Brittany Chang/Insider You don’t need a RV to stay at the new mountainside Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Lodge Pigeon Forge. The Lodge’s deluxe hotel room can sleep up to six people with an extra room reminiscent of a “glamping” tent. See inside the $160 to $500-per-night hotel room. If you don’t have a RV…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
US gas prices are back on the rise after falling in June. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/Getty Images US gas prices could keep rising after OPEC+ slashed output, but prices could fall in some states. That’s because refinery issues in key states get resolved, and winter season dampens gas demand. California is likely to see prices drop while…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Top officials know that Putin’s war with Ukraine cannot be won, two well-connected journalists told the Guardian. Russia has endured a series of disastrous defeats in its shambolic invasion of Ukraine. Fear…
President Joe Biden addresses the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade June 24, 2022 in Cross Hall at the White House in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images In August, President Biden encouraged states to use Medicaid funds to expand abortion access. But no states…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Reuters Stocks will likely fall further in anticipation of the Fed delivering another jumbo rate hike, analysts say. Investors priced in a more hawkish outlook for rate hikes after the strong September jobs report. The stock market “is simply going to be collateral damage” in the inflation fight, one analyst…
Michael Cohen in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2019. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Michael Cohen said New York AG Letitia James’ massive fraud lawsuit would “financially destroy” Donald Trump. Speaking to Salon, Cohen also said he believes the civil lawsuit could lead to criminal charges. At a September press conference, James credited Cohen with helping…
Some lenders have started offering mortgages that don’t require a down payment, closing costs, or a minimum credit score to qualify. Getty Images To help borrowers afford homeownership, some lenders have introduced zero-down-payment mortgages. Some are suspicious that these products could trigger a repeat of the 2008 foreclosure crisis. Experts said that while the fear…
Ed Yardeni. Adam Jeffery/CNBC/NBCU/Getty Images Bond vigilantes are back and could target heavily indebted Italy after running rampant in the UK, according to Ed Yardeni. “It’s an interesting tug of war between the central banks and the bond vigilantes,” he told Insider in an interview. Meanwhile in the US, “mortgage bond vigilantes are clearly on…
John Coletti/Getty Images A new report looks at how many Americans have moved to a select set of popular countries. That analysis highlighted a large number of Americans headed to Mexico in 2021 compared to 14 other destinations. In a separate report about expats, Mexico ranked highly for both its cost of living and housing…
Blizzard has resolved an issue where players were accidentally making store purchases whilst using in-game chat, but is allegedly not issuing refunds to those affected. As shared on the Overwatch subreddit community, Dracyoshi reports that whilst “chatting with some friends while browsing the hero gallery”, the game “unexpectedly began unlocking Junnker Queen’s Plutonium skin”. As…