A rare, untreatable tick-borne illness was identified in New York for the first time after a Long Island man survived a deadly infection. Michael Larkin, 67, of Long Island, suffered from “debilitating fevers, headaches and night sweats” for five years after being bitten by a tick in his backyard in 2021, according to a July 1 news conference hosted by Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Stony Brook…
Wall Street is banking heavily on exchange-traded funds that give investors artificial intelligence exposure, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The firm’s “Guide to ETFs,” which came out this month, finds it’s a top five theme by assets under management — even as volatility hit the group in the second quarter. “Many [themes] are morphing…
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent used a Monday meeting of the department’s Financial Literacy and Education Commission to argue that Trump Accounts can help address declining financial literacy in the U.S., pointing to early enrollment figures and new educational resources tied to the accounts. In prepared remarks, Bessent said 7 million children have been…
In response to the Strait of Hormuz crisis, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) have introduced the Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act. Not to be confused with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)’s Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax, which would introduce a 50 percent excise taxAn excise tax is a…
Business banking is a little different from consumer banking. Our master list of the best online banks around is surprisingly short on business checking accounts with no monthly maintenance fees, minimum balance requirements, or monthly transaction limits. Also, most business bank accounts impose transaction limits and demand hefty minimum balances to waive high monthly maintenance…
Gemini / Google Investors looking beyond traditional stocks and bonds often compare silver and Bitcoin as alternative investments. While both are seen as ways to diversify a portfolio and hedge against economic uncertainty, they operate very differently. Silver is a tangible precious metal with centuries of history as a store of value and industrial commodity….
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