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This study’s findings suggest that avoiding exposure to light at night may lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases. They looked at 88,905 adults who wore wrist light sensors for 1 week each. They saw a potential increased risk of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and stroke, independent of established cardiovascular risk factors associated with brighter light exposure at night. This may be related to circadian rhythm disruption caused by bright light exposure at night. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840489?__cf_chl_tk=ymXy1MO5FEmckIezH7i0lmqhyDpthu0jomzbNY8aFMo-1761762223-1.0.1.1-n5PX0P4SNY7_NQcMQVLFwINVoqZLoDEn2UG.UAsrylg

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Corporate layoffs hit Amazon (14000 roles) and Target (1000 roles). 🇺🇸 The layoffs come at a key moment for the US labor market. Both retail giants are responding to the same pressures, slowing consumer spending, higher costs, and the need to invest in automation and AI. After years of worker shortages and record-low unemployment, the job market is cooling as many companies are now on hiring freezes.

Target layoffs 2025: Target & Amazon layoffs 2025: Are US retail giants signaling a broader economic shift? - The Economic Times

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Centrist Republican members of Congress warn against the Trump Billionaires’ partisan government shutdown strategy, will they be targeted by the Trump Billionaires next? 🎯 The Republican members of Congress are concerned that the Trump Billionaires’ shutdown strategies are harming Americans in all political parties and that will help Democrats win both houses of Congress in 2026. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/centrist-republicans-warn-against-trumps-partisan-shutdown-strategy-2025-10-04/

Currently the US is in a stagflation period (increasing inflation and decreasing growth) and we may be headed for a stock market decline in 2026. Americans who are retired should speak with their financial advisors to plan for this possible decline. 🇺🇸 There are a few ways this could happen. One is that as of this summer the top 10% of income earners (>$150k/year) are propping up 50% of the economy, if they pull back on spending because of increasing inflation, tariffs, and unemployment the stock market would be expected to decline. The second is that the growth of the stock market is overly dependent on AI and tech companies and it’s not clear if that will produce any meaningful results in the next 1-2 years, if it doesn’t than the stock market will likely decline. If it does produce significant results then the number of tech employees making six figures being laid off will go up, which means the spending of the top 10% income earners would be expected to go down and the stock market would be expected to decline. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/13/stock-markets-trump-tariffs-us-china-ftse-100-uk-latest/

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Is the US entering a recession or stagflation period because of the Trump Administration’s recent economic policies? Most Americans should save additional money in case they lose their jobs and have difficulty finding new jobs as many companies are now on hiring freezes.🇺🇸 “The job market is terrible,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office during the George W. Bush administration. “Outside of education and health, the economy has lost private sector jobs in the past three months. That’s terrible.” Several recent economic indicators are pointing in the wrong direction – weakness in second-quarter gross domestic product and slower-than-expected growth in both the manufacturing and services sectors, for example. “Friday’s jobs report was terrible with recessionary level numbers, but slowing hiring is not new,” said Robert Ruggirello, chief investment officer, Brave Eagle Wealth Management. “While Friday’s report does not mean we are entering a recession, it shows that companies are freezing hiring and firing until there is more policy certainty and business confidence.” 🇺🇸

The Times of India

RECESSION: The 'warning sign' in the US Jobs report that enraged Donald Trump - The Times of India

Tech News : Revised employment figures from the BLS revealed a significant slowdown in hiring, prompting concerns about the US economy's health. Do...

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