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'Worse Than COVID': Consumer Confidence Crashes In September The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index plunged in September (-6.7pt to 81.9) - the lowest headline print since April 2014. The Present Situation Index fell sharply, while the Expectations Index slipped further into negative territory. This was the fourth straight monthly miss for confidence and the biggest miss since Dec 2024... "Consumer appraisals of current business conditions became negative for the first time since September 2024," said Dana M Peterson, Chief Economist, The Conference Board. "Perceptions of the current labor market also worsened, though remained within positive territory. Over...

'No Point': UC Berkeley Math Professor Quits Grading Homework Over Student AI Use Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness,A prominent mathematician at the University of California, Berkeley has stopped grading homework for correctness due to the widespread and unavoidable use of artificial intelligence tools by students.Breitbart reports Professor Richard Borcherds, a 1998 Fields Medal winner, has abandoned grading assignments after noticing that his students have been abusing AI to secure top scores.Borcherds concluded that grading traditional, at-home assignments has become outmoded because AI can now solve undergraduate mathematics problems...

As Iran has developed new trade routes to adapt to the US blockade of its ports, the US has established a military office to disrupt Iranian imports over its land borders and through the Caspian Sea.  On Saturday, Reuters reported that US Central Command (CENTCOM) had established Task Force Iron Gate to disrupt Iranian imports. […]