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The Biden administration just approved a wind farm project off the coast of Massachusetts. It’s the eleventh commercial-scale wind project of its kind to get approval and comes at a key moment for the sector, as President-elect Trump, a frequent critic, prepares to take office. Miles O’Brien reports.
We live in a world today where your mortgage payment is becoming the “cheap” part of your house payment while your taxes and in insurance are now taking up more than half of your monthly house payment for many folks across the country. This is the future and current reality of homeownership for anyone looking …
Sprinkling diamond dust into the atmosphere could offset almost all the warming caused by humans since the industrial revolution and “buy us some time” with climate change, scientists say. New research indicates that shooting 5.5 million tons (5 million metric tons) of diamond dust into the stratosphere every year could cool the planet by 1.8 …
Crucially, the estimates are an approximation based on several simplifying assumptions and limited data. The data we have from RealPage and Zillow measure both algorithm usage and rental prices at the level of a metro area, and not at the level of a rental unit. But in reality, the costs to renters of landlords using …
10 years at least to pay for lockdown. Increasing prices, increased tax, increasing inflation; all forms of tax repayment since Mar 2020 — Rob Moore (@robprogressive) December 20, 2024
1/3 #bitcoin and all of crypto is 🐀 poison, has ABSOLUTELY no value, generates no cash flow, and has no use case beyond harmful speculation (b/c it sucks up valuable resources – i.e., capital that could be used to fund useful assets and valuable energy resources)… https://t.co/L2MTGOyPFw — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) December 20, 2024 3/3… …
YouTube TV Raises Price 14%, to $83 per Month, Citing ‘Rising Cost of Content.’ YouTube TV is getting more expensive — outpacing the rate of inflation — with a 14% price increase for the streaming pay-TV package going into effect for new customers immediately. The cost of a new YouTube TV base plan subscription is …
https://imgur.com/cost-to-buy-significantly-outpacing-cost-to-rent-now-posted-response-to-rental-price-increases-VMXMPkM Income needed to buy a house vs. median income in the US. Subprime bubble looks almost cute in this chart. Ht @nickgerli1 pic.twitter.com/zPfUf2uaDc — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) December 13, 2024 All one needs to know about successful investing in one sophisticated chart 👇 pic.twitter.com/mspgDVgXtJ — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) May 8, 2021 Over …
MSNBC about to be the top news outlet if Elon buys, bookmark this. — MUMU THE BULL (@mumu_bull) November 22, 2024 BREAKING ‼️ Elon Musk CONFIRMS plan to buy MSNBC Joe Rogan (@joerogan) made Elon an offer that nobody could refuse! Bookmark this because this is history in the making!! Who wants to see this?🤣 …
by Stephen Green https://twitter.com/Trump__Train__/status/1847276415063863783 SLS requires Starship and the Lunar Gateway to get enough mass to the moon to make Artemis work. Starship can do the whole thing by itself. All things being equal, Artemis makes no sense. But all things aren’t equal. SLS costs $4 billion per launch — just for the disposable rocket. …
These costs include property taxes, homeowners insurance, utilities, renovations, and maintenance. Let’s delve into the specifics: Property Taxes: The average homeowner pays $6,251 in property taxes annually. However, this amount varies significantly by state. For instance: New Jersey has the highest effective property tax rate at 2.46%, with an average tax bill of $8,928. Illinois, Connecticut, and New Hampshire also have …
via Mike Shedlock: We have a new number on the deal the House Republicans agreed to. It’s $1.5 trillion over ten years. That does not include an Affordable Housing giveaway. The $1.5 Trillion Deal Let’s put a spotlight on the House Way’s and Means Chair, Jason Smith’s Lousy Tax Deal that the Democrats are salivating over. Some …
by TonyLiberty Costco $COST sold more than $100 Million in Gold bars last quarter. The Gold bars were listed for $2,069.99 an ounce. Members seemed happy, with a 4.9 star rating and 800 reviews on Costco’s website. Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/15/costco-sold-more-than-100-million-in-gold-bars-last-quarter.html
The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023 McDonald's is no longer for us broke people 😳🔥👀 Probably a good thing. 🤮 pic.twitter.com/ATJqeN04DR — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) November 22, 2023 Biden: My plan is working. The plan: pic.twitter.com/OnKcpnTfN8 — Not Jerome Powell …
The plant never operated at more than a third of its total capacity in its 13 years since being built. Occidental Petroleum quietly sold off a carbon capture facility – the world’s largest — that was built into a natural gas processing plant in Texas, according to a Bloomberg Green investigation. The plant, called Century, …
NEW month, NEW record. Average auto loan rate on a new car: 8.99% APR 🥵 Absolutely bonkers. (via dealertrack) — Car Dealership Guy (@GuyDealership) June 20, 2023 Car prices were also >50% lower… — Car Dealership Guy (@GuyDealership) June 20, 2023 h/t Simian_Stacker
Buying NVIDIA shares today costs you 40 times historical annual revenues. That's 40 years to get your money back, assuming $0 cost, 0% tax and a 100% payout ratio. Good luck! pic.twitter.com/tYUZc3Ito8 — Michal Stupavsky, CFA (@MichalStupavsky) June 20, 2023 Due to the fact that sell-side analysts' forward estimates are usually on the margin too …
BREAKING REPORT: Minnesota to provide illegal immigrants with FREE COLLLEGE TUITION, program will kick off at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year.. — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) June 1, 2023 Informative Comments follow: Nick @NicInRealLife2 Get out of Democrat states. Haz @Michael_Haz Meanwhile, people born and raised in Minnesota receive no such benefits. Elephant @Elephan1776 …