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🔍Scoops Spotlight
Serving the highlights from the daily scoops on the app
Scoops Team
December 27, 2024
Hey friends - hope you’re enjoying the holiday period. It has been pretty quiet on the news front.
⚠️ There will be no Scoops Spotlight next week, and we’ll have a reduced posting frequency in the app with such a slow week.
Welcome back to the weekly Scoops Spotlight, where we’ll serve up a little summary of the week with the company scoops that got the most community reactions.
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🌎 The Big Picture
There’s not much to report for this holiday week, with a slower news cycle and fewer data releases. What we did see this week captured the essence of 2024 pretty well. Employers have cut back hiring but are still holding onto their workers. Wages and disposable income keep gaining ground on the elevated cost of living. It has been enough to support the continued spending that fuels the economy but not enough to help people cut down debt or build more savings. People feel optimistic about lower taxes and deregulation, but there’s plenty of anxiety around the government’s overspending problem and whether tariffs will reignite inflation.
The economy has been slowing back to a normal pace from the overstimulated post-pandemic boom. But whether that slowdown becomes a downturn in 2025 comes down to execution from policymakers and business leaders.
How are you feeling about the economy? |
Get the full breakdown of all the trends affecting your home, wallet, and career in the new Weekend Scoop on the Scoops app!
🏭 The Companies Everyone’s Talking About
 Starbucks 👍 64% 👥 50% | 🌏 49% | 💰 52% | Rolling Walkouts Starbucks workers expanded their stikes to multiple US cities, threatening to shut down hundreds of stores this holiday week and demanding more than 64% wage increases over three years. The coffee giant has been negotiating with the 10,000-employee union for months, making progress on several worker grievances. |
 Walmart Inc 👍 72% 👥 53% | 🌏 50% | 💰 59% | Missed Targets Walmart does not expect to keep its sustainability pledges to reduce its fossil fuel pollution by 35% by 2025 or 65% by 2030, saying it's too challenging to find the right clean energy solutions at scale. The world's largest retailer has shifted nearly half of its power needs to renewable sources and reduced its direct and energy-related emissions by 19%. |
 Nordstrom Inc 👍 53% 👥 50% | 🌏 50% | 💰 50% | Going Private Retail giant Nordstrom is taking itself off the stock market as it looks for ways to reinvigorate its slowing sales in a tough market. Nordstrom's founding family and Mexican retailer El Puerto de Liverpool will pay $6.25B for split control, with public shareholders earning $24.25 in cash for each share they own. |
 Rocket Companies Inc 👍 78% 👥 39% | 🌏 44% | 💰 67% | Kickback Concerns Rocket Homes is being sued by the US consumer finance watchdog for allegedly rewarding brokers who steered homebuyers to its affiliated lender, blocking them from exploring better mortgage deals. If found liable, the real estate affiliate of Rocket Companies could face fines, refunds, and tighter rules to ensure buyers aren’t locked into pricier loans. |
 Eli Lilly and Co 👍 57% 👥 49% | 🌏 48% | 💰 52% | Sleep Switch Eli Lilly unlocked another use for its blockbuster weight loss drug, earning regulatory approval to use Zepbound as the first approved treatment for obesity-related sleep apnea (OSA) after resolving symptoms in almost half of its tested patients. The healthcare giant may earn broader insurance coverage as it markets its alternative to bulky masks to roughly 20 million OSA sufferers in the US. |
Dig into more scoops and vote on company approval ratings in the Scoops app!
❔ The Big Question of the Week
Do you think wages should grow in tandem with profits? |
Challenge your perspectives and learn from the community voting on the Scoops app!
⚠️ New Feature Alert
Have you seen the new Trends dashboard?!
Last week, we launched Home and Savings pages.
This week, you got new pages with critical data affecting your Work and Wallet.
It’s your go-to reference for important data affecting your home, investments, savings, wallet, and work.
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