[ad_1] 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 President Joe Biden is fighting …
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Here’s what we know about the Singapore-flagged container ship that hit the Baltimore bridge
[ad_1] The Key Bridge was hit by a ship and collapsed on March 26, 2024. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Six construction workers were presumed dead on Wednesday after a massive cargo ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to partially …
Read More »The U.S. is the top country for millionaires and billionaires
[ad_1] A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The U.S. has rapidly overwhelmed China as the world’s top spot for millionaires and billionaires, according a …
Read More »Fitch affirms United States’ ratings at ‘AA+’, outlook ‘stable’
[ad_1] The US Treasury Department in Washington, DC. Mladen Antonov | Afp | Getty Images Credit ratings agency Fitch on Friday affirmed United States’ long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating at “AA+” with a “stable” outlook. Fitch forecast the country’s gross domestic product growth to slow in 2024, despite its economy proving resilient in the face of higher interest …
Read More »‘Oppenheimer’ steamrolls toward Oscars with Screen Actors Guild Award wins
[ad_1] Oppenheimer film billboard in Times Square, NYC on July 29th, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Historical epic “Oppenheimer” picked up more prizes on Saturday at Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, bolstering the movie’s chances to score the best picture trophy at next month’s Oscars. The film about the …
Read More »Manufacturing and construction are hiring — but there aren’t enough people trained to fill the jobs
[ad_1] Construction workers erect a building in downtown Miami, Florida, on June 14, 2023. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images At Ample’s manufacturing facilities in the Bay Area, employees work on the floor alongside robots, making battery packs and other parts for its EV battery-swapping technology. The job is …
Read More »Sen. Elizabeth Warren pushes Fed Chair Powell to cut ‘astronomical’ rates, ease housing pressure
[ad_1] Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, left, speaks with Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and …
Read More »U.S. carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep pressure on
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden speaks on his economic policies at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 20, 2023. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen’s Houthi forces on Friday, two officials told Reuters, after …
Read More »States have been eliminating taxes on period products for years. Here’s where you’ll still pay them.
[ad_1] Packages of Tampax brand tampons on a drugstore shelf in New York on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Richard Levine | Corbis News | Getty Images Over a lifetime, period products in the U.S. cost a total of around $6,000 per person, according to research published in 2021 — and that’s before tax. …
Read More »Over a half-billion dollars in railroad freight stuck at Texas border crossings amid migrant battle
[ad_1] Major railroads Union-Pacific and BNSF, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, are urging the reopening of El Paso and Eagle Pass crossings so their freight can pass. Since the closure of these key Texas border crossings earlier this week in a battle over illegal immigration and a surge of migrants, …
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