In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace. Others did too. Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp children danced around the palace’s Pegasus Fountain, singing “Do-Re-Mi,” one of most famous songs from “The Sound of Music.” The movie recounts the story of …
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration’s effort to revive American manufacturing, during his visit in Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters, in West Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. July 6, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters To the untrained eye, Joe Biden …
Bessent says he would work with Trump, Sen. Warren to eliminate debt ceiling Bessent told senators he was open to eliminating the debt ceiling. The ceiling is a legal limit on the issuance of new debt by the government, and it has become an area of political brinkmanship in recent …
Rubio: Erdogan shouldn’t use transition to pressure Kurds in Syria U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of state, sits on the day he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | …
An aerial view of a fire truck near homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 13, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Joe Thompson’s desperate post-wildfire scramble to find a new place for his family …
The bulls returned to Wall Street on Friday after a brief hiatus. In the week ahead, investors from all camps will focus on a series of labor market reports for clues on where the U.S. economy and stock market may go from here. The S & P 500 , Nasdaq …
As the ransomware industry evolves, experts are predicting hackers will only continue to find more and more ways of using the technology to exploit businesses and individuals. Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty Images Ransomware is now a billion-dollar industry. But it wasn’t always that large — nor was it …
People check-in for their flights at the airport ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 27, 2024. Megan Varner | Reuters It’s been another eventful year for U.S. air travel. Just five days into the year, a door panel blew off of …
Consumers are feeling the effects of higher prices, not higher inflation, Powell says Powell thinks that consumers are feeling the effect of high prices, rather than of high inflation. “We understand very well that prices went up by a great deal, and people really feel that, and it’s prices of …
For the price of a 500 square foot apartment in NYC, you can get a property over 2,000 square feet in Madrid, Spain, according to My Dolce Casa. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images Between political upheaval, some weak economic data and warnings about falling short of its growth …
