Andriy Onufriyenko | Moment | Getty Images One helpful way to think about the recent gold rally: it’s a case of schadenfreude. The yellow metal does well when other assets — and the world — are in trouble. As a result, prospective buyers should proceed with caution, experts say. Be prepared to root against your … Read more
Consumers have been increasingly relying on credit cards to make ends meet, and it may be finally catching up with them. The national average credit score, which has steadily increased over the last decade, fell to 717 from a high of 718 in the beginning of 2023, according to a report from FICO, developer of one of the … Read more
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before Congress on July 19, 2023. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images ‘A sensible rule to protect investors’ “Climate risk is financial risk,” Elizabeth Derbes, director of financial regulation and climate risk for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a written statement. “This … Read more
Shares of struggling New York Community Bancorp. fell more than 40% on Wednesday amid reports that the regional bank is seeking a cash infusion. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the bank was looking to outside investors for cash to shore up its balance sheet. NYCB did not immediately respond to … Read more
Warning: The video in this story contains some graphic images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Medical Director at the Grossman Burn Center at Research Medical Center says 70% of the patients referred for frostbite injuries suffered during the bitter cold in January are now being advised to schedule amputations. Burn survivors gathered at Research Medcial … Read more
Is there such thing as too many vaccines? That’s the question German scientists set out to explore recently, as they examined the case of a man who voluntarily received 217 jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine over the course of 29 months. The 62-year-old man from Magdeburg, Germany, told doctors he had the large number of … Read more
A Russian missile struck Odesa on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the Black Sea port city with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Zelenskyy was not wounded but said he was close enough to have seen and heard the strike and confirmed a number of people had been killed and injured. … Read more
Pak general elections were held on February 8. (Representational) In yet another post-poll legal complication, a Pakistan court on Wednesday barred till Thursday the oath-taking of those candidates who were allotted reserved seats in the National Assembly that the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has claimed should have been given to it. Post February 8 polls, … Read more
Dominique Boutonnat, the head of France’s top cinema institution, is to be tried in June on charges of sexually assaulting his godson, prosecutors have said. The announcement came as French cinema reels from a renewed #MeToo reckoning in which several big names, including the actor Gérard Depardieu, have been accused of sexual abuse. Activists have … Read more
The European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, has given her support to controversial migration reforms that would involve deporting people to third countries for asylum processing and the imposition of a quota system for those receiving protection in EU countries. Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People’s party (EPP), said the policies – … Read more
