Month: March 2023

The IRS has a new commissioner. On Thursday, Mar. 9, 2023, the Senate voted to confirm Daniel Werfel to lead the IRS. The confirmation vote was 54-42, with four Senators not voting, including Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who were not available due to medical reasons. Only one Democrat voted
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Renters are finally getting a break on their rent as prices drop. The median asking rent rose 1.7% year over year to $1,937 in February—the smallest increase in nearly two years and the lowest level in a year, according to a new report from Redfin. Rents were up nearly 10 times that much (16.5%) a
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gilaxia If you’re in the market for a new car, be prepared for the possibility of paying more than sticker price. The average new-car price in February was $45,296, compared with the average manufacturer’s suggested retail price, or MSRP, of $41,637, according to new research from iSeeCars.com. An estimated 31% of new vehicles were sold
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Layoffs begin. The unemployment report today is a mixed bag for workers. Unemployment went up which is bad and wage growth, at 8 cents per hour, was only so – so. The numbers of jobs created was not as high as last month, but still healthy at 311,0000. But I always look at what I
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Labor shortages. Volatile materials prices. Inflationary pressures. Capital markets turbulence. It’s all enough to keep real estate development project managers gobbling a steady diet of antacids as they grapple to keep their projects financially tenable. A 2022 CBRE U.S. Construction Cost Trends report afforded them little hope things would get a great deal better soon.
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Cindi Lincoln, third wife of young earth creationist preacher Kent Hovind, is suing Hovind consigliere Ernie Land, Kent Hovind, himself, and various entities about financial commitments made to her in exchange for support of Hovind’s Dinosaur Adventure Land (DAL) in Lenox Al. I have not been covering many of the developments in the Hovind story
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Hilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin speak for the first time regarding the accidental shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of the film “Rust”, on October 30, 2021 in Manchester, Vermont. MEGA | GC Images | Getty Images New Mexico prosecutors denied the claim that Alec Baldwin’s lawyers
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell testifies before a House Financial Services hearing on “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s prepared speech this week to Congress took just a few minutes, but it changed everything. In
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