A Delta Airlines Airbus A-350 aircraft, flight number DL40 bound for Los Angeles takes off from Kingsford Smith International Airport on July 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Images Delta Air Lines expects to return to a profit this quarter thanks to a jump in bookings […]
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Stock futures rise following highest inflation data in decades
Stocks futures were higher in early morning trading Wednesday as investors weighed the latest inflation data for March. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 155 points, or 0.45%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.55% and 0.75%, respectively. Tuesday’s inflation data showed consumer prices rise 8.5% […]
UK inflation hits 30-year high of 7% as energy prices surge
The 7% annual rise for U.K. inflation in March is the highest since 1992. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images LONDON — U.K. inflation came in at an annual 7% in March — its highest for 30 years — as soaring food and energy prices continue to squeeze consumers and pose […]
How to protect your savings as inflation soars
As inflation continues to surge, hitting 8.5% in the U.S. in March, it’s important find ways to protect your savings. LaylaBird Surging consumer prices are making it increasingly challenging to manage the cost of living, so it’s never been more important to understand the best ways to protect your savings. […]
How parents can help highly sensitive kids thrive
According to psychologist Elaine Aron, between around 15% and 20% of the population could be identified as highly sensitive. Catherine Falls Commercial | Moment | Getty Images Parents may be worried about the challenges that their child will face if they’re highly sensitive, but psychologists say that in the right […]
The race to roll out ‘super-sized’ wind turbines is on
A Haliade-X wind turbine photographed in the Netherlands on March 2, 2022. The Haliade-X is part of a new generation of huge turbines set to be installed in the years ahead. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the not too distant future, waters 15 miles off Martha’s Vineyard […]
Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ashton Kutcher are among dozens of celebrity investors piling into crypto startup MoonPay
MoonPay CEO and co-founder Ivan Soto-Wright speaking at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images What do Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, Snoop Dogg and Ashton Kutcher all have in common? Aside from being A-list celebrities, they’re among more than 60 new investors […]
China’s lockdowns could trigger a logistics snarl that may ‘dwarf’ 2020 and 2021
A traffic police officer prepares to check a truck at a service station of G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway on April 11, 2022 in Shanghai, China. The major Chinese city has been among the hardest hit as China battles its most severe Covid outbreak since the early days of the pandemic […]
A Russia-Germany ‘trade rupture’ could trigger a financial shock, says S&P chief economist
A financial shock could be on the cards if there’s a “trade rupture” between Russia and Germany, warned S&P Global’s chief economist on Tuesday. “Looking at a downside scenario … there’s kind of several different ways to play that but we think the one that would really move the macro […]
Putin and Lukashenko falsely claim British operatives committed the atrocities in Bucha
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he visits the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia April 12, 2022. Evgeny Biyatov | Sputnik | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and his closest ally, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, unveiled a new theory on Tuesday about who was to blame […]