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Behind Enemy Lines
April 18, 2024 | Established as part of a 2015 initiative named "Project Curiosity," Big River uses its global sales to collect pricing, logistics, and other strategic information about rival e-commerce platforms. The data is then shared with Amazon to inform its business decisions.
Inflationary Range
April 17, 2024 | 2% this, 2% that, yeah, yeah — we’ve all heard it before: 2% is the Fed’s inflation target. Why 2%, though? It’s a question starting to float around Wall Street.
Too Much Stuff
April 16, 2024 | At the surface, China’s economy is humming along — new Q1 GDP showed that the country grew at an impressive 5.3% annual rate, well above most forecasts.
