We’re living healthier, longer. Many of us have jobs we can do on a computer from our couch. If we want to keep working past 70, or even past 80, what’s to stop us? A lot, as it turns out. The average American retires not at 80, or 70, or even 65, but at 62. […]
A former Henry Clay High School English teacher who pleaded guilty in November to production and possession of child pornography is officially being fired by Fayette County Public Schools. Kevin Daniel Lentz had been suspended since his August arrest, but personnel changes in the Jan. 22 school board meeting agenda show his termination was initiated […]
Russia’s defence ministry has accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a military transport plane, killing all 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being swapped. The POWs were being transported to Russia’s Belgorod region, the ministry said. Ukrainian officials did not comment on the crash and The Associated Press could […]
After posting stellar triple-digit returns in 2023, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining stocks are down across the board in early 2024. For example, Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) is down 32%, and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) is down 35%. Those sharply negative returns are all the more striking, given all the hype around Bitcoin and the new […]
Technology has evolved from being an individual industry to something that touches virtually every business on Earth today. That means there are more technology-driven companies and stocks than ever and more variety for investors to consider. You shouldn’t assume that technology stocks are just for the risk-seeking adventurers anymore. Sure, there are still tech stocks […]
Jan. 24—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — New highways are often a boon for communities along their routes, but sometimes these communities are not ready to reap any benefits, so a new program is being aimed at helping the communities close to the future King Coal Highway. Jim Spencer, executive director of the […]
In Russia, new measures are being put forward to deter those who openly criticise Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, including a proposal to seize their property. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 24 January on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Russian Federation’s State Duma recently introduced draft amendments to the Criminal Code […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) was a hot market last year, and that trend is expected to continue in 2024. Forecasts indicate the AI industry will skyrocket from $207.9 billion in 2023 to nearly $2 trillion by 2030. But just because an organization uses AI doesn’t mean it can deliver multiple years of results. To find stocks […]
AT&T (T) early Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street estimates while revenue topped. T stock fell as the AT&T earnings outlook for 2024 fell short. X Reported before the market open, AT&T earnings for the December quarter fell 11% to 54 cents on an adjusted basis. Revenue from continuing operations rose 2.2% to […]
More than 7,000 Illinois workers are owed back wages being held by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The federal agency reports it has more than $5 million in unclaimed wages that belong to Illinois workers as of January. The money remains unclaimed for a number of reasons, usually due to a […]
Ukraine has thrown a wrench into Russian dreams of connecting Donetsk to Russia by rail after successfully targeting Russian units tasked with building the rail bridge, announced Mariupol mayoral advisor, Petro Andriushchenko, on Telegram on Jan. 24. Ukraine struck Russian engineering units tasked with building the bridge to connect Mariupol with Volnovakha and Donetsk in […]
The CSIS surveyed 52 US experts on whether they think China can successfully invade Taiwan. Only 27% thought Beijing could pull off a successful amphibious assault. A key factor that led to their answers is their belief that the US would intervene in an invasion. A new survey of leading experts from the US and […]