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Overtime pay could expand for 3.6M Americans as the White House tries to boost the middle class

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⏰ Biden’s overtime play

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Bitcoin could finally get its first ETF, opening the door to institutional crypto trading

Budding

Cannabis gets the official rec to be reclassified as a lower-risk drug in a symbolic step

38% of US homebuyers under 30 bought their house with financial help from family

🔦 Bitcoin’s ETF “spot” light

Pill deficit (Creative Touch Imaging/Getty Images)

Deficit

A nationwide Adderall shortage could get worse as students head back to school

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Food delivery robots expand, but like self-driving cars, they’re having growing pains

Many “pumpkin spice” flavored treats don’t contain pumpkin (though Starbucks’ PSL does)

💊 Adderall shortage

America’s hot job market is getting some shade (Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)

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US job openings hit their lowest level in 2 years as hiring cools and workers stay put

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Charged

US states push higher EV registration fees to offset lost gas taxes

US shoppers donated nearly $750M at checkout last year

🌭 Fewer job opps

Sweetgreen scrapped its cashless policy after some backlash (Jahi Chikwendiu/Getty Images)

Swiped

LA is considering a ban on cashless businesses as the plastic shift leaves some behind

Crushed

France pays farmers millions to destroy wine as young people cut back on drinking

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The first modern credit card, the Diners Club card, was introduced in 1950

💸 Cashless-biz bans

Event-travel era (Francine Orr/Getty Images)

Eventful

Hospitality companies expand offerings as “event-cations” become a hot travel trend

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How 775,000 everyday people are beating billionaires at their own game

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International hotel bookings for Labor Day weekend are up 82% from last year

🎸 Event-cation nation

DIY energy (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

U-Turn

The right-to-repair movement gets a boost from Apple’s U-turn as Americans support DIY

LateStart

Consulting firms pay new hires to delay their start date to reduce “benchwarmers”

STABLISH

The Crypto Catch-Up…

Gen Zers cook more with an air fryer than a microwave

⚒️ Apple’s right-to-repair U-turn

Empty-deskers (10'000 Hours/Getty Images)

Meta and Goldman double down on return-to-office mandates as a third of desks sit empty

Crispy

Popeyes spreads its wings in China as US chains cash in on the country’s fast-food craze

Unpacked

Snacks Unpacked: Hollywood studios’ latest WGA offer drops as reality TV grows restless

India just became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

💼 Trying RTO (again)

Watching the yield rise like (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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US Treasury yields soar and put a damper on stocks, as investors expect high rates

This painting sold for $8 million… and everyday investors profited

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Cargo ships are stuck in the Panama Canal as extreme weather disrupts the supply chain

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Heard on the Block: “keys”

To switch jobs, US workers on average want a salary offer of at least $78K/year

👻 Spooky Treasury yields

Gig city (Walter Bibikow/Getty Images)

Brake

Lyft and Uber could ditch Minneapolis over a minimum-wage bill — and other cities could follow

Grainy

Spotify’s white-noise headache raises the volume of its podcast struggles

Thunderstorms are by far the costliest natural catastrophe for insurers this year

🚗 Minimum Uber wage?