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If you want to maintain a roof above your head, you have a monthly bill to pay, and the cost of the home is certainly not cheaper. In order to save money, many people try to share that cost by living with their roommates. A new report from SmartAsset looked at rent for apartments in 100 cities in the US, finding places where people can save the most money by splitting rent for a two-bedroom apartment with roommates. The report listed three Florida cities as spots if they decided to share their living space. These are the names of the…

“For too long, the Chinese Communist Party has exploited the weaknesses of its export control enforcement system,” said Rep. John Mourenard (R-Mich.).On May 15, bipartisan House members introduced a bill aimed at preventing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from accessing advanced American chips.The US has posted export controls on advanced chips since 2022, with the aim of blocking CCP access to cutting edge and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that advance the military. However, eight lawmakers introducing the Chip Security Act said they had no intentional effect due to smuggling, loopholes and technological development.John Mourenaar (r-mich.) and Raja Krishnamoorti (d-ill.), chair…

LAKE VILLAGE, Ark.—On a breezy day, sun and shadow dance across Mencer farms, turning it into a patchwork of green in the fertile Arkansas Delta.It is humid here in the deep South, where the clock seems to run slower and the temperature hotter than in other places.Lake Village is a small town sitting along Lake Chicot, an abandoned channel of the Mississippi River. Over thousands of years, flooding deposited rich alluvial soil, making it ideal for crops like rice, cotton, soybeans, and corn.As a child, William Mencer’s grandfather handed him a cowboy hat and a garden hoe to dig up…

(Nexstar) – There were a lot of Liam and Olivias born last year, but there were far more in Colorado and Florida than in Wisconsin and Wyoming. Liam and Olivia were two of the most popular names nationwide, but that trend wasn’t true in all 50 states. In 2024, states in the US had their own trendy, popular names, according to new data released by the Social Security Agency, which tracks all births in the US. For example, in California, all the top 10 girls names end with an A. The 10 most popular names in Golden State include those…

AN D’Hynenzio, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart has rarely become the country’s largest retailer by making low prices a priority. It warns customers that prices will rise for items ranging from bananas to car seats. Executives at the $750 billion company told industry analysts Thursday that they are doing everything in their power to absorb higher costs from the tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump. However, given the size of the job, it is the best since the 1930s, so prices will inevitably rise, and inflation over the past three years will hurt already laid back Walmart…

Stan Choe, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — US stocks are drifting off Thursday following a churn of mixed reports that make little clear about how the US economy is managing through President Donald Trump’s trade war. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in noon trading after wiping off a modest previous loss that was on track with the first decline of the week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 80 points (0.2%) as of 11:30am Eastern time, with Nasdaq Composite down 0.3%. Following the report, the Treasury Department sank into the bond market. Headliners said shoppers spent less…

Tokyo – Nissan is cutting around 15% of the world’s workforce, or about 20,000 employees. Japanese automakers reported losses for the fiscal year that just ended amid slippage in sales in China and other countries, and reported restructuring costs that pivoted the restructuring costs.Nissan Motor Corp. said it would reduce the number of automotive plants from 17 to 10 under what is called the recovery plan, “creating decisive and bold actions to create a more lean and resilient business that will improve performance and quickly adapt to market changes.” They did not say which plants were closed, but they confirmed…

Associated Press Business Writer Matt Ott WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits remained stable last week as layoffs remained low despite uncertainty about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy. The Labor Bureau said Thursday that the number of Americans applying for unemployment assistance was no different to 229,000 at 229,000. This is in line with forecasts from 230,000 new application analysts. The weekly application of unemployment benefits is considered representative of US layoffs, hitting a healthy range, primarily between 200,000 and 250,000 since Covid-19 destroyed the economy and wiped out millions of jobs five years…

Yang Hengjun said the Australian government’s support over the past six years has helped him endure the unbearable suffering he has had at CCP prisons.Chinese Australian blogger Yang Hengjun wrote a sincere letter to Australian leaders for help in ending a six-year imprisonment at the hands of Beijing.The academic and democratic writer who emigrated to Australia in 1999 was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities in 2019 when he returned to China to renew his family’s visa.The CCP later charged him with spying, which he strongly denied. Yang is being detained in Beijing No. 2 prison.In February 2024, the…

For those who have experienced one, it can cause a recession story. We’re not officially there yet (at the time of this writing), but it’s only natural to worry about rising prices due to tariffs and potential aftermaths. Nearly nine in 10 Americans (85%) are concerned about tariffs, with one of their biggest concerns being tariffs (45%) leading to a recession, a Nerdwallet survey found. I remember how the Great Recession destroyed jobs across the United States, including mine. After graduating in 2009, I worked as an entry-level executive assistant for a nonprofit for four months before being fired. I…