Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Former President Donald Trump, and Former Chancellor for Germany Angela Merkle. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Reynaldo Paganelli/NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images, James Devaney/GC Images Maggie Haberman’s book, “Confidence Man” reveals the profane ways Trump spoke about other leaders. Trump would refer to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as “that bitch.” In…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Newsday LLC / Contributor/Getty Images The average interest rate for the most popular US home loan hit its highest mark since 2008, the Mortgage Bankers Association revealed Wednesday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbed 27 basis points to 6.52% for the week that ended September 23. The Fed’s hawkish monetary policy has made homes increasingly unaffordable. …
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Nora Tam/South China Morning Post via Getty Images An Elon Musk superfan joined the Forbes 400 list for the first time this year. Leo KoGuan is Tesla’s third-largest shareholder and is now worth $7.2 billion. KoGuan is among a group of investors who’ve made millions off of Tesla’s soaring share price. An Elon Musk superfan…
Stanley Druckenmiller. Reuters / Brendan McDermid Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said he expects the US economy to fall into a recession next year on the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes. “I will be stunned if we don’t have recession in ’23,” he said Wednesday at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha Investor Summit in New York. The Federal…
To get accurate directions, Apple Maps needs to work correctly. Bronek Kaminski/Getty Images If Apple Maps isn’t working, you probably need a stronger internet connection. Even if you have an internet connection, Apple Maps also needs a strong GPS signal, which isn’t always easy to get. Apple Maps also needs Location Access permission, which you…
The BMW XM SUV. BMW Some social media users are roasting BMW’s new SUV and calling it ugly. On Tuesday, BMW unveiled the XM, a 644-horsepower SUV that costs $160,000 and up. It’s a plug-in hybrid and can drive up to 30 miles on electric power only, BMW says. “Hideous.” “Ghastly.” “Obnoxiously designed.” “BMW needs…
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The Fed doesn’t need to go “full Volcker” on raising interest rates to combat inflation, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.Leading indicators suggest financial conditions are tightening and inflation is coming down, Lee said.“Compared to 1970s-1980s, today’s inflation is nascent,” Lee said, adding that inflation in 2022 is “hardly out of control.” Federal Reserve…
Nearly 15 years after introducing the first Kindle, Amazon is finally adding a stylus to one of its e-readers. At its fall hardware event, the company introduced the Kindle Scribe. The device features a 10.2-inch, 300ppi display with an adjustable front light and a stylus that magnetically attaches to it. According to Amazon, you don’t…
Amazon wants to help you get better understanding of your sleep, but knows that many of us hate wearing something to bed just to track our rest. That’s why it made the Halo Rise — a bedside lamp and sleep tracker that works without a camera or microphone to track the person resting closest to…