Surcharge is becoming a burden for customer who uses self checkout card only and got left no choice

A barking dog doesn't bite. I can write 0.12 million words of similar warnings in a year. So-called economists are busy pointing fingers and trying to teach the Federal Reserve and Wall Street, it's hilarious.

Australian Retirement Trust (ART), the country's second-largest pension fund that manages over A$280 billion worth of savings, has announced plans to stop directly investing in most thermal coal companies from July, according to a statement last week. This makes ART the largest super fund in the country to exclude thermal coal.
Australian Retirement Trust will add an exclusion of direct investment in Australian and int...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board will hand down an interest rate decision on Tuesday amid speculation 2024 could bring as many as three cash rate hikes. All but one of the economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the Reserve Bank will hold the cash rate at 4.35% for a fourth straight meeting, while reinstating a hawkish bias to acknowledge sticky consumer prices.
Stubborn Inflation Is Largely to Blame
• Housing...

E-commerce and cloud giant Amazon is scheduled to disclose its first-quarter financial results post-market on April 30. The spotlight is on the anticipated expansion of its advertising income and the performance of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Consensus Estimates
• Analysts estimate Amazon to post revenue of USD142.56 billion for 2024Q1, up 11.94% YoY;
• EPS is estimated to be USD 0.83, up 168.19% YOY.
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AMD is set to report earnings for the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal year on Tuesday, Apr. 30, after the close of the market. The chipmaker is up about 3% year-to-date, underperforming its rival Nvidia's 77% and the Semiconductor Philadelphia Index's 13%.
Consensus Estimates
•Analysts project AMD's Q1 revenue at $5.45 billion, up slightly from year-ago period.
•Earnings per share (EPS) are expected to be $0.17, compared with $-0....

It's a total mess. Officially entered the correction territory.