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The Value Gap is a MarketWatch Q&A series with business leaders, academics, policymakers and activists on reducing racial and social inequalities. Walmart, the employer of more than 1.6 million workers in the nation, has long been urged to improve conditions and pay for the many hourly workers at its stores. The latest call comes from a
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Signet Jewelers Ltd. shares rose 3.1% in Tuesday premarket trading after it announced the $490 million acquisition of Charlotte, N.C.-based Diamonds Direct USA Inc., a jewelry retailer that’s “off-mall” and adds to Signet’s bridal business. Signet SIG, -4.04% says the acquisition will be “immediately accretive” and will help Signet reach a younger, luxury consumer. The
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Hospitals are facing staffing shortages made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Wall Street analysts are increasingly concerned that the shortage of health care workers could cut into hospital margins..  “The rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant continues to exacerbate the shortage of hospital workers, hampering recruitment and retention, driving up wages
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Globalstar (NYSEAMERICAN:GSAT) has been on a roller coaster ride so far in 2021. GSAT stock, a satellite communications and internet-of-things (IoT) play, zoomed from 34 cents to just over $2.50 per share during February’s “meme stock” mania. Source: NicoElNino / Shutterstock.com Then, in the spring — as this trend cooled — shares dipped back to around
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Coal is filthy — it releases carbon when burned. So that’s not the answer. But we still rely on it for about 20% of our electricity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).   Natural gas is cleaner and produces about 40% of our juice. But even this fuel is “a massive source of carbon
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Editor’s note: This column is part of InvestorPlace.com’s Best Stocks for 2021 contest. Louis Navellier’s pick for the contest is Fiverr International (NYSE:FVRR) stock. FVRR stock has been struggling of late, but the core reason is somewhat ironic. It’s because the pandemic is fading. Source: by InvestorPlace The U.S. added just 194,000 jobs in September, while the lowest
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Asset valuations “appear elevated” relative to historic norms, the Bank of England said Friday in its financial policy committee report. “Following the Covid shock, central banks cut interest rates and undertook asset purchases to support economic activity and prevent an unwarranted tightening of financial conditions for corporates and households. Since then, risky asset prices have
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