Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, speaks at a press conference on the Monetary Policy Report at the Bank of England on Feb. 3, 2022 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | ...
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Arkansas’ Studio Theatre has a denied Covid relief grant overturned
The Studio Theatre in Little Rock, AR Jennifer Schlesinger | CNBC After months of limbo and mounting debts, the Studio Theatre in Little Rock, Arkansas, got some welcome news from the Small Business A...
USDA to spend $1 billion on agriculture projects tackling climate change
A wind farm shares space with corn fields in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $1 billion on projects for farmers, ranchers, and forest landown...
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan calls for register of foreign-owned property
Luxury residential townhouses stand overlooking Regents Park in London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. U.K. house prices increased at their fastest pace in more than a year in November, according to ...
5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, February 7
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street edged up after S&P 500, Nasdaq score best weeks of 2022 Traders work on the flo...
These end-of-life planning forms will save your family a lot of heartache, the trouble with Alaska’s oil fund and more retirement news
From MarketWatch: Opinion: Big money trouble with Alaska’s $80 billion oil fund: A major political row has broken out at Alaska’s Permanent Fund, the state’s giant $82 billion oil fund, where the firi...
Though rare, Moderna Covid vaccine recipients have higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer
Moderna’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine is associated with a higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, but the benefits of both companies’ shots outweigh the risks, according to a...
How the Biden administration misread the inflation threat
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (R) testify during a hearing before Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill Novemb...
Moderna’s Covid vaccine for teens awaits OK as regulators review heart inflammation risk
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images For months, the authorization of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for teenagers has been o...
at-home testing, from Covid to cancer, worth $2 billion dollars
The at-home testing market is bigger than just Covid tests, and it’s bigger than over-the-counter pregnancy tests. In fact, the emerging marketplace of consumer-initiated lab testing may be wort...
Republicans grill Fed nominee Raskin over past views on climate and big energy companies
Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominated to be vice chairman for supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, gestures during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirma...
Merck (MRK) earnings Q4 2021
Merck sold $952 million of its Covid-19 treatment pill molnupiravir in the fourth quarter, saying Thursday it’s on track to sell another $5 billion to $6 billion more this year. Most of its sale...
Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan expected back to work in 4-6 weeks after surgery for stroke
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to announce a new infrastructure investment framework on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, ...
Airlines ask Biden to drop Covid testing for vaccinated travelers before U.S.-bound flights
A traveler wears a face mask while checking their phone on the arrivals level outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid increased Covid-19 t...
Biden urges against USPS plan to spend billions on gas vehicles
A postal worker loads a delivery truck on October 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday attempted to halt the U.S. Postal Service’s plan...
Extreme heat driven by climate change is new normal for oceans
A diver checks the coral reefs of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. on May 9, 2019 in Moorea, French Polynesia. Alexis Rosenfeld | Getty Images More than half of the world’s ocean surface...
Bob Johnson says Biden’s Build Back Better bill needs to direct money to Black-owned businesses
BET founder Bob Johnson told CNBC on Tuesday the Biden Administration needs to take additional steps in its Build Back Better plan to tackle the wealth gap between Black and white Americans. “Wh...
Leadership of China’s Xi threatened by Covid, real-estate crisis
George Soros, billionaire founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2020. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese leader Xi Jinping&#...
California officials warn state could face third consecutive dry year
In an aerial view, dry cracked earth is visible at Nicasio Reservoir on June 16, 2021 in Nicasio, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images California water officials warned on Tuesday that the state...
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan suffered stroke and underwent surgery
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., attends a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol to demand greater accountability, transparency and oversight of federal agencies, at the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesd...
WHO says the new omicron subvariant doesn’t appear to be more severe than the original
WHO Technical lead head COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel c...
How Suburban Sprawl’s Single-Family Home Zoning Limits Housing Supply
America’s suburbs are sprawling again. Last year, single family housing starts rose to 1.123 million, the highest since 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders, however, opt...
Opinion: Biden borrows too much, while America’s economy hollows out
It’s easy to be distracted by Russia’s provocations in Ukraine and the Federal Reserve’s new war on inflation but as the economy recovers from the delta and omicron variants, difficult post-pandemic c...