Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them....
Baby boomers anticipate that 47% of pre-retirement earnings will be replaced by Social Security, according to results of an annual survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. But the reality for someone making what the Social Security Administration considers the average wage in recent years, about $60,000, is more like...
Malka Leifer, 56, must serve at least 11 years and six months of the sentence before she can be considered for early release. As soon as she is released from a Victoria state prison, she will likely be deported to her native Israel....
As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal....
More than 1 in 4 car shoppers in Texas and Wyoming have committed to paying more than $1,000 a month, and experts say it is due to the high volume of large truck purchases in those states, according to a report by auto site Edmunds....
Nearly two dozen cattle died in Nebraska, more than 100 Missouri nursing home residents were evacuated and an ice cream shop in Iowa was forced to close as record-shattering heat engulfs more than 20 states.
All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan’s north-west for many hours have now been rescued....
He’s got Trump’s backing and I hope he wins the nomination. But he’'s too crazy for independents and will galvanize Dem support, so he’s toast in the general election.
It’s one thing for Finland or Belgium (the Flemish separatist Vlaams Belang party heads the polls) to veer onto a far-right rail. When it begins to happen in Germany, however, it’s time to start plotting an escape route....
Expectant parents could soon have another new option this fall to protect their newborns from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of hospitalization in American infants, after the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has widened its approval for Pfizer’s Abrysvo vaccine to include...
The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have...
The summertime gas price spike has been driven by a combination of easing recession fears, production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia and extreme heat that has knocked offline some refinery activity....
Americans’ credit card balances rose briskly in the second quarter, hitting a sobering milestone of more than $1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported this month. Credit cards are the most prevalent type of household debt, New York Fed researchers wrote in a blog post, and saw the biggest increase of all debt...
Two gangs, “Yoda” and “DZ Mafia” are vying for control of the drugs market in the notorious northern neighbourhoods of France’s second biggest city....
Water bombers flew low over Yellowknife as thick smoke blanketed the capital of the vast and sparsely populated Northwest Territories. Officials say the fire, which is moving slowly, is now 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the city and could reach the outskirts by Saturday if there is no rain....
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% in the week ending August 17, up from 6.96% the week before. Rates have been above 6.5% since the end of May and climbing higher since mid-July. This week’s average rate is the highest the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has been since April 2002 when it was 7.13%.
The US Treasury Department identified the sanctioned operatives as Alexey Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Vladimirovich Osipov and Vladimir Alexandrovich Panyaev. Three of the four have worked with a specialized laboratory run by the Russian security service known as the FSB Criminalistics Institute. All...
Young savers have done especially well. Gen Z saw a 66% increase in average 401(k) balances compared to a year ago, while millennials saw a 24.5% increase. Average Gen X balances were up 14.5%, and baby boomers saw an average increase of 6.3% compared to a year ago.
I am very lucky to have a chunk of disposable income every month. However, I want to invest and save most of it, because I recognize that disposable income can quickly disappear given the right circumstances....
If you’re impulse buying crap online, I find keeping items in the shopping cart for a day or so gives me time to think before pulling the trigger. If it’s an emergency that’s one thing, but most of the time it can wait.
Also I find budgetting apps to be really helpful in curbing unnecessary spending.
Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants (apnews.com)
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them....
Baby Boomers Are Overestimating Future Social Security Income (www.bloomberg.com)
Baby boomers anticipate that 47% of pre-retirement earnings will be replaced by Social Security, according to results of an annual survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. But the reality for someone making what the Social Security Administration considers the average wage in recent years, about $60,000, is more like...
A former principal of an Australian Jewish school sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse (apnews.com)
Malka Leifer, 56, must serve at least 11 years and six months of the sentence before she can be considered for early release. As soon as she is released from a Victoria state prison, she will likely be deported to her native Israel....
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Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea (apnews.com)
As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal....
Truck purchases are driving up the average cost of car payments. Some buyers pay over $1,000 a month (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 1 in 4 car shoppers in Texas and Wyoming have committed to paying more than $1,000 a month, and experts say it is due to the high volume of large truck purchases in those states, according to a report by auto site Edmunds....
Extreme heat in US kills nearly 2 dozen cattle, forces evacuations from a nursing home and shuts down an ice cream parlor (www.cnn.com)
Nearly two dozen cattle died in Nebraska, more than 100 Missouri nursing home residents were evacuated and an ice cream shop in Iowa was forced to close as record-shattering heat engulfs more than 20 states.
Andrew Tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of trial (www.bbc.com)
Warning: This lengthy article contains disturbing language and details of graphic evidence.
Russia’s General Surovikin dismissed as head of aerospace forces: Reports (www.aljazeera.com)
Surovikin, former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, has not been seen in public since the mutiny by Wagner mercenaries in June.
Pakistan cable car: Relief as all passengers brought to safety (www.bbc.com)
All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan’s north-west for many hours have now been rescued....
The Unbelievably Bonkers Conspiracy Theorist Running For Governor Of North Carolina (www.huffpost.com)
Springtime for Europe’s fascists (www.politico.eu)
It’s one thing for Finland or Belgium (the Flemish separatist Vlaams Belang party heads the polls) to veer onto a far-right rail. When it begins to happen in Germany, however, it’s time to start plotting an escape route....
‘Orphaned by decree’: Italy’s same-sex parents react to losing their rights (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing PM Giorgia Meloni has demanded councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in legal limbo
FDA approves first RSV vaccine for pregnancy to protect newborns (www.cbsnews.com)
Expectant parents could soon have another new option this fall to protect their newborns from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of hospitalization in American infants, after the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has widened its approval for Pfizer’s Abrysvo vaccine to include...
Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez (www.theguardian.com)
The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have...
As gas prices hit 10-month highs, Citi warns major hurricanes could ‘massively’ disrupt supplies (www.cnn.com)
The summertime gas price spike has been driven by a combination of easing recession fears, production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia and extreme heat that has knocked offline some refinery activity....
Do you use a credit card? Why or why not?
I know this might just reflect financial culture differences across countries, but let’s give it a try...
Anyone interested in moderating this community?
Hello everyone,...
Rare, flesh-eating bacteria has killed 5 in Tampa Bay area since January (www.wfla.com)
Five people are confirmed dead in the Tampa Bay area due to a rare, flesh-eating bacteria in the waters....
Credit Card Balances Hit New Peak - One Trillion (www.nytimes.com)
Americans’ credit card balances rose briskly in the second quarter, hitting a sobering milestone of more than $1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported this month. Credit cards are the most prevalent type of household debt, New York Fed researchers wrote in a blog post, and saw the biggest increase of all debt...
Drug war shakes France’s Marseille as rival gangs shoot it out (www.aljazeera.com)
Two gangs, “Yoda” and “DZ Mafia” are vying for control of the drugs market in the notorious northern neighbourhoods of France’s second biggest city....
Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating (www.reuters.com)
Water bombers flew low over Yellowknife as thick smoke blanketed the capital of the vast and sparsely populated Northwest Territories. Officials say the fire, which is moving slowly, is now 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the city and could reach the outskirts by Saturday if there is no rain....
Mortgage rates soar to their highest level in 21 years (www.cnn.com)
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% in the week ending August 17, up from 6.96% the week before. Rates have been above 6.5% since the end of May and climbing higher since mid-July. This week’s average rate is the highest the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has been since April 2002 when it was 7.13%.
U.S. sanctions 4 Russian operatives for 2020 poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny (www.cbsnews.com)
The US Treasury Department identified the sanctioned operatives as Alexey Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Vladimirovich Osipov and Vladimir Alexandrovich Panyaev. Three of the four have worked with a specialized laboratory run by the Russian security service known as the FSB Criminalistics Institute. All...
401(k) millionaires are on the rise after taking a hit last year. Boomers are leading the way (fortune.com)
How to curb unnecessary consumer impulses?
I am very lucky to have a chunk of disposable income every month. However, I want to invest and save most of it, because I recognize that disposable income can quickly disappear given the right circumstances....