U.S. economy grew at a 2.8% pace in the second quarter, much more than expected

[progree]

10. I found this in the Environment & Energy Group, in part about storms and Houston

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127175123
Credit: mahatmakanejeeves
I excerpted just the last 2 paragraphs of the excerpt

Companies are reshaping operations to cope with a changing climate, Washington Post, 7/25/24

In Houston, a company called UPG, which makes precisely formed plastic parts, lost almost two weeks of production after powerful storms knocked out power three times in the last four months. For the company’s owners, the serial outages were the latest evidence that business as usual was no longer an option.

“It’s getting to the point where the impacts are making us miss our forecasts. It’s hurting us financially and it’s affecting our customers,” said Scott Bekemeyer, co-chairman of the Partner Companies (TPC), a consortium that owns UPG and nine other manufacturers.

hatrack's response is very much on point:

The first wave was reinsurance companies.

The second wave was insurance companies.

The third wave? Everybody else.