Why Long and Short Interest Rates Fell Out of Step September, the US Federal Reserve has cut benchmark interest rates by 100 basis points. Yet the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds has risen by around the same amount. This divergence between short- and ... 01/7/2025 - 7:58 pm | View Link
Bank of England interest rates fears as new forecasts issued As a result, there has been pressure on the Bank of England to push ahead with cut in interest rates to promote spending and growth. This pressure has been countered by concerns about rising inflation ... 01/7/2025 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Best savings accounts of the week: Brits told to 'consider goals for 2025' as 8% interest rates on offer Bank customers are being strongly reminded to "consider any savings goals for 2025" as high street banks and building societies continue to offer "market-leading" interest rates of up to eight per ... 01/6/2025 - 2:12 am | View Link
Nationwide to cut interest rates on more than 20 savings accounts Nationwide Building Society is to slash the interest rates on several savings accounts. We list the accounts affected and when the changes will take place ... 01/3/2025 - 12:07 am | View Link
Bank of England multiple interest rate cuts expected in huge boost for millions Survey respondents expected the European Central Bank to accelerate its interest rate cuts in 2025, with more than 50 percent forecasting borrowing costs to fall to 2 per cent or below. The eurozone’s ... 01/1/2025 - 9:03 pm | View Link
Dry January is an opportunity to evaluate your relationship to alcohol. The idea is to abstain from alcohol for the entire month, then decide if you want to go back to your regular drinking habits, drink less, or not at all for the remainder of the year. With the recent discussion in the U.
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever made waves in November when he suggested that advancements in AI are slowing down, explaining that simply scaling up AI models was no longer delivering proportional performance gains.
Sutskever’s comments came on the heels of reports in The Information and Bloomberg that Google and Anthropic were also experiencing similar slowdowns.
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Happy Birthday for Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024:
You can be successful in many fields. You are hardworking, determined and willing to make sacrifices to achieve your cherished goals. Take inventory of your life this year.
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2025. There are 357 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 8, 2016, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most-wanted drug lord, was captured for a third time in a daring raid by Mexican marines, six months after walking through a tunnel to freedom from a maximum security prison.
Also on this date:
In 1790, President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City.
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Their spirit was willing but the depleted Nuggets couldn’t quite hang with the defending NBA champions Celtics Tuesday night at Ball Arena.
Playing without center Nikola Jokic, who was scratched before the game with a non-COVID illness, Denver pushed Boston to the limit. When Christian Braun swished a 3-pointer to tie the game 93-93, he pumped his fist and the crowd went nuts.
But the Celtics executed down the stretch and made the big shots while the Nuggets ran out of runs — and maybe out of gas — on their home floor.
LOS ANGELES — California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as officials prepared for the situation to worsen early Wednesday.
The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff at a senior living center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot.