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71% have a positive outlook on demand, but only 57% are confident they can control costs, according to a new Grant Thornton survey.

The U.S. Treasury said its database will contain personal information on the owners of at least 32 million U.S. businesses as part of an effort to combat illicit finance.

The outlook provides a snapshot of the synchronized shock stemming from Russia's attack on Ukraine and the ensuing energy crunch that has inflicted a widespread cost-of-living crisis.

"It's fair to say that the demand outlook for trans-Pacific and container shipping generally is receding quickly."

The SEC will more aggressively pursue clawbacks of CEO and CFO bonuses or stock-sale profits when their firms engage in misconduct.

Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas prices, supply chain snarls, soaring used-car prices — are fading. Yet underlying measures of inflation are actually worsening.

Despite two quarters of GDP decline, the U.S. is not currently in a recession, says the official arbiter of such things, the NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee.

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