Prices for everything from gas to food to housing are rocketing higher, but the Fed's best weapon for fighting inflation might not be enough

The Fed is poised to start raising interest rates in March. Yet higher rates can't solve supply shortages or keep Americans from buying key goods.
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Prices for everything from gas to food to housing are rocketing higher, but the Fed's best weapon for fighting inflation might not be enough

Prices for everything from gas to food to housing are rocketing higher, but the Fed's best weapon for fighting inflation might not be enough

The Fed is poised to start raising interest rates in March. Yet higher rates can't solve supply shortages or keep Americans from buying key goods.

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'We've seen the lows' Fidelity's global macro director says. He lays out the 'key ingredient' the Fed uses to keep the stock market stable — and shares the 1 under-the-radar risk that could upset it
A Chinese tech company has been using a Mickey Mouse-shaped 'Band-Aid' to monitor quarantined people in 20 cities. Now it's making its Olympic debut.

A Chinese tech company has been using a Mickey Mouse-shaped 'Band-Aid' to monitor quarantined people in 20 cities. Now it's making its Olympic debut.

These thermometers are seen as a step forward in pandemic-control measures, but legal experts are cautious on personal privacy implications.

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Here's how much top investment banks like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley pay their analysts and associates
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Here's how much top investment banks like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley pay their analysts and associates

Junior banker salaries were raised throughout 2021. Here's how much money JPMorgan, Goldman, and other top banks pay analysts and associates.

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Peloton is reportedly close to launching its long-awaiting connected rowing machine

Peloton is reportedly close to launching its long-awaiting connected rowing machine

Reports circulated beginning in 2020 that Peloton was working on a connected rowing machine similar to is bikes and treadmills.

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Career coaches say business is booming. Here are 3 tips for finding and succeeding with one if you're in a rut.
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Career coaches say business is booming. Here are 3 tips for finding and succeeding with one if you're in a rut.

Career coaching "exploded with the pandemic" as workers quit and change roles in record numbers, said one career coach.

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I reached my breaking point as a self-employed, single mom when my family recently got COVID-19. Parenting has only gotten harder after 2 years.

I reached my breaking point as a self-employed, single mom when my family recently got COVID-19. Parenting has only gotten harder after 2 years.

Laura Wheatman Hill, a single parent, had to juggle work and childcare losing significant income after she and her son tested positive for COVID-19

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Meta stands to lose billions in revenue from Apple's privacy changes — here's what top advertisers say what it can do to build back
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Meta stands to lose billions in revenue from Apple's privacy changes — here's what top advertisers say what it can do to build back

Facebook parent Meta said it's rebuilding its ad infrastructure. Advertisers say it needs to get more transparent and improve its ad products.

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Morgan Stanley: These 6 energy stocks all offer upside as inflation soars, geopolitical tensions rise, and oil approaches $100 per barrel
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Morgan Stanley: These 6 energy stocks all offer upside as inflation soars, geopolitical tensions rise, and oil approaches $100 per barrel

With geopolitical tensions flaring, inflation at multi-decade highs and volatility across the markets, Morgan Stanley lists 6 stocks to own right now.

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Buy these 9 discounted stocks that are ideally placed to surmount the market's panic about rising rates and geopolitics, Wedbush's top tech analyst says
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Buy these 9 discounted stocks that are ideally placed to surmount the market's panic about rising rates and geopolitics, Wedbush's top tech analyst says

Dan Ives of Wedbush says the growth trends supporting cybersecurity and some other tech stocks will help them through the ongoing sell-off.

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