House Clerk Cheryl Johnson has become an unlikely folk hero in Washington this week, running the lower chamber of Congress with a steady hand as Republicans struggle to elect a speaker amid historic chaos.
(Bloomberg) — More than half of US renters say their annual bill climbed by at least $1,200 over the past year amid a housing-market squeeze, according to the Census Bureau.
Exchange-traded fund providers weathered a turbulent year in Canada, with BlackRock Inc. nearing C$100 billion ($73.7 billion) in assets and Vanguard Group Inc. posting the strongest percentage inflows among the biggest players.
Air made warmer by climate change is exacerbating both aridity and precipitation, leading to double-whammy weather cycles.
The US Federal Trade Commission is proposing a ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts that keep workers from switching jobs — a sweeping rule likely to affect millions of Americans.
Californians can blame the violent, incessant rainstorms hammering their state on an expanse of low pressure that has parked itself high above the northern Pacific, funneling storm after storm ashore.
High-quality securitized credit is a good bet as the economy teeters on the edge of a recession that will test weaker borrowers, according to Sycamore Tree Capital Partners LP.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will ask US counterpart Joe Biden for support in financing clean energy projects and attracting semiconductor investment when the two men meet in Mexico City next week, a senior Mexican Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
During their first virtual meeting of the year, Ethereum developers said they are pushing ahead with a key software upgrade that would let people withdraw Ether tokens used to operate the blockchain network.
US prosecutors charged a French national with defrauding buyers of his “Mutant Ape Planet” non-fungible tokens, alleging he duped investors out of more than $2.9 million in cryptocurrency before his arrest Wednesday at a New York airport.
