Why mortgage rates remain so high—and what to expect in 2025 Mortgage costs stayed stubbornly high in 2024, with 30-year fixed rates holding well above 6% for most of the year. Unfortunately for buyers, 2025 isn't looking much better. The Federal Reserve has ... 12/30/2024 - 1:34 am | View Link
If interest rates remain ‘higher for longer,' the winners are those with cash accounts The Federal Reserve indicated a slower pace of interest rate cuts in 2025. Savers with high-yield savings and other cash-like accounts should benefit. 12/27/2024 - 3:38 am | View Link
Fed Cuts Interest Rates and Markets Plunge After 2025 Forecast The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point, its third reduction this year, but suggested only two more reductions next year as inflation lingers. 12/18/2024 - 10:15 am | View Link
The Fed Cut Rates Again Today. Make These 4 Money Moves ASAP The Federal Reserve cut interest rates today -- a move that can have a significant impact on your money. The Fed's actions affect everything from mortgage rates to savings account earnings, and ... 12/18/2024 - 7:48 am | View Link
Interest rates on top-yielding CDs are dropping. Here’s what that means for savers Here’s what you need to know about how global financial markets and economic indicators can affect yields on deposit accounts such as CDs and high-yield savings, and how you should prepare for other ... 12/18/2024 - 6:24 am | View Link
For Floridians, 2024 was a year of weight loss and emerging revelations about anti-obesity medications.
More than an estimated million Floridians are now using weight-loss medications, and experts believe that number will continue to rise. Nationally, about 15 million adults have used injectable medicines for weight loss, according to the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index.
As usage increases, the effect is measurable.
About 10 million Americans believe they have benefited from the injections, Gallup’s survey shows.
Ten years ago, the U. S. and Cuba announced the start of normalization between our two countries. Americans and Cubans alike could see a bit of light through a crack in the wall of U. S. restrictions that, for six decades, have blocked normal interaction between close neighbors.
The brief opening was largely ceremonial — President Trump rolled much of it back in his first term.
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A recent viewpoint essay in the Sun Sentinel criticized Florida’s construction industry and cited low pay and high mortality rates. However, data paints a different picture.
The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Florida construction workers earn an average of $24.63 per hour, slightly below the national average of $26.22.
ALLIGATOR ALLEY — A new lookout tower in the Florida Everglades is a source of curiosity right off the highway. It’s set to become a must-stop site for drivers to catch views of the River of Grass, and maybe snap some great selfies, too.
Drivers traveling on I-75, or Alligator Alley, may have spotted the additions already underway at Rest Area at Mile Marker 35: The Florida Department of Transportation has planned an observation tower, boardwalks, walkways, a wetland plant exhibit, an arboretum, asphalt trails, and pavilions and benches.
(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)The Florida Department of Transportation is constructing an observation tower, boardwalks, walkways, a wetland plant exhibit, an arboretum, asphalt trails, and pavilions and benches at the Rest Area at Mile Marker 35 along Alligator Alley.
Q: What was Tyler Herro supposed to do? – Sid.
A: Here’s the thing, it didn’t appear as if Tyler Herro did much of anything in the altercation with Amen Thompson, other than getting flipped to the court. It was as if he was Charlie Ward and Amen Thompson was P.