Month: December 2022

Topline Home builder confidence plunged every single month this year as higher interest rates weakened demand in the formerly booming housing market, the National Association of Home Builders reported Monday, but with the Federal Reserve finally starting to slow down on its aggressive interest rate hikes, economists think the end of the collapse could be
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Millionaire investors are betting on double-digit declines in stocks next year, reflecting their most bearish outlook since 2008, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. Fifty-six percent of millionaire investors surveyed expect the S&P 500 to decline by 10% in 2023. Nearly a third expect declines of more than 15%. The survey was conducted among investors
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You know that those credit card rewards aren’t free, but who’s really paying for them? Most of the people I know have credit cards or other payment cards with some kind of reward or point program. For every dollar charged to the card, the card carrier is credited with points or some other reward measure.
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Cities are central to prosperity as hubs of innovation and growth, but they labor with persistent inequality, driven by America’s deeply entrenched anti-urban policies and politics. My new book from Columbia University Press, Unequal Cities, analyzes our troubled urban history with case studies from New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles, while pointing out the strengths
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Macao’s government relies on casinos for over 80% of its income, with most of the population employed directly or indirectly by the casino industry. Dragon For Real | Moment | Getty Images With mandatory quarantines easing, ferry and airline service resuming, and licenses renewed, casinos hope 2023 marks a new beginning for the world’s preeminent
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In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Avatar: The Way of Water Courtesy: Disney Co. James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” fell short of lofty box office expectations, but international ticket sales spark hope that the long-awaited sequel could still pull in a substantial global haul. The film snared $134 million
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