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The US is hiring staff to fix CPI reporting

Bloomberg is out with an interesting article, highlighting that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics — the agency responsible for preparing the CPI report – is hiring 25 price collectors.These people will go door-to-door to businesses and report on prices in various locations in the United States. There is a federal hiring freeze but the […]

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China says Nvidia breached antitrust rules with Mellanox acquisition

China’s antitrust regulator today said that Nvidia Corp. has breached local competition laws. Officials reached that conclusion following a preliminary investigation into the chipmaker’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. According to The Register, the antitrust regulator has referred the matter to a “formal probe.” It’s believed the formal probe could lead to fines or restrictions […]

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