(NEXSTAR) – When McDonald’s first started flinging patties back in the 1940s, you could feed a family for under $1. But you could do a lot with a dollar back then. Amid complaints that McDonald’s has grown too expensive, we calculated what the prices on early McDonald’s menus from 70 years ago would be today, adjusted […]
Nvidia announced a 10-for-1 stock split on Wednesday, making buying shares in the red-hot semiconductor company more accessible for individual investors. Five years ago, an investor could have purchased Nvidia stock for less than $50 a share. But since then, the stock has exploded more than 2,500%. A single share in the company was worth […]
A passenger on the Singapore Airlines flight which was hit by severe turbulence has told of “awful screaming” on the plane. Another said everyone not wearing a seatbelt was “launched immediately into the ceiling” when the turbulence occurred. A British passenger died and many other people were injured when the flight from Heathrow encountered severe […]
Fruits and vegetables win again! As CNN reports, a new umbrella study has found that most vegetarian and vegan diets significantly curb risks of life-threatening illnesses like cancer and cardiovascular disease — and can even prevent early death. An umbrella study systematically examines large amounts of existing research. For this study, published this week in […]
Russia was launching “constant shelling” against Kharkiv Saturday, according to a readout from the National Police. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had two briefings from his Commander-in-Chief, Alexander Syrsky, on Saturday. Russia attacked with airstrikes in Vilcha, Liptsy, Liman, Izbitskoye, Veseloye, Petrovka, Kazachya Lopan, Sinelnikovo, Volchansk in Kharkiv, according to an assessment from the General […]
Nvidia has been one of the top-performing stocks on the market in the past year with outstanding gains of 215%, which is not surprising as the company has absolutely dominated the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips and witnessed remarkable growth in its revenue and earnings. However, there is one business where Nvidia is still lacking. […]
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has been on a tear on the stock market over the past year and a half, which is not surprising — the company has been delivering phenomenal earnings and revenue growth thanks to the booming demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Nvidia commands a dominant position in the AI chip […]
Archaeologists working in England found a “mysterious lump” of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, researchers said in a news release. The researchers who found the “soft purple substance” are working on a yearslong investigation of Roman remains in Carlisle, England, a cathedral city in the center […]
Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) has emerged as a beacon of hope in an otherwise lackluster year for healthcare stocks. The buzz around its mid-stage weight loss candidate, VK2735, has propelled the biotech’s stock to a staggering 714% surge since the completion of the drug’s Phase 1 trial on March 28, 2023. Image Source: Getty Images. […]
Cheap stocks end up cheap for a reason, which is one of the hard truths of value investing. You usually have to be willing to go against the grain and buy out of favor stocks despite the market’s concerns. Right now Rexford Industrial (NYSE: REXR) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) are on the outs, but […]
Our sun is known for its occasional outburst of energy called a solar flare, which can trigger space weather capable of disrupting communications and power infrastructure here on Earth. But we should really be grateful that we doesn’t exist around a star that erupts with so-called “superflares” that can be 100 to 10,000 times more […]
If you have a job that requires you to be on your feet all day, you probably have a few remedies for soothing your sore puppies. But if you want to prevent pain altogether, you know a good pair of shoes is a must. Teachers spend around six hours a day standing, so I trust […]