Mortgage Rates Set to Rise as Treasury Yields Surge
(Associated Press) The long period of record-low rates on home loans could soon be over.
Long-term bond yields, which can influence interest rates on mortgages...
Climate Activist Thunberg to Appear on Swedish Postal Stamp
(Associated Press) Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and...
Defiance of Virus Dining Bans Grows as Restaurants Flounder
(Associated Press) A line formed out the door during the lunch rush at the Carver Hangar, a family-owned restaurant and sports bar, and waitresses...
Florida the Busiest US Travel Destination in 2020 as NYC Hotel...
(Joshua Paladino, ) New York City’s hotel occupancy dropped 39% last year, falling from 86% average occupancy in 2019 to 47.4% average occupancy in 2020, Ballotpedia...
Chamber Says Some Pro-Trump Legislators Will Lose Campaign Funding
(Associated Press) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is threatening to withhold campaign funds from politicians who railed against approval of Joe Biden's election victory,...
Librarian Fired for Push to Keep Politics Out of Libraries
(Washington Free Beacon) An Arizona librarian was fired after he called for libraries to be apolitical spaces.
In July, Arizona librarian Ron Kelley received an...
Small Businesses Freaking Out About Surging Taxes Under Biden
(ZeroHedge) In December, the first month after Donald Trump's loss, the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index slumped 5.5 points to 95.9, falling below the average Index...
Sheldon Adelson, Casino Mogul and GOP Power Broker, Dies
(Associated Press) Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a...
Airbnb Banning ‘Hate Groups’ Ahead of Inauguration
(Associated Press) Airbnb said Monday that it's reviewing reservations in the Washington, D.C., area ahead of next week's presidential inauguration and will bar any...
No More Puny Prizes: Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots Soar
(Associated Press) After a long stretch of relatively paltry prizes, U.S. lottery players now have a choice of games that offer combined jackpots of...
