Keith Sonderling moved one step closer on Thursday to becoming the next U.S. secretary of labor after the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12 to 11 along party lines to advance his nomination to the full Senate. Sonderling, who has served as acting labor secretary since April, now awaits a final…
Gemini / Google A budget of $1,500 per month gets you fewer than 500 square feet in Miami, according to a report by RentCafe. RentCafe’s analysis of 200 cities was based on data from Yardi, a company that provides real estate intelligence, and was current as of March 2026. According to RentCafe, the national average…
Crude oil prices sank and interest rates were lower Monday on renewed hope for peace in the Middle East. But semiconductor stocks sold off as markets continue to wonder when escalating hyperscaler capex budgets will generate returns on investment. The front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contract was down 8.1% to $82.04 per barrel….
The U.S. government sold 30-year bonds at the highest interest rate in a quarter of a century, a testament to investors’ demand for compensation to finance the nation’s growing deficit.
The yield at the $25 billion sale Thursday came in at 5.216%, the most since 2001, even as a drop in oil prices…
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The Department of Labor failed to establish adequate safeguards over its use of common interest agreements with private plaintiffs’ attorneys, creating risks to confidential information and undermining public confidence, the department’s inspector general told lawmakers Wednesday. Testifying before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said the DOL lacked basic…