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Front Office Sports: Private equity eyes college sports as next big potential opportunity

Private equity continues to pour billions into sports, but one particular area has been conspicuously absent from the gold rush: college sports. 

: Ford, Honda and BMW create EV grid-services company

New company would tap batteries in the growing U.S. fleet of EVs to help stabilize the energy grid at times of peak usage.

The View From Unretirement: Why is the retiree volunteer rate so depressingly low? Here’s how to change it.

There are many benefits to volunteering in retirement. Don't wait for someone would ask you to help out.

: Cuddling babies in intensive care: Volunteers are part of ‘an amazing process’

Holding and talking to newborns in the hospital also helps with their language development.

: U.S. nursing homes get a D+ — concerns around quality and safety were ‘troubling’

Quality of care, cost, and the potential emotional and mental toll of nursing-home living were the top concerns. The perceived safety also was a concern.

: JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon says consumers are good, new banking regs are bad

Dimon rails against a 1,100-page proposal by FDIC to increase capital requirements as "hugely disappointing" and separately praises healthy U.S. consumers

: More U.S. companies have gone bankrupt in 2023 so far than all of 2022 or 2021

S&P Global Market Intelligence has counted 459 filings as of Aug. 31, compared with 373 for all of 2022 and 408 for all of 2021.

Economic Report: Inflation is set for a big increase, CPI to show. Here’s why.

Is inflation getting worse? Consumer prices are expected to post the biggest gain in August in more than a year.

Key Words: Jim Chanos says China ‘poses grave financial and geopolitical threats’ — ‘more so today than ever before’

Short seller Jim Chanos reiterates his longstanding concerns about China to a House committee that's looking at Beijing's threat to U.S. financial stability.

: Home prices rose 2.5% in July, but fell in 11 Western states, CoreLogic says

California led the nation in terms of prices. The median sales price for a single-family home there was $700,000 in July.

The Margin: McDonald’s to phase out self-serve soda machines in the U.S.

The fast-food chain said it’s getting rid of the self-serve option for drinks at its U.S. locations by 2032, according to reports.

Metals Stocks: Gold prices slide as U.S. dollar climbs ahead of August inflation report

Gold prices retreated on Tuesday as a stronger U.S. dollar put pressure on precious-metals prices as traders awaited the latest batch of inflation data out of the U.S. due Wednesday.
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