Investors shouldn’t expect the Federal Reserve to pivot away from its rate-hiking campaign when it meets Thursday, according to Barclays. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Federal Reserve is unlikely to show any sign of pivoting away from its rate-hiking campaign when it meets this week, according to Barclays. Investors are hoping the US central bank will…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
The price of candy has soared 13% compared with last year, Labor Department figures show. Getty Images As Americans prepare for Halloween festivities, candy prices have shot up. Candy prices rose more than 13% in September compared with a year ago, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Skittles shot up by 42% in price since…
(Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) US stocks fell on Monday as investors gear up for another Fed interest rate hike later this week.Fed chair Jerome Powell is expected to hike rates by another 75 basis points at its FOMC meeting on Wednesday.Investors also continue to focus on third-quarter earnings results. US stocks moved…
An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Todd Korol/Reuters Oil prices could soar higher into 2023, but the diesel crisis still poses the greater threat, Energy Aspects’ Amrita Sen said. Both oil and diesel stockpiles are hovering near record lows. The EIA warned earlier this month that the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Reuters/Kim Kyung Hoon The US is reportedly prodding European allies to impose trade restrictions on China sources told Bloomberg. Restrictions would be similar to export controls imposed on Russia, but European leaders are reportedly apprehensive about the measure. But a National Security Council spokeswoman told Bloomberg…
Currently, few things make people’s eyes roll harder than the metaverse. As someone who grew up reading sci-fi novels and dreaming about what virtual worlds might look like in the future, that’s kind of sad, but I get it. Mark Zuckerberg is so thirsty to make those dreams a reality that he’s betting billions of…
Robot vacuums have come a long way over the past few years. They’re smarter, more powerful and (marginally) better at avoiding chair legs than they ever were before, and you don’t have to shell out as much money to get one either. There are also many more robo-vacs available now than there once were, so…
Google has shared details on how it came to the 24-hour battery rating it gave the Pixel Watch, but there’s one specific bit that might surprise you. That 24-hour Pixel Watch rating by Google now has some context after the company updated its guide on how to improve the wearable’s battery life. There is the…
Twitch Streamer GinoMachino has completed the world’s first Elden Ring all bosses no hit run. After two months of planning, the streamer finally finished the challenge on 25th October. There are 165 bosses in the game, which GinoMachino defeated without a single hit. Read more /format/jpg/quality/80/elden-ring-world-tree.jpg” title=”Streamer beats every Elden Ring boss without taking a…
Games industry Twitter stalwart Nibel, who built a following of 450,000 for regularly tweeting breaking news and memes under the handle @Nibellion, has today quit the social media platform. “After some introspection, I’ve made the decision to focus my time and energy elsewhere and move on from Twitter,” Nibel tweeted today, now from a locked…