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Citibank economists, who are more negative about the labor market than other Wall Street firms, believe a lower unemployment rate stems mainly from more people leaving the labor market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The lost supply squeezes an already tight market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Cook led Apple to become the first company to cross $1 trillion in market capitalization, then $2 trillion and $3 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The Rams’ Les Snead found a way to build a perennial contender by rethinking the market as a value investor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

He looked around the market in wonder: there were dozens of fruit stalls, with barrows piled with giant plums the size of watermelons and tiny oranges the size of his thumbnail.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The same month, the White House Management Office had sent a letter to aides telling them not to place bets on prediction markets, administration officials told the BBC's US media partner CBS News.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Meta settles teen safety suit, the U.S.-Canada trade war escalates, and Scott Bessent messes around in the markets again.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

“If there were any shifts in certainty, it was toward the possibility of rate hikes—which markets don’t particularly like.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Warsh is leading a review to reduce the central bank’s roughly $6.7 trillion–to–$6.8 trillion balance sheet, aiming to lower asset holdings while avoiding disruptions to funding markets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

That is, the black market and life in general seemed orderly and organized, and yet the markets were illegal...but totally in the open.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

One analysis of for-sale listings by the California Regional Multiple-Listing Service found that homes for sale marketed privately sold for $27,000 below list price on average.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Chicken was something of a side act to the main stage, marketed primarily as a kid’s-meal option.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Annualized revenue from health and beauty products marketed to men in the U.S. rose 15.3% over the past four years, to $5.7 billion, according to research firm NielsenIQ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The evidence will need to include proof it was marketed for sale for at least 12 months.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

The caustic laxative worked so well that Hawley marketed it commercially under the disarmingly innocuous name Slim Jim.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Tirtha Dhar, a marketing professor who studies consumer choice at the University of Guelph in Canada, says cold drinks have become a "sweet spot" for Starbucks' bottom line.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Pre-college admissions scandal, Huffman was enjoying a career boost on “Desperate Housewives,” and the movie marketing played with the dichotomy between her hyper-feminine public image and the film’s depiction of transfemininity.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

I’d taken a temporary job building out a marketing team, commuting to L.A. every Sunday through Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

“It’s a bit of a leader from a marketing standpoint, and also a great trading opportunity,” Finemore said of the El Niño fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Word of mouth, mostly. I don’t have much of a marketing budget. I’ll run the occasional ad in the Nashville Scene when I’ve had a good month.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner