Rana Foroohar (Opinion, March 28) argues that rising fertiliser prices, as a primary input to primary food crops, will drive the cost of food production higher. The US Department of Agriculture food dollar series tells us that agribusiness (the line item for seeds and chemicals) accounts for only 2.8 cents of each dollar spent on
Month: March 2022
Thousands of financial advisors are facing new potential rules from the Department of Labor that could affect their businesses significantly or just start a new wave of industry legal fights. After taking over last year, the Biden Administration’s Labor Department acted quickly in withdrawing the Trump Administration’s Independent Contractor Rule and unveiling its plans “to
In this article LULU FIVE BNTX RH CHWY W PSON-GB COP OXY PSX FRPT RIVN PG HOOD Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder Robinhood Markets, Inc., is displayed on a screen during his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check
Sharing is Caring! by Michael They keep promising us that things will start getting better. When will that actually happen? Once winter was over, the supply chain crisis was supposed to be on the way out. Instead, as you will see below, even CNN is being forced to admit that it is getting even worse.
Canadian oil and gas company Bengal Energy, is dipping its toes into Bitcoin (BTC) mining as a way of utilizing the untapped energy from its gas wells in the far reaches of the Australian outback. According to a report from The Australian, Bengal Energy is set to conduct a pilot program where roughly 70 Bitcoin
After over two decades, David Spade has bid farewell to his longtime home in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles, selling the property for $19.5 million. That’s about $15.5 million more than what The Saturday Night Live alum paid for the place in 2001, public records show. The Midcentury Modern-style home, built in 1978,
Mortgage rates took another jump higher last week, taking their toll on current borrowers who might have wanted to refinance. Demand from homebuyers, however, appears to be hanging in for now. Total mortgage application volume decreased 6.8% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. This, as
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says a lot more work needs to be done on crypto regulation. “We’ve certainly seen an increase in the use of cryptocurrencies before this war, and we’ve seen it happen more in emerging markets than in others,” said the deputy managing director of the IMF. IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva Pushes
Women may think about retirement as not working, rather than focusing on what it means to be financially free in retirement. Many women have thought about a day when they would not need to work a nine-to-five job but hold on to traditional ideas about retirement planning. For example, they ask themselves: Shouldn’t I take
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi called for a 20% increase in payroll spending in his annual state of the territory speech delivered to the local legislature Tuesday. Pierluisi also said his proposed budget would cut spending on outside professional services by 13%. Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi highlighted the role of the federal government aid
The White House thinks it’s fine to shrug and say, “Hey, food shortages are just the price you little people gotta pay!”… by Ryan McMaken of Mises Institute President Biden on Thursday made two big admissions about the US-led economic sanctions on Russia. The first is that the sanctions will lead to food shortages for many countries other
When most people hear the term financial services sector, the first thing they’re likely to think of is the hustle and bustle of Wall Street. But there’s more to the industry than just stock trading, investment services, and big banks. In fact, the financial sector includes a broad array of different types of financial services
Investors have granted Ukraine’s biggest food supplier an extra nine months to make interest payments on its debt, in a deal the company says is vital to its efforts to maintain food supplies across the war-hit country. MHP, an agricultural business which employs more than 26,000 people in Ukraine, asked bondholders earlier this month if
S4 Capital lost more than a third of its market value after Sir Martin Sorrell’s advertising business issued a notice saying that its auditor had not been able to sign off on its results just hours before they were due to be published. The London-listed group said on Wednesday afternoon that PwC had informed the
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that would expand the tax benefits for retirement accounts to bolster the savings of Americans, many of whom have nothing banked for after they stop working. The legislation, approved on a 414-5 vote, creates a tax credit of up to $1,000 per employee for small businesses that
The prices for gas and diesel fuel, over $6.00 a gallon, are displayed at a petrol station in Los Angeles, March 2, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the fuel that runs the global economy was in short supply. Now some analysts say there could be spot
Sharing is Caring! By Matthew Piepenburg The Western financial system and world reserve currency is now in open decline. From Rigged to Fail to Just Plain Failing Just two years ago, I wrote a book warning that Western markets in general, and US markets in particular, were Rigged to Fail. Well, now, in real time, they are failing.
Alex Gladstein, the CSO at the Human Rights Foundation, says that if Bitcoin was adopted as a global reserve currency, nation-states would be less incentivized to start wars. According to Gladstein, the U.S. was able to sustain its “forever wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan mainly by borrowing capital. That was possible largely because of the
Few actors or comedians were as well-loved as Betty White, who died last December. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning seven decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry and also for being one of the first women to work both in front of and behind the camera.
Sturti | E+ | Getty Images With skyrocketing housing prices, homeownership may be out of reach for many Americans. Yet rents are also rising. So how do you know if you should own a home or rent? It depends on a number of factors, experts said. “If you’re not sure whether or not you want
AXS was trading lower on Wednesday, after it was reported that the Axie Infinity network Ronin suffered a breach, leading to hackers stealing over $620 million from the blockchain-based trading and battling game. This came as ZIL was trading by over 50% higher during the session. Zilliqa (ZIL) Zilliqa (ZIL) was up by over 50%
First a pint. Then a round, or two, or a few – add an order of fish & chips – and you have the makings of a fun evening with friends at the local pub. This is pub life. Pints and fish & chips aside, place matters. Where we live, and the nearby neighborhood places
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday that pours $4.7 billion of federal funds and state surplus revenues into spending on roads and water, transit, housing, and park projects. The package approved in a bipartisan vote last week pumps $1 billion into drinking water projects including $325 million to replace lead service lines, $712 million
[embedded content] The nominees for Mining CEO Of The Year 2021 were announced by Kitco. Kitco Mining assembled a panel of experts to select winners and runner-ups in the producing category, a miner in production, and non-producing category, anything from explorer to developer. Winners will be announced live tomorrow afternoon. Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2021Time:
Chart technicals almost indicate gold is almost oversold, but… by Stewart Thomson of Graceland Updates Mar 29, 2022 1. As Ukraine’s Zelenskyy suggests his government could finally forsake NATO and embrace neutrality, should gold bugs be concerned about a sinking price of gold? 2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart. From a technical perspective, there’s
The U.S. continues to lead growth in the world’s oil supplies, with global oil demand continuing to grow for the foreseeable future. But despite the U.S. leading oil production, it’s companies from China that continue to dominate the oil and gas sector when it comes to revenues. China’s biggest crude oil companies are mostly state-owned
Investors’ ability to trade US government debt has deteriorated to its lowest point since the ructions of March 2020, deepening worries about the world’s most important bond market as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy. Liquidity, or the ease of buying and selling, in US government securities has dropped since the beginning of this year,
The German government has taken the first formal step towards gas rationing as it braces itself for a potential halt in deliveries from Russia due to a dispute over payments. Robert Habeck, economics minister, on Wednesday morning activated the “early warning phase” of an existing gas emergency law put in place to deal with acute
Morgan Stanley is finally entering a 30-year-old exchange-traded fund market, but the firm is likely to lean toward active management to stand out in a crowded field, analysts say. Actively managed ETFs, which rely on fund managers rather than tracking indices, have only been around since 2008, so analysts say there is much more room
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) – The TV ratings company’s stock surged 20.9% in the premarket after it agreed to be acquired by a private-equity consortium for $28 per share. The deal is worth $16 billion, including assumed debt. FedEx (FDX) – FedEx CEO Fred
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 38
- Next Page »