US inflation picks up more than expected in December
Prices rose by 3.4% as Americans paid more to dine out as well as on housing and car insurance.
Similar Posts
What travelers need to know about the Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding
The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 7, 2024. Ntsb | Via Reuters Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights since…
Bankrupt Diamond Sports gets extension to score MLB streaming deal with Amazon
Bankrupt regional sports network Diamond Sports got a few extra innings to work out a streaming deal with Amazon after a bankruptcy judge delayed the embattled company’s showdown with Major League Baseball. The nation’s largest RSN, which operates under the Bally’s name, owns the broadcast rights to half the NBA teams, a third of NHL…
Pat McAfee Says Aaron Rodgers Won’t Appear on ESPN Show for Rest of NFL Season
Aaron Rodgers won’t appear on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” for the rest of the National Football League season, a move that comes after the star quarterback engulfed the show and the network in a weeklong controversy. “Aaron Rodgers Tuesday season four is done,” McAfee said during Wednesday’s show. “There are going to be a…
Union President Blasts Ford Chairman: ‘He Knows Exactly How To Settle This Strike’
The executive chairman of Ford Motor Company broke his silence on the monthlong auto workers strike on Monday and said the work stoppage could “devastate local communities” if it continues. Bill Ford, the great-grandson of Henry Ford and the company’s chairman since 1999, also criticized the United Auto Workers union for recently shutting down the…
‘Forever chemicals’ in microplastics spark over $250B a year health crisis: study
Microplastics found in the US food and water supply that contain “forever chemicals” are contributing to a quarter of a trillion dollar a year health crisis, according to a new study. In 2018 alone, exposure to the small plastics — which the Mayo Clinic has linked to heart health, hormone imbalances and even cancer —…
Mortgage rate decline pulls buyers back into the housing market
A sharp drop in mortgage interest rates in December may have kickstarted this year’s spring housing market early. Rates are about a full percentage point lower than they were in October, and consumers expect they will fall even more. Optimism about mortgage rates increased sharply in December, according to a monthly consumer survey by Fannie…
