"Hearings for AB 1780 are underway and Stanford student voices are essential in passing a bill that’s long overdue. Use your voice to call for the end of legacy admissions practices in California. The future of educational access depends on it," writes Patrick G. Perez '23.
The number of homes listed for sale in California is on the rise and last month saw the largest jump in more than a year amid heightening home prices in the state, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR).CAR pointed out that active listings shot up based on monthly comparisons to last year for the second consecutive month, while new active listings also increased by double digits as the hopping spring season for home sales gets underway. The median home price in...
Borrowing an old bromide, when the stock market sneezes, California’s state government catches pneumonia. It’s more than a common cold when the state coughs up billions of buckets in red ink. Wall Street recently has exhibited robust health, but Sacramento is still suffering from the market’s fall two years ago. This is what happens when the state becomes too dependent on rich people for tax revenue. The rich play the stock market and when it pays off, Sacramento reaps a hefty chunk. When the...
Americans Pour Into Pawnshops, Selling Gold Jewelry As Price Surges With gold trading at record highs, cash-strapped Americans are heading to pawnshops to sell their jewelry. “People are using gold as an ATM they never had,” King Gold & Pawn and Empire Gold Buyers owner Gene Furman tells Bloomberg. He says gold-selling traffic at his 5th Avenue location in New York City has more than tripled as gold has surged 17% off its 2024 low in February to now trade near $2,400 an ounce. ...
Soaring gas prices have risen to $7.29 in parts of California. That price per gallon is higher than the federal minimum hourly wage. Other parts of the U.S. have also fallen victim to rising fuel costs
Sui price rose more than 11% as Bitcoin and Ethereum declined below key levels. SUI gains after ByteDance subsidiary BytePlus chose to enter Web3 via the Sui blockchain. Sui (SUI) traded higher today despite a broader crypto market downturn that saw Bitcoin dip below $61k and Ethereum fall below $3,000. While Sui price remains below […]
Best Buy is discounting a collection of M3 MacBook Pro computers today, this time focusing on the 14-inch version of the laptop. Every deal in this sale requires you to have a My Best Buy Plus or Total membership, although non-members can still get solid second-best prices on these MacBook Pro models. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Only M3 models are...
Saving up for a mortgage deposit now takes more than 15 years. Here are your options to buy a house in outer suburban areas of Brisbane, Melbourne and even Sydney.
A bipartisan pair of California lawmakers want to do away with the obnoxious CLEAR line-cutting racket that lets the wealthy buy their way to the front, reports Politico. As Democratic Senator Josh Newman explains of his proposal to ban CLEAR from California airports, "The least you can expect when you have to go through the security line at the airport is that you don't suffer the indignity of somebody pushing you out of the way to let the rich person pass you," His Republican colleague Janet...
The security-protected bar of Dairy Milk Wholenut was seen at a Co-op in Codsall in Staffordshire.
“There isn’t much alternative in China. With exchange controls and capital controls, you can’t just look at other markets to put your money into.”
TSMC beats expectations on earnings, but stock falls anyway because investors had the company “priced for perfection.”