Twitter said Friday it has permanently banned an account that some in Iran believe is linked to the office of the country’s supreme leader after a posting that seemed to threaten former President Donald Trump. In the image posted by the suspect account late Thursday, Trump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a […]
Summary List Placement Learning a new topic, whether for a career move or an academic test, is no small feat. The popular (and free) Coursera class Learning How to Learn helps you understand how your brain processes information and builds memory, so you can efficiently learn any subject. This course is also included in […]
Summary List Placement Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that he will prioritize climate change as part of the Department of Transportation’s support for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plans. Biden has proposed a $2 trillion investment in infrastructure, according to his website, with the intent to create “the […]
Summary List Placement With travel plans and museum visits disrupted, online art history classes are a great way to learn about cultures around the globe from home. We rounded up the best affordable art history classes to kickstart or advance your journey into the art world. Read more: I use Coursera to take all […]
Nearly three months after CoreLogic confirmed it was exploring multiple acquisition offers following the rejection of a hostile takeover bid, the data giant is now evaluating the final two bidders. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported that CoStar Group and a private equity group led by Warburg Pincus are currently competing for the data provider, though […]
Summary List Placement Millions of us who remember President Barack Obama’s inauguration in January of 2009 can recall the deep feeling of anxiety that hummed in the background of the event. Our nation was facing an unprecedented economic collapse, and there was a genuine sense that the global economy could be completely wiped out. I […]
The Atlanta Braves Major League baseball team announced Friday Hall of Famer Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86. The team says Aaron died peacefully in his sleep Thursday. Aaron spent all but two years of his 23-year major league baseball career with the Braves organization. In a […]
Summary List Placement The number of Japanese language learners is at a record high of almost 4 million, according to a 2018 survey from the Japan Foundation. Whether you’re a complete beginner or want to brush up on what you know, learning Japanese is a great way to spend any spare time in quarantine. […]
The following is an excerpt from an interview originally published by FinLedger with Rohan Amin, Chief Information Officer of Chase’s Consumer & Community Banking unit. The complete interview is available here. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, banks were among the many institutions moving quickly to adapt to all the changes that came with […]
Summary List Placement A key gauge of US business activity swung higher this month as strong demand lifted manufacturers and service businesses alike. IHS Markit’s composite output index climbed to 58 from 55.3 in an early January reading, hitting its highest level in two months. The firm’s index of service-industry business activity improved to 57.5 […]
Summary List Placement President Joe Biden is planning another wave of executive actions, set to address the financial struggles facing millions of Americans as the pandemic continues. “The American people cannot afford to wait,” Brian Deese, the White House National Economic Council Director told reporters on a Thursday evening call. “So many are hanging by […]
After ringing the bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning, Mat Ishbia’s United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is a publicly traded company. UWM, the second-largest mortgage originator in America, debuted trading at $11.95. By 10:45 a.m. EST, it was trading at $11.65. UWM’s entrance to the public markets caps a wild six months […]
Summary List Placement Credit- and debit-card spending accelerated through the first two weeks of January as stimulus passed by President Donald Trump bolstered households’ balance sheets. Card spending climbed 6% from the year-ago period over the week that ended January 16, Bank of America said in a Thursday note, citing aggregated card data. The climb […]
Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it off, many believe the vaccination of its 127 million citizens for the coronavirus is key. It’s an immense undertaking in the best of circumstances and complicated now by an overly cautious decision-making process, bureaucratic roadblocks […]
The final delinquency tally for December is in, with data revealing that by year’s end, 1.54 million more delinquent and 1.7 million more seriously delinquent mortgages were reported than at the start of 2020, according to a report from Black Knight. With nearly 2 million extra overdue loans in the pipe, that’s approximately 3.4 million […]
Amazon won’t be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app, which is favored by followers of former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle said she was not dismissing Parler’s “substantive underlying claims” against Amazon […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced senior political appointees who will lead various parts of the agency. These diverse and accomplished individuals will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the agency and work to quickly advance key education priorities for the Biden-Harris administration. details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content […]
Summary List Placement Remotely Humorous is a three-part edX course focused on using humor to create more connected, creative, and happier workplaces. Designed by two Stanford lecturers and some top writers from Funny or Die and Comedy Central, the series is adapted from one of Stanford’s most popular in-person courses. Read more: Yale’s most popular […]
Facebook’s independent oversight board said Thursday that it had accepted the company’s request to review its decision to suspend the accounts of former President Donald Trump. The U.S. social media giant blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts after he was accused of inciting a deadly insurrection by his supporters January 6 at […]
Summary List Placement Various Federal Reserve lending facilities left to expire under former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are likely to stay closed in the immediate future. Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, indicated she won’t work to reopen the closed 13(3) programs unless Congress allows for such action, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, […]
Summary List Placement Whether you’re a beginner or expert baker, investing in a specialized baking cookbook can help you perfect your pie crust, sourdough bread, or chocolate chip cookies. Below, expert bakers Joanne Chang and Amber Croom share their picks for the best baking books, from mastering French pastries to tempering chocolate. Read more: […]
Summary List Placement President Joe Biden inherited an ailing labor market, with 900,000 people filing unemployment claims the week before he took office. But the new president has plans to address the issue and provide relief for jobless Americans. Before COVID-19 hit, unemployment claims were touching highs of around 695,000, but have consistently soared above […]
Summary List Placement House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at her weekly press conference on Thursday that Democrats will be prepared to act swiftly on another coronavirus relief package during the first week of February. “We’ll be doing our committee work all next week so that we are completely ready to go to the floor when […]
Summary List Placement President-elect Joe Biden is inheriting a string of economic, political, and health crises that will test his administration early on. Biden has said he intends to pursue an ambitious legislative agenda on the economy and infrastructure among other areas during his first year in office. Last week, he rolled out a $1.9 […]
The average mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell two basis points last week to 2.77%, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Now 12 basis points above the record low set Jan. 7, rates more closely resemble those seen over two months ago. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also shifted downward to 2.21 […]
At the request of President Biden, the Acting Secretary of Education will extend the pause on federal student loan payments and collections and keep the interest rate at 0%. Too many Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities and to provide for their families. They should not be forced to choose between paying their […]
Summary List Placement Filings for US unemployment benefits declined last week as America’s labor-market recovery made sluggish progress amid elevated COVID-19 case counts. New US jobless claims totaled an unadjusted 900,000 for the week that ended Saturday, the Labor Department announced Thursday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected 935,000 filings for the period. The reading lands […]
Summary List Placement Joe Biden halted all last-minute rules from Trump’s administration, including those for cryptocurrency. Hours after Biden’s inauguration ceremony, the order was circulated in a memo to all federal agencies. Controversial crypto regulations proposed by Steve Mnuchin on December 18 were met with criticism. Sign up here our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before […]
Twitter has locked the account of China’s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policies in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. social media platform said violated the firm’s policy against “dehumanization.” The Chinese Embassy account, @ChineseEmbinUS, posted a tweet this month that said that Uighur women were no longer “baby making machines,” citing […]
Summary List Placement On January 6, Congress convened a joint session to formally certify President Joseph Biden’s Electoral College victory, but it was quickly interrupted by a group of Republican objectors who argued, based on little more than conspiracy theories, that Congress shouldn’t proceed because there had been widespread election fraud. In total, 147 Republicans […]
Following his inauguration on Wednesday, President Joe Biden revealed that he plans to sign 17 executive orders his first day in office, including a further extension of the eviction and foreclosure moratorium to at least March 31. Brian Deese, Biden’s choice to lead the National Economic Council, said the president will call upon the Centers […]
Summary List Placement Small businesses have been hit hard throughout the pandemic, and President Joe Biden intends to provide relief through his stimulus proposal unveiled last Thursday. But questions remain on the timeline for businesses to recover and how effective Biden’s plan will be once implemented. In the American Rescue Plan Biden unveiled last week, […]
In one of former President Donald Trump administration’s last acts, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development declared Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will once again back mortgages for immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. HUD said DACA recipients who are legally permitted to work in the U.S. are […]
Twenty-two-year-old poet Amanda Gorman made headlines and dominated inauguration talk on social media Wednesday after speaking at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Her poem, in part: “We, the successors of a country and a time, Where a skinny black girl, Descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, Can dream of becoming president, Only to […]
Summary List Placement Now sworn in, President Joe Biden is inheriting a set of extraordinary crises that will test his new administration from its earliest days. A raging pandemic continues devastating the nation with daily infections and hospitalizations near record levels a year. The official US death tolls hit 400,000 people this week, nearly the […]
When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president Wednesday, he inherited several social media accounts, including the @POTUS, @WhiteHouse, @FLOTUS and @VP Twitter accounts. Unlike after the last inauguration in 2017, when then-President Barack Obama’s followers were transferred to his successor Donald Trump, Biden inherited none of the @POTUS account’s existing […]
Homebuilder confidence in the U.S. fell to a four-month low in January as builders expressed concerns about higher house prices, COVID-related supply chain issues and construction costs. Builder confidence in single-family homes dropped to 83 in January from 86 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. It’s the second straight […]
Summary List Placement New York City’s top earners may soon face the highest income tax rates in the country if the White House doesn’t help the state recover from its $15 billion deficit, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has warned. As part of a 2022 budget proposal announced Tuesday, Cuomo said he may have to raise taxes […]
Summary List Placement President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask the Department of Education on Wednesday to extend the pause on federal student loan payments through September 30, marking his first move to act on student debt in America. The extension applies to the 42 million federal student loan borrowers in the country. In a call […]
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced Tuesday that it is requesting input on the current and future risk of natural disasters and climate change on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, especially as it relates to the housing financial system overall. The Request for Input (RFI) – available for comments until Apr. 19, 2021 – opens […]
Mortgage applications decreased 1.9% for the week ending Jan. 15 from one week earlier, per data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey. The drop comes after a robust 16.7% jump in applications the prior week. The 30-year fixed rate rose to 2.92%, its highest level since last November. Additionally, the 15-year fixed rate increased […]
In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinian high-tech startups are flourishing. Some are branches of international companies, others are all Palestinian. High-tech also offers new possibilities for Israeli-Palestinian cooperation. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Jerusalem. Camera: Ricki Rosen details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: VOANews.Com
Summary List Placement Amazon’s book editors have chosen their top picks for the best books of January 2021. The list includes 12 titles that span a wide range of genres, from moving memoirs to satirical novels. We’ve broken down each of the books below, with captions provided by Amazon’s book editors. Sign up for […]
Summary List Placement Positive psychology is the study of fulfillment and meaning, and there are research-backed courses you can take to learn how to be happier. Below is a list of 10 courses from popular online learning platforms that are free or affordable to enroll in. Many are taught by Ivy League universities. Read […]
Summary List Placement A survey released on Tuesday found that four in five adults want President-elect Joe Biden to push small business aid and stimulus checks to the top of his agenda to ensure a quick economic recovery from the pandemic. In the survey findings by Morning Consult — a global data intelligence company — […]