JGI/Jamie Grill When the Federal Reserve hiked the target federal funds rate by another 0.75 percentage points this month, it opened some new opportunities for savers to earn better returns on their cash. The Fed’s move is aimed at combating high inflation, which has sent costs for housing, food and energy soaring. related investing news
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Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty Images Amid higher interest rates and a softening housing market, home buyers are continuing to back out of purchase contracts at an elevated rate. About 64,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled in August, according to a new report from Redfin. That’s equal to 15.2% of home contracts initiated during the
A look into Costco. #Costco #Retail #Groceries #Markets #Equities #Stocks #US #Investing #Trading #NYSE #NASDAQ #$COST
Bryan Lourd speaks onstage during the Lincoln Center American Songbook Gala honoring Bonnie Hammer at Broadway Theatre on January 29, 2020 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images After shocking the corporate world last year with the news Discovery Communications would merge with WarnerMedia, incoming Warner Bros. Discovery Chief
In just three years, Beijing-based Well-Link Technologies has built a business on real-time cloud rendering, including helping miHoYo launch the cloud version of the hit game Genshin Impact. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Singapore state investment firm Temasek is leading a $40 million funding round in a Chinese startup despite a
Almost four decades ago, a 25-year-old Mark Cuban had a goal: He wanted to retire within 10 years. But to this day, the 64-year-old billionaire is still working as an investor and entrepreneur. From owning the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks to starring on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Cuban says he’s far from ready to scale back.
Jim Umpleby, CEO of Caterpillar Inc. Adam Jeffery | CNBC This year has already been a tough one, and 2023 isn’t looking much better, with economic growth expected by the Federal Reserve to come in at just 1.2%. Given this dour outlook, investors will have to carefully choose where to put their money to work.
Mphillips007 | E+ | Getty Images The pumpkin spice latte is back — and the popular and meme-ified seasonal drink can teach us a lot about consumer behavior and economics. Starbucks debuted the pumpkin spice latte in 2003, and the “PSL” grew to be the company’s most popular seasonal drink, selling more than 600 million
Sales of previously owned homes fell 0.4% in August from July to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4.80 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is the slowest sales pace since May 2020, when activity stalled very briefly due to the start of the Covid pandemic. Outside of that, it is
De invoering van een aanschafbelasting (bpm) per 2025 op een diesel bestelauto heeft nauwelijks effect op het terugdringen van de CO2-uitstoot. Elektrische modellen zijn voor een meerderheid van de ondernemers namelijk nog geen reëel en rendabel alternatief, waardoor ook ná invoering van de aanschafbelasting ondernemers komende jaren massaal kiezen voor een diesel bestelauto. De door
A look at the data of the cost of a new vehicle. #Car #Mortgage #Rent #Property #Markets #Equities #Stocks #US #Investing #Trading #NYSE #NASDAQ
As noted in a Tax Foundation blog post last week, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) primarily uses carrots, not sticks, to incentivize reductions in carbon emissions. The Inflation Reduction Act creates or expands tax credits for various low- or no-emission technologies, rather than imposing a generalized penalty for emissions, such as a carbon tax. However, there