Gas prices: Costs soar with second straight day of increases
The cost of gas continues to soar as the average price for a gallon of regular gas rose for the second straight day. The latest increases negate the minimal decrease Americans experienced over the July 4th weekend. Prices are now less than a penny cheaper than last year at this time. The average price for […]
Investments Soar In The First Half
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes It looks like major components of the “everything bubble” were back in action during the first half of 2024. Ample liquidity and strong investor sentiment triumphed again over caution about narrowing participation and over-valuation. Earnings look to come in pretty decent and the economy, while showing some soft patches, continued […]
AAA Predicts ‘Busiest Ever’ Travel for Fourth of July Week as Prices Soar
AAA is predicting record travel during the Fourth of July holiday week, surpassing figures seen before the coronavirus pandemic. During this holiday, AAA Predict Of the 70.9 million travelers traveling more than 50 miles from home, the report predicts that “a record 60.6 million people will travel by car during Independence Day week,” an increase […]
NYC steeply drops off top 10 list of home sharing destinations for July 4 as hotel rates soar: report
New York City was reportedly dropped off the top 10 list of home-sharing destinations this Independence Day after a crackdown caused hotel prices across the city to skyrocket. of AirDNA reportNew York plummeted to 54th place, down from 10th place for the two-year period 2023 and 2022, according to the research firm, which tracks Airbnb […]
Native NYer tells Jews to ‘get the hell out’ of US now as antisemitic crimes soar
A former New York man whose brother was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in the West Bank is pleading with his Jewish compatriots to “wake up” and leave the land of bagels and lox for the land of milk and honey. Born in Queens Hillel FuldHe moved to Israel at age 15 and believes […]
Drug prices soar 37% in past decade, surpassing inflation: study
A new study finds that prescription drug prices in the United States have risen nearly 40% over the past decade, outpacing the rate of inflation over that period. Price increases, which have soared 37% since 2014, have slowed this year, but rising costs continue to push consumers up their out-of-pocket expenses. This is according to […]
Stock market outlook: S&P 500 could soar to 15,000 by end of decade – Fortune
Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, was one of the few people on Wall Street who predicted a rise in stocks last year when a recession was widely expected and most of his colleagues saw stocks fall. But he and the American economy proved the doomsayers wrong. Forecasters surveyed by BloombergLee’s prediction for 2023 […]
UFOs soar from taboo to presidential: ‘Time has come to inject UAPs into the … elections,’ institute says
The New Paradigm Institute says the next US president should be asked whether he will release UFO-related documents. The once-taboo subject that effectively drove whistleblowers like Bob Lazar into exile has become the topic of a social media campaign pressuring 2024 presidential candidates to ask debate moderators if they’d be willing to declassify their files. […]
Bipartisan concerns surround Michigan’s SOAR program
Both parties have expressed concerns about Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s $250 million overhaul of the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve Fund. The fund was first established in 2021 as a response to Ford Motor Co. relocating its major manufacturing operations to Kentucky and Tennessee, and has since doled out $1.7 billion to both Ford and […]
Starling's Profits Soar 55% as Loan-Loss Provisions Increase – PYMNTS.com
Starling The company has just achieved its third year of profitability as it plans to expand its software business. The UK neobank announced on Wednesday (June 12) Annual Reportreported a 54.7% increase in pre-tax profit to 301.1 million pounds ($384.3 million). The company’s revenue increased 50.6% to 682.2 million pounds ($870 million), and total deposits […]