Throughout the past couple of decades, there have been periods where there has been a Goldilocks economy, sometimes after there has been a recession or during a period of economic recovery. Ozgur Donmaz/Getty Global shares wavered as investors mulled the chances of a supersized rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Consumer spending data later could…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Ongoing pandemic curbs are slowing the construction and completion of homes in China. Zhang Peng/Getty A growing number of homebuyers in China are refusing to pay mortgages on unfinished apartments. COVID lockdowns have slowed construction activity and delayed the completion of homes. The payment boycott could worsen an existing debt crisis in China’s property sector….
Ivana Trump in Cannes, France, in 2006. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, died on Thursday aged 73. Her friend, Nikki Haskell, told Page Six that Ivana Trump was meant to fly to St. Tropez the next day. Ivana was excited about her vacation because she was isolated during…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk next to SpaceX’s first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 at the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images There was a liquid nitrogen leak at SpaceX’s Texas launch site, federal regulators told Bloomberg. An aerial video…
Average mortgage rates increased this week, following two consecutive weeks of decreases. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is now at 5.51%. Average 15-year fixed and 5/1 adjustable mortgage rates also increased. Rates started the week relatively high but trended down when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Consumer Price Index data. The…
When I first pulled the Nothing Phone 1 from its slender retail box, I just stared at it, flipped it over in my hand and scrutinized the see-through bits and pieces. Nothing’s attention to detail was noticeable everywhere. I’ll admit it outright: I love how it looks. The company may be pushing a narrative of…
Hyundai’s Ioniq lineup of EVs launched just a couple years ago but the wild and varied styling quickly caught the public’s imagination. Now for “N-Day,” the company has unveiled two new concept vehicles under the Ioniq N performance brand (“N” for “Never Just Drive”), that take that design theme even farther. Hyundai The RN22e is…
The Warner Bros. fighting game Multiversus has been quietly building hype over the last six months or so thanks to trailers and a closed alpha test that impressed the few who got into it. Best upcoming Nintendo Switch games to look forward to Now things are getting more open, with a full open beta having…
It doesn’t feel all that long ago that Google rolled out Android 12, but now the company is about to launch Android 13, as the final beta of the software has started rolling out to devices enrolled in the public beta program. What is the Android 13 public beta? Early version of the software for consumers to…
At Google I/O – as well as announcing some major new hardware and enhanced smart services – the company also spoke about the next update to its Android operating system for smartphones. For those not keeping count: that’s Android 13. And while the I/O 2022 keynote was the first time it’s been shown on stage,…