…As the #Trump admin’s war on the federal bureaucracy throws key agencies into #chaos, CISA’s turmoil could have underappreciated consequences for #NationalSecurity & #economic prospects. The agency, part of #DHS, has steadily built a reputation as a #nonpartisan source of funding, guidance, & even direct defensive support for #cities, #businesses, & #nonprofits reeling from #cyberattacks.

#Apple to launch manufacturing supplier #academy in #Detroit

Apple Inc. said Monday it plans to open a manufacturing supplier academy in Detroit to help small & medium-sized #businesses transition to advanced #manufacturing.

#US #economy #tech #education #Michigan
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/02/24/apple-to-launch-manufacturing-supplier-academy-in-detroit/80026026007/

“No #OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in #UnitedStates history, purported to require all #FederalWorkers to submit reports to OPM,” said the amended complaint, which was filed on behalf of #unions, #businesses #veterans, & #conservation organizations represented by the group State Democracy Defenders Fund. It called the threat of #MassFrings “one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country.”

Typically only a small number of career ofcls control #Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of #Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of >$6T annually to #households, #businesses & more nationwide. …Hundreds of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which…distribute #SocialSecurity & #Medicare benefits, #salaries for federal personnel, payments to govt #contractors & #grant recipients & #TaxRefunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.

John Donigian, the senior director of #SupplyChain strategy at Moody’s, said the #tariffs could lead to higher #costs, potential #delays & pressure for #businesses to shift production closer to North America or into the #UnitedStates.

All industries would face unique challenges, he said. For #electronics, moving #production could be #slow & #costly. For #retail & #consumer #goods that try to keep costs low, inventories could fall & consumer #prices rise.

[so less stuff that’s more expensive]

The #jobs report arrives just 2 weeks after policymakers at the #FederalReserve reduced interest rates for the first time since 2020, in part due to labor market cooling. That move signaled that the era of painful #inflation has come to a close.

The half-point rate cut, which will lower borrowing #costs, is expected to bring relief to #households & #businesses eager to take out #loans.

#ShadyVance wants to #destroy anything #conservatives can't control.

#RachelMaddow looks at the #conservative #history of #attacking #universities for #exposing #students to #ideas that #conservatives don't like, and #highlights #JDVance in his own words discussing ideas for #punishing #universities and well as #businesses that he sees as being on the wrong side of the #culturewar he is waging.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-jd-vance-wants-to-destroy-anything-conservatives-can-t-control-220525637945

Rachel #Maddow looks at the #conservative history of attacking #universities for exposing students to ideas that #conservatives don't like, & highlights #JDVance in his own words discussing ideas for punishing universities as well as #businesses that he sees as being on the wrong side of the #CultureWar he is waging. This is part 1 of 2 clips cut from the Mon, Sept 30, 2024 #TRMS

#FarRight #Dictatorship #Imperialism #Autocracy #Nazis #Fascism
#Debate #VPdebate #USpol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v9ek-84zaU

@faraiwe @DavidM_yeg @pluralistic @bloodravenlib

The purpose of #businesses may have been to make stuff and provide services at one time but today the only purpose of #corporations is to make #profits. #capitalism

#Lobbying groups representing #NewYorkLife, #LincolnFinancial Group, #Prudential #Financial & other companies first pushed back against the newly proposed #regulations before suing to topple them entirely. Now the govt’s latest attempt to protect #retirees is in political & #legal limbo…

It is the latest example of a pervasive pattern: As the #Biden admin tries to impose new restrictions on #powerful industries, those #businesses successfully turn to #Congress & the #courts for a reprieve.
#law