Overview of U.S. Durable Goods Orders Wednesday’s U.S. economic agenda focuses on the release of July’s durable goods orders data. The U.S. Census Bureau will release its monthly report at 12:30 p.m. CST. The report is expected to report a 4.3% increase in overall orders for the month, comparedRead More →
UK Retail Sales Overview The UK Retail Sales, scheduled to be published at 06:00 GMT on Friday, is expected to ease from 12% prior advance to 8% MoM in June. Total retail sales are still seen depleting 6.4% over the year in the reported month, though up from -13.1%Read More →
While Ethereum has brought about a whole new realm of possibilities due to its native token Ether (ETH) and its smart contract and tokenization capabilities, it is often faced with challenges such as network congestion, relatively low transaction times and throughput, large blockchain size and excessive electricity use for miningRead More →
Just seven days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed Title VIII ̶— commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act —̶ of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. President Johnson considered the law as an homage to the great civil rights leader. Read More →
Wyze Labs Inc., a maker of smart-home cameras and devices, has confirmed a data leak that could affect millions of customers. Cybersecurity company Twelve Security first reported the leak on Thursday, saying “both the company’s production databases were left entirely open to the internet,” exposing the information of around 2.4Read More →
Health and genetics aren’t the only factors that affect life expectancy — location might, too. Current location has a “large causal impact” on a person’s life span, according to researchers at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who looked at Medicare beneficiary data and how location affects mortalityRead More →
Almost all of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) changes that will affect individual taxpayers kick in starting with your 2018 Form 1040. Here are the 10 changes that are most like to affect your return. 1. Lower individual rates As did prior law, the TCJA has seven taxRead More →
Hope you stayed warm and enjoyed the three-day weekend, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Hospitals must list prices online — now all you have to do is find them Costs still vary for same procedure across hospitals, and it gets more confusing from there. Your workplace isRead More →
