USA Times Data Desk
The USA Times Data Desk produces the newsroom’s data-driven investigations and analysis, working from public records, regulatory filings, and primary datasets…
About USA Times Data Desk
The USA Times Data Desk produces the newsroom’s data-driven investigations and analysis, working from public records, regulatory filings, and primary datasets.
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Who Actually Makes the World’s Movies? Not Hollywood.
India certified 2,886 feature films in its most recent count, Nigeria classified 1,185, and China put out 792 — all well ahead of the roughly 569 titles that hit U.S. and Canadian theaters in 2024. Hollywood dominates box-office revenue. It doesn’t dominate production volume, and hasn’t for years.
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The FTC Can’t Ban Personalized Pricing. Its New Draft Policy Explains How It Plans to Police It Anyway.
In a draft enforcement policy statement approved 2-0 on Aug. 19, the FTC says undisclosed use of personal data to set individual prices likely violates Section 5 — and its examples name delivery apps, rideshare platforms, grocers, and hotels.
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The Fed’s July Vote Was 9–3 to Hold. The Minutes Show the Case for a Hike Went Well Beyond the Dissenters.
“Many participants” said tightening would likely be necessary if inflation didn’t decline, according to minutes of the July 28–29 FOMC meeting released Wednesday — a far broader hawkish camp than the three formal dissents suggested.
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For 14 Years, Airlines Have Had to Advertise the Full Price of a Ticket. Washington Just Closed Comments on Undoing That.
The DOT’s comment window closed Aug. 21 on a proposal to loosen — and possibly repeal — the 2011 Full Fare Rule requiring airfare ads to show the total price, taxes included. Airlines are split: A4A and budget carriers want repeal; Southwest calls it ‘extremely disruptive.’ 1,309 comments landed in the docket.
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The ‘Coalition’ Fighting NYC’s Delivery Bill Is 97% Amazon Money, State Filings Show
Amazon put $5,001,377 behind the Five Borough Jobs Campaign — 97% of its disclosed 2026 funding — to fight a bill the city’s own injury data helped inspire. Here are the numbers on both sides.