• House prices continue to rise, are up 4% on a year ago

    House prices in the Netherlands were up 4.3% in February when compared with the previous year and are now heading back to their record level in July 2022, national statistics office CBS said on Friday. The downturn began that August but prices have been rising again since the middle of last year, despite higher interest rates. Real estate agents also report that overbidding is once again the norm, particularly on houses that do not require major renovations. In February, the

  • The Google Pixel 8 is $230 off and down to a new record-low price

    There's good news for anyone looking to upgrade their phone as the Google Pixel 8 is currently down to a record-low price. Woot is running a 33 percent discount on the new Google Pixel 8 — one of our picks for 2024's best smartphones — dropping its cost to $470 from $700. The sale is on for the next five days or until the smartphone sells out.  The new Google Pixel 8 launched last October and scored a 90 in our review due to features like its Tensor G3 chip. Google claims the chip allows the...

  • Import prices rose more slowly in February. That could help bring down inflation.

    Overall, import prices are down almost 1% from the same time a year ago. And prices at the import level can affect other inflation data.

  • Pay rises average 6.3% so far this year, as inflation drops

    Pay rises agreed so far this year average around 6.3%, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday, quoting figures from employers organisation AWVN. The average is derived from 155 new pay and conditions agreements, covering some 1.5 million workers, NOS said. The AWVN advises companies on their pay negotiations and is involved in around 50% of those agreed every year. On Tuesday, talks start on a new pay deal for the cleaning sector, and the CNV trade union federation is targeting a

  • Pharr man caught with 3,500 fentanyl pills gets 8 years

    A 21-year-old Pharr man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday following his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.

  • Nuggets have to finish 8-3 to set NBA franchise record of 58 wins

    The Denver Nuggets have to go 8-3 in their final 11 games of the 2023-24 season to set a new NBA franchise record of 58 wins. Denver finished 57-25 in 2012-13. The Nuggets won eight of their last nine to get to 57 that year. Their one loss down the stretch was a 108-105 defeat […]

  • Fed holds rates steady, projects 3 cuts this year despite inflation

    WASHINGTON >> Federal Reserve officials signaled today that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024 despite signs that inflation stayed surprisingly high at the start of the year. Yet they foresee fewer rate cuts in 2025, and they slightly raised their inflation forecasts.

  • What you can learn about Elon Musk from the movie he helped produce almost 20 years ago

    “Few people on this planet know what it is to be truly despised,” says Nick Naylor, the tobacco lobbyist at the center of 2005’s Thank You for Smoking. Nearly 20 years after the film’s release, Elon Musk, who many don’t realize was one of its executive producers, has come to know the feeling well. “I have no problem being hated. Hate away,” Musk told Andrew Ross Sorkin during last November’s DealBook Summit. His remarks came as advertisers were fleeing the Musk-owned social media platform, X,...

  • Gas prices are now higher than a year ago. Attacks on Russian oil refineries could drive them higher

    The nation’s average price of gasoline has risen for the fourth straight week, climbing 6.4 cents from a week ago to $3.51 per gallon Monday according to GasBuddy® data

  • Teacher 'With Unblemished Record' Sacked After Refusing To Use 8-Year-Old's Preferred Pronouns

    A teacher has been fired for refusing to use "he/him" pronouns requested by her biologically female eight-year-old student.After her sacking, the teacher warned that she would appear before an employment tribunal this month, saying that she had serious concerns for the young boy's welfare.The teacher has launched a case against the primary school and Nottinghamshire County Council, criticising the organisations for her unfair dismissal in 2022.According to the staff member, she was victimised...

  • Federal Reserve Still Foresees 3 Interest Rate Cuts This Year Despite Bump In Inflation

    Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year.

  • Inflation is bananas: after 20 years, Trader Joe’s raises the fruit’s price by four cents

    Increase from 19 to 23 cents sparks an uproar as grocery store’s fans lament ‘end of an era’Madeline Thomas is a Trader Joe’s superfan who posts updates about the grocery chain under the handle @TraderJolene. She knows so much about the American grocery chain that she’d worked out about the plan to raise the price of bananas days before it was first reported by CNN.“I’m deep in all of the grocery subreddits, and I could see grocery workers from Trader Joe’s talking about how everyone would freak...