to resell them to victims at hiked-up prices

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The iPad kid generation has targeted Nike Elite as its latest brand obsession.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/27/gen-alpha-steal-nike-elite-backpack-zipper-school-tiktok-trend/

More than 40 trillion gallons of rain flooded the South over the past week

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“It was not just a perfect storm, but it was a combination of multiple storms that that led to the enormous amount of rain.”

https://fortune.com/2024/09/30/us-floods-40-trillion-gallons-rain-hurricane-helene-perfect-storms/

Getting enough sleep but still exhausted? These 7 types of rest can help

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There’s more to rest than just sleep.

https://fortune.com/well/article/types-of-rest-sleep-burnout/

Getting enough sleep but still exhausted? These 7 types of rest can help

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There’s more to rest than just sleep.

https://fortune.com/well/article/types-of-rest-sleep-burnout/

Trump tariffs would mean up to 70,000 fewer jobs get created each month, Morgan Stanley says

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The tariffs would also slow GDP growth by 1.4 percentage points and boost inflation by 0.9 percentage point, Morgan Stanley economists wrote in a note Monday..

https://fortune.com/2024/09/30/trump-tariffs-economic-impact-70000-fewer-jobs-monthly-payrolls-gdp-growth-inflation/

Mark Spitznagel warns we’re in ‘black swan’ territory now, and diversified portfolios are a ‘big lie’

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The hedge fund veteran said the market will continue to see “pure euphoria” in the short term but will exit the Goldilocks zone toward the end of the year.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/29/mark-spitznagel-black-swan-territory-fed-rate-cuts-diversified-portfolios/

GM’s Cruise hit with fine and consent order for crash that led to suspension of driverless rides

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General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle division will pay a $1.5 million penalty after the unit failed to fully report a crash involving a pedestrian.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/30/gm-cruise-self-driving-car-crash-nhtsa-fine-conset-order/