ICE Hits Legal Wall On Two Fronts As Denver Targets Polling-Place Enforcement And Appeals Court Curbs Detention Power

Main St.-Wall St. Divide Reaches Record High As UMich Inflation Angst Re-Accelerates Preliminary October UMich Sentiment held steady this month, registering a tiny 0.1pt decline below September (Current Condiutions dipped but Expectations ticked up)... Increases in sentiment among Republicans and Democrats were balanced by declines among independents. While year-ahead business conditions improved about 14%, they stand 16% less than last October’s read. This month’s decline in the Current Conditions subindex was driven entirely by buying conditions for durables, which plunged 18% on the basis of higher interest rates and rising concerns about the...

These Restaurant Chains Won The Social Media War For Gen Z's Attention Millennials and Generation Z spend a disproportionate amount of time on social media, swiping left, right, up, and down, making growth in interactions an increasingly important measure of brand relevance. For restaurant chains seeking to attract younger consumers, social media platforms have become critical advertising tools for building brand awareness and, ultimately, converting that attention into restaurant visits or online orders through viral campaigns. In a review of which U.S. restaurant chains won over younger generations in the second-quarter...

Stocks Jump, Oil Tumbles After IEA Calls Extraordinary Meeting To Decide On SPR Release With oil reversing much of the overnight losses as we neared the start of US cash open trading, futures slumped and it felt like we were back to square one.  That's when the jawboning out of the G7 members - many of whom are already at their breaking point in terms of soaring input costs - decided to double down on the jawboning rhetoric from yesterday - and hinted strongly that an SPR release could be imminent.  The...