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Hyundai unveils unique Ioniq 6 EV, an ‘electrified streamliner’
The newest electric vehicle from Hyundai Motor is a sedan with a unique bubbly design. The South Korean automaker unveiled the Ioniq 6 Wednesday night as an “electrified streamliner,” a no...
Inflation at highest since 1981. How does your personal rate compare?
Grocery shopping in Rosemead, California on April 21, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Inflation jumped to a new 40-year high in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesda...
Chinese companies look to U.S. and Asia as growth slows at home
BEIJING — Some Chinese consumer brands are looking for growth overseas, in markets like the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Take Miniso, a Guangdong-based seller of toys and household products. Sometimes cal...
U.S. And China Emissions Caused $1.8 Trillion Each In Worldwide Economic Damages Over 25 Years, Study Estimates
Topline Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and China from 1990 to 2014 caused a combined $3.6 trillion in economic damages around the world, according to a study published Tuesday by resear...
U.S. emissions caused $1.8 trillion in global economic losses: study
An aerial view of Phillips 66 oil refinery is seen in Linden, New Jersey, United States on March 8, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.S. and China, the world’s two greate...
The toughest challenges for cryptocurrency lie ahead
More than a third of millennials and half of Generation Z would be happy to receive 50% of their salary in cryptocurrencies, revealed a study. Srdjanpav | E+ | Getty Images With more than $1 trillion ...
Here’s what that means for travelers
A customer reaches down to pick up a bottle of water from a street vendor in Paris on June 17, 2022. Stefano Rellandini | Afp | Getty Images The value of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar has sunk ...
Sports Betting Company Cipher Sports Technology Group Raises $5 Million Series A Round
In this Sept. 9, 2018 photo, customers watch sports on a giant screen at the sports book of the … [+] Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Panelists at a gambling conference in Atlantic Ci...
Stock futures decline as investors gird for start of 2Q earnings
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 27, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures fell early on Tuesday as Wall Street looks ahead to what many expect will be the start of a volatile second quarter ear...
Biden Extends Deportation Relief For Over 300,000 Venezuelans—But Not For Recent Migrants
Topline Federal immigration officials on Monday extended a set of temporary protections for Venezuelans who entered the United States before March 2021, but chose not to offer protection to more recen...
Your Two Monetary Choices
Today, there is a spreading awareness that our monetary situation is rather rotten. Leaving things up to central bankers, who are obviously making it up as they go along, has not worked out very well....
Recession Risks To Supply, Short Energy Markets Are Overstated
An oil rig south of Taft, California extracts crude. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images Commodities have taken a pounding in recent days on growing fears of a global recession and demand...
How An IndyCar Team Is Using A Children’s Toy To Generate Interest In Stem Education
Two of the education crate projects produced by KiwiCo featuring Indy cars. Bruce Martin Photo Paretta Autosport’s IndyCar team and associate sponsor KiwiCo are hoping to use a children’s toy, known a...
As prices rise nationwide, how to calculate your own inflation rate
Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images It’s likely no surprise to hear that prices have been rising across the U.S. economy, whether at the grocery store or the gas pump. But just how much have your pers...
Gasoline futures are dropping, which could mean more relief at the pump
Brie Olootu pumps gas at an Exxon Mobil gas station on June 09, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Gas prices are breaching record highs as demand increases and supply fails to keep up. Brandon Bell | Getty Imag...
Toyota joins Tesla and GM in phaseout of federal electric vehicle tax credits
A Toyota bZ4X on display at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Toyota Motor said it sold its 200,000th plug-in electric vehicle during the second quarter, triggering a phaseout ...
Hot job market and Great Resignation persist despite recession threat
Mixetto | E+ | Getty Images Workers are still reaping the benefits of a hot labor market characterized by few layoffs, ample job openings and a high level of voluntary departures, according to U.S. De...
How To Get U.S. Citizenship
Each year thousands of U.S. immigrants take the oath of allegiance to become citizens. (Photo by … [+] Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty Images Why do immigrants want to become U.S. citizens? Wh...
Oil tumbles as much as 10%, breaks below $100 as recession fears mount
Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices tumbled Tuesday with the U.S. benchmark...
U.S. flight disruptions finally ease as the holiday weekend winds down
Lighted tunnel in the United Airlines terminal, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago Illinois. Andrew Woodley | Universal Images Group via Getty Images U.S. airline delays eased on Monday as we...
EU airlines face strikes, struggle to find workers post-covid summer travel
Some airlines and airports are struggling with the post-covid demand for travel. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images LONDON — Delays, cancellations and strikes. It’s been a messy time...
Biden Interior Dept offers option for new oil leases in Gulf of Mexico
An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore as waves churned from Tropical Storm Karen come ashore in Dauphin Island, Alabama, October 5, 2013. Steve Nesius | Reuters The Biden administration rel...
General Motors (GM) Q2 2022 US sales
The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, March 16, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – General Motors’ U.S. vehicle sales were down about 15%...
S&P 500 had worst half in 50 years, but the 60/40 portfolio isn’t dead
Stock trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The S&P 500 Index, a barometer of U.S. stocks, just had its worst first half of the year ...
Three Ways Inflation May Impact Future Transportation Choices
Inflation. It’s a simple, three-syllable, nine-letter word, yet right now, it feels nine trillion times worse than the four-letter words society bristles at and shuns. And, speaking of four-letter wor...
North Korea likely behind $100 million Horizon crypto hack: Experts
A photo illustration showing the North Korean flag and a computer hacker. Budrul Chukrut | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images North Korean state-sponsored hackers were likely the perpetrators of...
Stock futures are flat as S&P 500 tracks for worst first half of the year since 1970
U.S. stock index futures were flat during overnight trading Wednesday, as the S&P 500 prepares to wrap its worst first half in decades. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average a...