More online banks are raising interest rates on savings accounts. For example, Bask Bank, BrioDirect, and LendingClub all have savings accounts paying over 2% APY right now. Our best savings accounts guide and best high-yield savings account guide can be great starting points in your research, as they often include helpful features other than just…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
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Copper blocks can come in a variety of colors. Mojang; William Antonelli/Insider In Minecraft, you can use copper for construction, or for crafting lightning rods and spyglasses. Copper blocks will oxidize over time and turn green, but you can wax them to stop the aging process. You can find raw copper ore underground, and it’s…
Silas Muchiri and his wife, Veronicah, inspected maize, which was nearly ready to harvest at their farm in Embu County, Kenya, last year. Caroline Karuitha/Farm Africa Rising fertilizer prices and supply disruptions are threatening the world’s food supply. Corn, wheat, and soybeans together take about 70% of the fertilizer used in the US. The fallout…
Pennsylvania US Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during a Republican leadership forum at Newtown Athletic Club on May 11, 2022 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images First-time candidate Dr. Oz is trailing his Democratic opponent in Pennsylvania. A GOP strategist says “it might be an even fight” — if Oz was actually involved in…
Getty Images, Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Germany is turning to oil burners for additional energy amid Russia’s natural gas cutoffs, Bloomberg reported Monday. Munich intends to burn more oil and coal moving forward, rather than natural gas, amid the energy crisis. For years Europe has moved away from burning fossil fuels for climate goals,…
Customers browse vegetable stalls at the wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg/Getty Images A global food crisis is unfolding, spurred by the Ukraine invasion and climate events. Food shortages have led to civil unrest in the past, with deadly consequences. Experts warn that even if you are well-fed,…
Abortion-rights advocates gather outside a the Kansas Statehouse to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion Friday, June 24, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Kansas voters will be the first to directly weigh in on abortion with an August 2 amendment. The amendment would establish no right to abortion under the state constitution. …
Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images The economy is in a recession and the job market is set to slow, Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood told CNBC.Wood said that the Fed is focused on lagging indicators like CPI and jobs data, as reason to why her view differs from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.Wood said…
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