The S & P 500 concluded a topsy-turvy — yet winning — first quarter of 2023 on Friday, overcoming a shock to the U.S. banking system in March to rise around 7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite proved to be the real standout, soaring nearly 17 % . The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average , meanwhile, …
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Some of the largest and most ferocious dinosaurs of all time had an anatomical secret to their success. Like many modern birds, Tyrannosaurus, Apatosaurus and other giants had complex networks of air sacs that grew out of their throats and lungs and into their bones. The resulting porousness made them lighter, saving energy while maintaining …
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Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.), leider van de minderheid in het huis, dringt er bij spreker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) op aan om een stemming te houden over “wetgeving inzake wapenveiligheid met gezond verstand” na de dodelijke schietpartij van deze week op een christelijke school in Nashville. “Ik schrijf u vandaag om er bij u sterk op aan …
People shop at Pioneer supermarkets on January 12, 2023 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images There is one group of people who are disproportionately affected by high inflation: women. The incessant rise in prices is doubly harmful to women. First, an increase in child …
CZECH REPUBLIC Centuries-old tree rings in today’s Czech Republic and southeastern Bavaria suggest drought may have driven Attila the Hun’s invasion of the Roman Empire. The rings helped researchers to reconstruct the fifth-century climate, identifying dry spells that may have forced the Huns to move on. GREENLAND Scientists have identified two-million-year-old DNA, the oldest ever …
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Taiwanese en Amerikaanse functionarissen noemen Tsai’s reis door New York en Los Angeles opzettelijk “doorvoer” stopt op weg van en naar officiële, diplomatieke opdrachten in Midden-Amerika. Het is een dun verhuld coverstory voor Tsai om belangrijke ontmoetingen op hoog niveau te houden met Amerikaanse wetgevers en het maatschappelijk middenveld, die het voortbestaan van Taiwan als …
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, whose district suffered the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and became the target of criticism, would generally not have been a key player in oversight of Silicon Valley Bank, several former and current Fed officials told CNBC. . A highly centralized design of Fed oversight of large banks …
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A federal judge on Thursday overturned a portion of the Affordable Care Act that makes preventive services, such as some cancer screenings, free to enroll, a decision that could affect health insurance policyholders nationwide. The decision from the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas could open the door for insurers or employers …
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Een rapport dat deze week door de interne waakhond van de regering is uitgebracht, prijst de Food and Drug Administration (FDA) omdat ze toestaat dat voedsel bestemd voor restaurants wordt opgeslagen in plaats van in de schappen van supermarkten, aangezien de inflatie na de pandemie het hoogste niveau in 40 jaar bereikt. De inflatie neemt …
Randi Braun didn’t realize she was exhausted until it almost killed her. One afternoon while driving home to Washington, D.C., Braun fell asleep at the wheel and crossed six lanes of traffic at one of the city’s busiest intersections, narrowly missing a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Miraculously, no one was hurt. It was June 2020, …
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