China’s dominance of the global supply chain is starting to hurt automakers.On April 4, the country cut off exports of a class of minerals called “heavy rare earth elements,” and it sent the global auto industry into a panic.Rare earths are a class of 17 elements that have become indispensable in all kinds of applications — everything from fighter jets and submarines, to smartphones and appliances. You can even find them in sports equipment, like tennis rackets and baseball bats.They are also, of course, essential to the modern automobile. Gas burning cars use them to filter pollution through the vehicle’s…
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Steve Carell wants young people to foster a “simple” soft skill — something “we need more of in the world,” he said in a commencement speech at Northwestern University on June 15: being kind and respectful to others.Kindness can go a long way in life, the actor and comedian said. It can open doors to new opportunities, allow you to foster deeper connections with your colleagues and help you weather the fear and uncertainty that can come with starting a new chapter in life, he said.”It’s difficult for me to process just how much you’ve all experienced in your young…
Jeffrey Bland, 79, is considered the “father of functional medicine.” He’s devoted most of his lifetime to studying the origins of diseases to focus on prevention in healthcare.The main question Bland’s research looks to answer is this one: “Could we move to a form of healthcare where we’re spending more time worrying about and focusing on how to keep a person from being sick than just treating the sick downstream?”In 1991, he launched the Institute for Functional Medicine with his wife, Susan, to build off of the research he did under two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling at the Linus Pauling Institute of…
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesRep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican in Nebraska, is preparing to announce his retirement from Congress.Bacon’s retirement from Congress creates a ripe opportunity for Democrats to win the House seat representing Bacon’s Omaha district. In an election cycle where the House majority could be decided by just one or two seats, Democrats will need to flip several Republican-held seats like the one in Nebraska’s 2nd District.With Bacon out, the GOP no…
Bank of America recently named five stocks that have room to run in the second half, according to analysts. The firm says buy-rated companies such as Apple are compelling and have plenty of upside. The other names include Hinge Health , Roku , Datadog and Jabil. Roku The TV streaming service is firing on all cylinders following a recent advertising partnership announcement with e-commerce giant Amazon. “The combination of Roku’s scale, with nearly half of all TV streaming time in the US occurring on Roku, with Amazon’s breadth of data is powerful,” analyst Brent Navon and team wrote. He raised…
As a real estate broker of 10 years, working with clients whose budgets range from $300,000 to $3 million, I can confidently say that there is no perfect house.Many buyers begin their home search with a long list of “must-haves” and “nice-to-haves.” This is a great starting point, but you can quickly get stuck in the weeds. The real clarity comes once you begin touring homes in person, because that’s when you start to truly understand what you need versus what you want. But no matter the budget, location, or market conditions, every home comes with trade-offs. The key is knowing…
Tackling an enormous load of laundry can feel nearly impossible at the end of a long work week. When your to-do list is growing — or a new episode of your favorite show is calling — the thought of paying someone else to pick up your dirty clothes and return them freshly folded can seem like a dream.But at around $2 per pound of laundry, or around $20 to $30 for washing an average load, it can be hard to determine if the convenience is really worth the ongoing cost, says Ben Smith, a certified financial planner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.”As…
Some stocks are due to cool down after this week’s big market rally, according to one popular metric. The S & P 500 reached an all-time high and closed at a record Friday, marking an incredible turnaround after investors’ more intense tariff and trade concerns have dissipated. Though President Donald Trump said that trade talks between Canada and the U.S . have been terminated, traders managed to look past that development and all three of the major averages ended the week on a strong note. Stocks that have soared during this rally could see a pullback in the coming weeks,…
As Americans gear up for summer travel, prices at the pump may be cooling off.This summer could bring the lowest gas prices in years, and the national average price of gas could fall below $3 a gallon as early as September, says Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.”It’s going to be the cheapest summer since 2021, when the economy was heavily influenced by Covid,” De Haan says.As of Tuesday, the national average for a gallon of gas in the U.S. was $3.21, up roughly 10 cents from two weeks ago, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.The…
Just as they say you never step into the same river twice, the view from a given summit is never quite the same upon a second visit. The S & P 500 has fully scaled its way to its first record high in more than four months on Friday, recovering what was at the intraday trough a full 20% loss with rare speed, feeding off a deep reservoir of worry filled during the April tariff panic that has not yet fully been depleted. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500, ytd The index finished Friday not quite half a percent…
