🌱 Patch AM: Community colleges in Des Moines face big changes ahead

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Berkshire cash sets record as profit rises, signaling caution ahead of Buffett exit

Berkshire Hathaway signaled on Saturday that it remained cautious about markets, letting cash swell to a record $381.7 billion even as profit rose, in its last financial report before Warren Buffett ...

No jobs report again. But these numbers show how the U.S. economy is doing.

Investors are set to miss out on the second U.S. jobs report in a row due to the government shutdown, but there’s enough scattered evidence to suggest the economy is hanging in there.

Raising Funds Was Already Tough For Small Businesses — Then Came The Shutdown

Months ago, many small business owners said they already felt challenged to raise funds given the state of the economy.
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Less talk of Trump, more focus on economy is part of the Democrats’ playbook for Tuesday’s election

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is more eager to talk about struggling soybean farmers than President Donald Trump’s attack on ...

Government shutdown blocks key GDP data release – what do the Fed's models say about economic growth?

The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the official third-quarter GDP report release, although real-time estimates from ...

Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $7 billion per month, budget office says

The Congressional Budget Office issued projections Wednesday for three different scenarios about the length of the government ...

The Cigna Group (CI) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Q3 2025 Earnings Call October 30, 2025 8:30 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsRalph Giacobbe - Senior Vice President of Investor ...

Media Went All-In on Diversity. Now It’s in Full Retreat

As more news outlets and media companies roll back commitments to diversity efforts, including reporting on stories on ...
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What happens when no one trusts a country’s economic data

The inflation report was delayed due to the government shutdown and the White House said there will likely be no report next ...
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U.S. warns of ‘credible reports’ Hamas is planning attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Saturday that it has “credible reports” that Hamas could violate the ceasefire with an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. If the ...
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New report finds high levels of lead in some protein powders. A pharmacologist explains the data

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Powder and ready-to-drink protein sales have exploded, reaching over $32 billion globally from 2024 to 2025. Increasingly, consumers are using ...