Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters US stocks fell at the open on Monday in a continuation of losses from Friday’s session. Investor sentiment remains sour after Fed chair Jerome Powell’s…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Germany’s Economic Minister Robert Habeck speaks to press in Dusseldorf, Germany. Roberto Pfeil – Pool/Getty Images Germany’s gas reserves are at 80% and are on track to meet its 85% target early next month, an official said. It’s a major win for Germany, which previously sourced 32% of its natural gas from Russia. But still,…
Richard Caring, pictured with actor Idris Elba, won permission to close a road outside his mansion in west London. Dave Benett/Getty Images A billionaire will close a road for two weeks to lift trees into the garden of his London mansion. Ivy restaurant owner Richard Caring won permission from local authorities to close the road. …
Faster digital payments are garnering greater interest from US financial institutions, businesses, and consumers.B2B, C2C, B2C use cases all stand to gain from shorter settlement times offered by real-time payments (RTP).Do you work in the Ecommerce and Retail industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven research.The…
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The argument Sen. Lindsay Graham used to try to avoid testifying in front of a grand jury investigating election interference in Georgia “defies the facts,” the state’s district attorney argued in court documents filed on Monday. “The Senator’s extreme position defies the facts, this Court’s holdings,…
Bunny McFadden with her two children. Bunny McFadden Bunny McFadden lives in San Francisco with her partner and two children. Childcare costs in the area average $1,200 to $1,900 a month per child, according to Kidsdata. McFadden works an extra 10 hours each week as a freelance writer to be able to afford childcare. Last…
Google’s Pixel 6a has hit a new low price after going on sale just a week ago. You can now pick one up for $370 in “charcoal” or “sage” colors for a savings of $79 off the regular price (19 percent off) — $20 cheaper than the previous deal. That’s a great price on an…
Throughout my childhood and much of my adult life, homemade ice cream was something that happened at least once every summer. Whether it was church gatherings or family cookouts, rarely did a summer go by without sitting around a White Mountain ice cream maker chattering away as it churned a batch of banana or peach….
Obsidian Entertainment stands as one of the grand old houses of the role-playing game world, with a long history of excellent narrative games to fall back upon. While in recent times it’s branched out into the world of bigger budgets, with the likes of The Outer Worlds, its upcoming adventure game Pentiment shows that it’s…
Amazon is hosting some sort of “Android Days” event to kick off the week and it has brought the price down on a bunch of the top phones. Even the new Google Pixel 6a has received its biggest price cut to date, thanks to an $80 discount that lands its price at $369. At the…