Takara Tomy Arts has launched a special Showy Gacha 2 backpack, which is designed with a quirky look backed by a sense of nostalgia. It is shaped like the actual toy capsule machine and users can wear it on their backs filled with toys. It is modeled specifically after the Gacha2 Ez vending machine to…
Developments in the labor market show that the US economy isn’t on solid footing, according to Danielle DiMartino Booth. The veteran forecaster and QI Research founder pointed to continued signs of weakness in the US job market, zooming in on a few key areas that are flashing signs of trouble. Booth said that more workers…
The default prudent investment strategy these days is essentially a “buy and hold” (or, more precisely, “buy, hold, and rebalance”) strategy with low-cost index funds or ETFs. I’m convinced that a normal, early stage of investment literacy is mentally testing out various ways that somebody could do better than such a strategy: picking winning stocks,…
Video from a beach in Tyre, southern Lebanon – just 19km (12 miles) north of the Israeli border – shows several clouds of smoke rising after Israeli air strikes in the region. At least 274 people were killed and more than 700 injured in the strikes on Monday, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel’s army…
Every year more than 10,000 taxpayer-supported public housing units are lost to disrepair. But federal lawmakers routinely ignore the full amount, around $115 billion, needed to keep the units in “decent, safe and sanitary” condition. One-time funds for public housing repairs were cut from the final version of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to appeal…