The price of oil might have slumped below $80 recently but remains more than 10% higher for the year. With Energy still one of the top-performing sectors in 2024, we turn our attention to how some of the constituent companies are using this favorable landscape to return excess free cash flow to shareholders through dividends. […]
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New Florida resident Jeff Bezos pumped $60 million into making lab-grown meat taste better. Ron DeSantis just banned it from the state
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have just crossed a formidable new constituent. The former presidential hopeful this week signed legislation banning the sale of lab-grown meat in the state of Florida, saying the Sunshine State wants to stop the World Economic Forum’s goal of “forcing the world to eat lab-grown meat and insects.” The WEF […]
The Fed may have pumped so much money into the economy that it’s now taking way longer to cut rates
US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images US Fed chair Jerome Powell has signaled a delay in expected interest rate cuts. He said the Fed needs more time to be confident that its fight against inflation is working. An analyst suggests excess money, a result of pandemic-era policies, may be drained from the […]