Major stock market indexes are near record highs and second-quarter S&P 500 earnings were the highest in more than two years. Despite this favorable backdrop, only four stocks made Friday’s Sector Leaders screen from Investor’s Business Daily. ↑ X NOW PLAYING How To Make More Money By Handling Faster Market Rotations True, we’re talking about […]
A group of gray whales that spends its summer on the Oregon coast is shrinking, with young whales on track to be around 5 feet shorter than their elders, a new study finds. In total, more than 14,000 gray whales roam the northeastern Pacific, which extends from Mexico to Alaska, and most spend their summers […]
Scientists have observed a strange phenomenon in oceans worldwide: Fish are getting smaller, even in areas unaffected by overfishing. The exact reason is unknown, though researchers have a few theories. What’s happening? According to The Washington Post, an analysis published in the journal Science found that almost 75% of marine fish across the globe have […]
WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America’s most storied river. Flooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a […]
By Sarupya Ganguly BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields will plateau over the coming three months and then only fall modestly by year-end amid receding expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, according to a Reuters poll of bond strategists. After peaking at 5.02% in October, the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note yield plummeted over […]
Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry accused Mayor Brandon Scott on Monday of reneging on a promise to support moving the city’s audit department to the auspices of the City Council, while pledging to press forward with another charter amendment that could strip the mayor’s appointment power on Baltimore’s spending board. In remarks made during a […]
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year, slightly better than the initial estimate at a 2.0% contraction, according to revised government data Monday. The revision was due to private sector investments, at minus 0.4%, up from the previous minus 0.5%. Seasonally adjusted […]
May 30—It’s not unusual for long-running balloon festivals to crash, deflated by shortages of volunteers and cash. The Dansville Festival of Balloons in Livingston County, New York, for instance, grounded its 41-year-old event in 2023 because of a “continued decline of volunteer staffing” and a difficult financial situation. Like the Great Falls Balloon Festival in […]
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that a cotton-candy-like Jupiter-sized planet located around 350 light-years away is shrinking and could be on the way to becoming a “sub-Neptune” or “super-Earth” sized world. As well as being one of the lightest planets ever discovered, the extrasolar planet or “exoplanet” called V1298 Tau b also […]
pawel.gaul / Getty Images Savvy homebuyers know that location is virtually everything in the quest for the perfect property. But one thing you might not consider is the population in a given city affecting the resale value of your home if you decide to sell. Check Out: Housing Market 2024: Home Prices Are Plummeting in […]
Can we all agree that summer is the best season? Yes? I thought so. Backyard barbecues or front lawn frolicking — it’s made for fun. And while an emerald green backdrop isn’t required for all your summer party plans, it sure does help. If you’ve crashed into one too many speedbumps to get that idyllic […]
Former President Donald Trump hit the jackpot this spring when his social media company finally went public. Even though Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) generates very little revenue, investors are assigning an eye-popping valuation north of $9 billion to the company. Trump’s dominant stake in Trump Media is now valued at nearly $6 billion. […]