© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to reporters as she arrives for the weekly Senate Democratic caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Two U.S. senators on Thursday urged the National Highway Traffic…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Kremlin aide urged the Russian government on Thursday to adopt legislation allowing foreign flagged vessels to use the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which Moscow wants to turn into a new Suez Canal. The NSR runs from Murmansk near Russia’s border with Norway eastwards to the Bering…

Investing.com– Most Asian currencies rose slightly on Wednesday, while the dollar hovered near three-week lows as soft U.S. inflation reading spurred increased bets that the Fed will pause its rate hike cycle later in the day. The dollar weakened further in Asian trade after steep losses on Tuesday, as data…

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic acknowledged Thursday more issues with his past financial disclosures, as part of a general release by the regional Fed banks of financial disclosure forms for their leaders covering 2022. Bostic already acknowledged last year what…

Warren Buffett states, “Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long-term values,” and Washington represents a big question mark these days for the pharmaceutical sector. After all, news broke on Friday that Bristol Myers Squibb BMY has sued Uncle Sam over a Medicare price renegotiation program in the Inflation…

Just over two months ago the Zweig Breath Thrust (ZBT) generated a rare buy signal. In the interim I have enjoyed the positive feedback given the stock market’s impressive gain. After the past fourteen signals since 1950 the S&P 500 was always higher 12 months later. Some were curious about…

I have previously written about Malta Retirement Plans in my article The Grinch Who Stole The Maltese Pension Plan (Dec. 31, 2021). In a nutshell, the U.S. Treasury was asleep at the switch in 2011 when the U.S.-Malta tax treaty was negotiated, and this allowed folks to set up retirement…

The average balance in employer-sponsored retirement contribution plans plunged more than 20% last year, according to new data from Vanguard Group. Vanguard, which tracks about 5 million retirement accounts, found the average account balance for 401(k)s and 403(b)s was $112,572 in 2022 – down nearly $30,000 from the previous year. “Vanguard…

Only 7% of American households earn $250,000 or more. For those high-income earners, however, certain cities will offer them the most bang for their buck — and others will offer far less. The real purchasing power of a $250,000 salary depends on a city’s overall economy, taxes and cost of…

As a psychologist and sexologist, we’ve spent a combined 50 years studying what makes relationships successful.One misconception many people have is that happy couples argue less. But that’s not the case; they just argue more effectively.When we work with couples who seem to be making no progress in their disagreements, we often suggest they…