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NFIB small business optimism index rose 0.1 points in April to 95.9, holding below the 52-year average of 98.0. Labor quality emerged as the top problem for owners with a record 34 percent reporting unfilled job openings. Nearly 46 percent …
Small business owners across several states are reducing employee hours and in some cases staff numbers because of sharp increases in liability and health insurance premiums. Many report premiums jumping 20-40 percent in the past year. This is forcing difficult …
Tens of thousands of bees have suddenly swarmed across parts of Israel, prompting authorities to warn residents and shop owners to keep doors and windows closed. pic.twitter.com/ANxJ477qz5 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 15, 2026 Tens of thousands of honeybees brought a …
More homes are for sale. Prices are down. But nobody’s buying. Because the Fed trapped 40 million mortgages in cheap Covid rates so selling would double their payment. Jerome Powell should have cut rates years ago. Instead, he’s letting them …
Owners forced to sell off their homes for almost nothing after NYC court rules billionaire landlord can increase ground rent by 450% https://t.co/EKqcdN21nN pic.twitter.com/McQEnk1rxx — New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2026 A rare spot of affordability on Manhattan’s …
This apartment is rent stabilized at $985 a month in Flatbush. Because of a 2019 law that Mamdani supports, they can't raise rents after bringing this apartment up to code so they can't afford to/are going bankrupt. This is the …
Pet owners were issued a warning by city officials on Tuesday after multiple dogs were inexplicably sickened and died in recent weeks after walks near the Venice Canals, prompting an investigation from Los Angeles County health officials. The deaths were …
Millennials are "pro-socialist" because they think our current system is capitalism, e.g. the Fed inflates away workers' wages to redistribute wealth to asset owners. pic.twitter.com/FNFeJmgXuf — Anthony Galli (@AnthonyGalli) December 3, 2025
Zohran Mamdani wants to freeze rent increases. Let me break it down for you. That means landlords in New York won’t be able to charge more to accommodate the rising taxes they will receive under Mamdani’s plan to tax working …
Car debt has reached record levels, and a growing number of car owners owe more on their vehicles than they are worth, new data shows.https://t.co/3trXUg40un — ABC News (@ABC) October 16, 2025 The average price of a new car was …
Housing markets "freeze" before they crash. Why? Because its an illiquid market primarily owned by broke morons who can't do basic math. https://t.co/5DlojhK7My pic.twitter.com/rjnEclAoap — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) October 8, 2025 Homebuyers Are Canceling Deals at a Record Rate. Here’s …
The restaurant model is in crisis. Dining prices are soaring, yet profit margins stay razor thin roughly 3 to 5% for full-service spots. https://www.upmenu.com/blog/restaurant-profit-margin?srsltid=AfmBOoq5DjWQa_U44hYuAcmjjs8XMijXRPo9iJ3DKWZpcXAB2Zdrrg6h Labor eats up about 20 to 30% of revenue in most restaurants, leaving little room after …
Britain may begin enforcing a crackdown on “extremist pub chat” under a new employment rights bill. The clause could hold pub owners legally responsible for customers’ controversial remarks, even if they occur between patrons. Brendan O’Neill, writing in the New …
Gavin Newsom and California Democrats are letting squatters take over Pacific Palisades fire zones The squatters are even registering the burned lots as their home addresses with the DMV so THEY CANT EVEN BE EVICTED “Here is the latest insanity. …
Cam details some of the pro-2A language in the spate of budget bills receiving markups in the House, as well as the latest “gun-free zone” fail in Chicago.
Congrats! pic.twitter.com/Wur50Gov4l — Tesla (@Tesla) June 28, 2025
by Martin Armstrong The radical left is extremely dangerous when angered. The intense hatred of Elon Musk has caused a worldwide pandemonium where misplaced raged is directed at Tesla owners. Tesla was once celebrated by the left for championing EV …
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/78-000-california-condo-owners-to-see-major-insurance-rate-hike/ar-AA1ycRiX Starting in April, Allstate will raise its average rates for condo insurance by 30%, according to a filing with the California Department of Insurance. Allstate’s approximately 78,000 condo insurance customers in the state can expect to see their rates change at …
The car market has taken a real nosedive recently with 25% of people that have a loan, being underwater on their loan, meaning they now owe more than the car is worth. And the average is almost $7,000 more owed …
Health officials are warning pet owners not to give their cats raw food after a house cat in Oregon died of bird flu. h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
It was the last week of October, with the election fast approaching, and business was booming for Matthew Hiller. His Etsy shop was receiving hundreds of orders per day. He was preparing to leave for vacation in France, and was …
Gold sold off after Trump’s victory and the red wave – but why? What changed, even before the President-Elect takes office? Today we pull back the curtain and take a look at the economic forces driving gold’s price… By Peter Reagan …
Cancer can be a silent deadly killer. But dozens of pet owners have revealed how their dogs were able to detect different forms of the disease before the doctors did to help save their lives, using their powerful sense of …
https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1833487117907059028 https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1833535286166601765 https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1833558559272894639 Florida Is Facing Its Gravest Real Estate Crisis in Decades In Florida, condo owners are drastically reducing their property prices, some by as much as 40%, in response to impending massive repair costs. This trend marks the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxlEHZ5AAd8 Sarah Torres was already in tears before our interview started — a sign of the severe stress she’s been under the last several weeks. She and her husband, Ruben, own Craft30 bar on Michigan Avenue in Sheboygan. Although Sarah …
South Florida faces a condo crisis as thousands of units flood the market, leading condo owners to sell due to rising costs.
Within the next year, 93 percent said they would have to increase prices, the survey of 182 fast food operators found. CALIFORNIA — Restaurants are raising prices and cutting hours and staff in the wake of California’s $20 fast food …
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris once threatened to use databases of gun owners to send police to their homes to confiscate firearms. Ms. Harris described her gun control stance in August 2019 at a Democratic presidential primary forum that …
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/25/ev-owners-want-to-buy-gas-cars-again.html Perhaps we should just have every EV buyer pay back the tax rebate… And then have the EV manufacturers also pay back the tax incentives to build the damn things to begin with… And then have the company with …
