Jim Brown Jim Brown Throughout Louisiana, it’s common knowledge that the Bayou State has the highest insurance rates in the country when it comes to ensuring both homes and automobiles. This is not new news. This current unworkable insurance market has been the same old, same old for a number of years. So can anything be done to curtail the outrageous amount of money that the average insurance policyholder pays? Or will these folks just be stuck in a deepening pothole of unaffordability?...
Lucid Group Inc. is getting a $1 billion cash injection from its biggest investor, an affiliate of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, providing the troubled electric carmaker with a needed lifeline. Shares surged in premarket trading.
Stocks & The Dollar Gain On 'Good' News; Bitcoin, Bullion, & Black Gold Sink Philly Fed beat, jobless claims beat, PMIs beat but with soaring prices, Leading Indicators beat, and existing home sales beat all good news Source: Bloomberg That good news reduced expectations for rate-cuts in 2024 Source: Bloomberg Stocks extended yesterday's gains on the good news but Nasdaq was hit during the day on the heels of the AAPL news AAPL was clubbed like a baby seal on the...
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There is plenty still to play for at both ends of an incredibly tight Premier League. Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City are separated at the top by just a single point. I fancy Man United on Sunday.. something has to give for Jurgen's juggernaut -
Bitcoin is experiencing a significant liquidity crisis as demand for it soars, with Cryptoquant analysts reporting a monthly demand increase from 40,000 BTC to 213,000 BTC, fueled by a rise in accumulation addresses and institutional investments through spot bitcoin ETFs in the US. The imbalance between the surging demand and the decreasing sell-side liquidity, with […]
daa, the operator of Dublin Airport, is disappointed by the CCPC's decision
Non-experts weigh in on stories from the week’s news and decide if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
President Biden's poll numbers may be on shaky ground, but his campaign donations are flying high. The Biden Campaign reportedly raised over $71 million dollars so far, more than double the $33 million raised by Donald Trump. Jennifer Rubin and Christina Greer explain to MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart why the fundraising numbers may be more telling than the poll numbers.
Do you follow HBO’s political commentator Bill Maher? He has been going strong on HBO Friday…
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsIs there such a thing as “good” or “bad” art? Ultimately, isn’t it in the eye of the beholder? Karen Halliday, DublinSend new questions to [email protected]. Continue reading
Chipotle stock is sizzling Wednesday after the burrito chain announced a 50-for-1 stock split.