Democrats held onto their narrow majorities in Virginia’s legislature as they won two of three special elections on Tuesday in the first ballot box showdowns of 2025. The closely-watched contests were seen by the political world as the first gauge of the mood of voters since President-elect Trump’s convincing victory in November, in elections that also saw Republicans win control ...
What a difference a day makes! December ISM Services data suggests the service sector remains strong. The JOLTS report showed there were 8.09 million job openings in November — that’s well above the 7.7 million that was expected. US economic growth is strong, as is the labor market. Stocks sold off on the news and for the rest of the ...
Buying a second hand vehicle can be an excellent way to save money and still get a good car. However, when it comes to financing pre-owned cars, many buyers are left wondering what their options are. Whether you’re looking at a Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) plan, a traditional bank loan or a newer option like peer to peer lending, it’s ...
DemandSage recently released data on Freelance Statistics 2024 – Number of Freelancers & Industry Size. Stunningly, 46.7% of the global workforce, 1.57 billion people, are freelancers. In the United States alone, freelancers contributed $1.27 trillion to GDP in 2023. Less surprising is that 44% of Millennials and 52% of Generation Z are freelancers. By the end of 2024, the freelance ...
The White House’s outgoing cyber czar, Harry Coker, called for three key things to meet the growing threat of digital attacks: more funding, deregulation and opening up cyber jobs to those without college degrees. As adversaries like Iran, China and Russia lob near-constant attacks on the U.S. digital infrastructure, ‘we have to prioritize cybersecurity within federal budgets’ President Joe Biden’s ...
In this video, after a general market and sectors review, Tony shares the latest OptionsPlay trade ideas, including bullish and bearish ideas for GOOGL, NVDA, DIS, SHOP, and many more. He analyzes sector rotation with RRGs, and takes a look at key earnings. This video premiered on January 7, 2025. ...
Matthew Cavedon Charged with the misdemeanor of unlawfully operating a vehicle on federal lands, social media influencer and outdoorsman David Lesh requested a jury trial. The government successfully opposed that request and the case was tried by a US magistrate judge, who convicted Lesh and then imposed the maximum fine of $5,025 and 160 hours of community service. The district court ...
President-elect Trump reiterated that ‘all hell will break out’ if the hostages still held in Gaza have not been freed by the time he enters office in two weeks on Jan. 20. Trump was asked about the threats he first levied in early December at the Hamas terrorist organization that has continued to hold some 96 hostages, only 50 of ...
Jimmy Carter, the centenarian former president who lived long enough to see Donald Trump elected again but died just before the start of the new year, has a foreign policy legacy that wasn’t just defined by his four years in the White House. Over the term of his presidency, the former Georgia governor could boast of helping to establish peace ...
Hawaii’s Democratic Governor and practicing physician, Josh Green, is visiting Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. In a Tuesday op-ed for The New York Times, he argued that ‘our children’s lives depend’ on preventing Kennedy from leading the agency. Green, who worked as a ...