US Manufacturing Hits 49-Month High As 'Input Costs Show Signs Of Cooling'

Bill Maher Delivers A Brutal 9/11 Reality Check To The Left Bill Maher used the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks to say something that once required no courage at all: terrorists are terrorists. That the observation now counts as provocative says something about how far we've come since 2001. On Real Time with Bill Maher, in a segment titled "Clash of Civilizations," Maher walked through what has happened in the 25 years since 9/11. "Since it's the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and since, for 25 years, we've been kept relatively...

USPS Could Run Out Of Funds Within A Year Without Congressional Action: Postmaster General Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General David Steiner said on March 4 that the service could run out of cash reserves within a year unless Congress removes a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money. A USPS van driver parks the car on a street in Manhattan, New York City, on August 24, 2020. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times If it doesn’t, the service risks not being...

Lowe's CEO Warns Housing Market "Most Difficult" Since Financial Crisis As DIY Project Demand Crumbles Home improvement retailers such as Home Depot and Lowe's warned this week that consumers remain reluctant to splurge on big-ticket home improvement items, as elevated mortgage rates, high home prices, energy inflation, weakening sentiment, and broader macroeconomic uncertainty weigh on demand. Let's begin with Home Depot, which on Wednesday reported mixed first-quarter results. At the same time, management said on the conference call that it is not expecting a "marked improvement in underlying demand." Bernstein analyst Zhihan...