The Nov. 8 midterm elections determine which party controls the House and the Senate for the next two years, and the results could have major implications for the housing market at a pivotal point in its post-pandemic slowdown. If Republicans gain control of the House, a first-time buyer tax credit that would give first-time homebuyers…
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Iran has produced its first hypersonic ballistic missile, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported, as scrutiny grows over Tehran’s defense ties with Russia.
While Londoners commutes have been hit by Tube strikes this morning, there’s been no break in the news flow. AstraZeneca and Haleon boosted their guidance, while WH Smith has benefited from the return to travel — and those who left their holiday reading at h…
Topline No one bagged Monday night’s enormous $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, sending the prize soaring to a record-breaking $2.3 billion for the next draw, the lottery reportedly said , though any lucky winner will face a hefty tax bill and take home much less than the headline prize—here’s how much. Key Facts Powerball lottery winners…
Just a day after not exactly apologizing to West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin for promising a San Diego audience to replace coal fired power plants with wind farms, President Joe Biden turned to promising a New York audience to shut down drilling for oil instead. Stumping for embattled New York Gov. Kathy Hochul at Sarah…
Updated Nov 7, 2022, 07:06am EST Topline Around 80% of Twitter staff in India—one of the firm’s largest markets—were fired last week, while Twitter is reportedly trying to bring back some of the workers it laid off and continues to advertises dozens of job openings both on LinkedIn and its careers page in the latest…
Henry James called the Hudson River America’s “great romantic stream,” and having once lived along its banks, I have never forgotten the peacefulness that a long view of it instilled upon my senses as it flowed silently down from West Point southward to the sea. It is certainly one of the richest regions for historic…
The Tesla chief’s new Twitter toy is proving to be even more distracting than investors feared. I n late September 2021 , as Tesla shares soared, Elon Musk overtook Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world–and the third (after Bezos and Bernard Arnault of French luxury conglomerate LVMH) person ever to be…
Updated Nov 7, 2022, 02:23pm EST Topline Though the labor market's overall resilience continues to puzzle experts, the plight of rising interest rates, which are spurring a historic plunge in home sales, could soon lead to a rash of harsher job cuts across the housing sector—which, alongside the technology industry, has already seen firms lay…
Have you ever dreamed of living on a cruise ship full-time? If you’ve got a cool $1 million (or more) to spare, your ship is about to come in. A new company called Storylines has announced plans to launch the MV Narrative, a $1.5 billion, 753-foot environmentally sustainable cruise ship that will be outfitted with…