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Brief Description: Electricity, gas, and oil prices face numerous pressures over the next 12 months.

1. This story directly relates to Environmental Pollution because it addresses global energy prices and discusses green gas alternatives and how they have affected energy prices.
2. This story directly relates to the Clean Air Act of 1970 because the story discusses energy and greenhouse gases.
3. Thankfully, this story does not relate to any of “the bad”

Contributed by: Dillon Caudle Brief Description: Ammonia is essential for fertiliser production but producing it is carbon intensive.

1. This story directly relates to Environmental Pollution because it deals with creating less of it and finding less carbon-intensive strategies.
2. This story directly relates to the Clean Air Act of 1970 because it deals with producing cleaner air.
3. Thankfully, this story does not relate to any of “the bad”

Contributed by: Dillon Caudle Brief Description: Lawyers for sub-postmasters say some investigators may have conspired to pervert the course of justice at UK Post Offices.

1. This story directly relates to Insider Trading because the UK Post Office was accused of accounting fraud.
2. This story directly relates to Tax Evasion because the UK Post Office was accused of fudging numbers.
3. This story directly relates to Price Fixing because the UK Post Office was accused of illegally dealing with the money of the business.

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Brief Description: Leisure firm, Serco Leisure, has been using facial recognition technology to unethically and unnecessarily monitor the clocking in and out of employees. They were ordered to cease this immediately.

1. One specific way this relates to lesson 05 is “the bad.” This firm had been unethically and unlawfully tracking its employees’s faces intrusively when other methods of clock-in-clock-out were easier and more accessible.
2. Another specific way this relates to lesson 05 is that it violates the Friedman doctrine because, while it is performing to increase the value for shareholders, they are doing so unlawfully.
3. A third specific way this relates to lesson 05 is its violation of the triple bottom line. They are neglecting the bottom line of “people.”

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Brief Description: Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis wants to stick to the European Union's goal to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, CEO Carlos Tavares said in an interview with German media outlet Welt.

1. One specific way this relates to lesson 05 is “the good.” Stellantis wants to do good by upholding green laws and commitments.
2. Another specific way this relates to lesson 05 is how it relates to corporate social responsibility and a sense of paying back customers and serving society.
3. A third specific way this story relates to lesson 05 is quid pro quo. Stellanis stands to gain positive attention from consumers by supporting a green plan.

Contributed by: Dillon Caudle Brief Description: China’s economy, the second-largest in the world, has grown to the highest since pre-covid.

1. This story relates to Lesson 05 because it refers to the Sharholder’s Primacy of Meta (formerly Faceboook)
2. Another specific way it is related is by the business jusdgement rule.
3. A third specific way it is related is by “socializing a loss,” as Zuckerberg is so hesitant to take responsibility for Meta’s actions and shifts blame.

Contributed by: Dillon Caudle Brief Description: While Black-owned businesses have grown significantly in the U.S. in recent years, they still make up a small share of overall firms and revenue, according to the analysis of federal data.

1. The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.
2. This article is posted by a trustworthy source, aligns with what I already know, and doesn’t appear to be a fake news website when checking online including Wikipedia.
3. The main claim of this news story is that Black Americans value business ownership more than they ever have. While they still own only a small portion, they are expected to have more of an impact soon.

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Brief Description: Shoppers visiting China's island province of Hainan spent a record amount this Lunar New Year Holiday on duty-free goods.

1. Tourism in China this Chinese New Year has boosted the Chinese economy to the highest in years, so it makes sense that spending was so high in Hainan.
2. This article is posted by a trustworthy source, aligns with what I already know, and doesn’t appear to be a fake news website when checking online, as well as other trustworthy articles publishing similar stories.
3. The main claim being made is that Hainan visitors spent a record amount this Lunar New Year Holiday on duty-free goods.

Contributed by: Dillon Caudle

Brief Description: Shoppers visiting China's island province of Hainan spent a record amount this Lunar New Year Holiday on duty-free goods.

1. Tourism in China this Chinese New Year has boosted the Chinese economy to the highest in years, so it makes sense that spending was so high in Hainan.
2. This article is posted by a trustworthy source, aligns with what I already know, and doesn’t appear to be a fake news website when checking online, as well as other trustworthy articles publishing similar stories.
3. The main claim being made is that Hainan visitors spent a record amount this Lunar New Year Holiday on duty-free goods.

Contributed by: Dillon Caudle

Brief Description: China’s economy, the second-largest in the world, has grown to the highest since pre-covid.

1. Tourism in China this Lunar New Year has boosted the Chinese economy to the highest in years.
2. This article is posted by a trustworthy source, aligns with what I already know, and doesn’t appear to be a fake news website when checking online.
3. The claim being made is that China’s economy is in the best state since covid yet.

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McDonald's reports its first quarterly sales miss in four years, citing weak international growth linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict and customer boycotts fueled by "misinformation." CEO Chris Kempczinski acknowledges the impact, with shares falling 4%.

1. This article involves the idea of corporate social responsibility by showing how politics can reflect on how well a business is doing.
2. This article relates to cognitive dissonance as some customers likely experienced such and could not justify purchasing food from McDonalds.
3. This article relates to respect for people as it shows that people are willing to stand up and boycott misinformation.