by Martin Armstrong Denmark scraps public holidays in order to fund higher military defense spending when behind closed doors, the EU is anticipating sending in troops to fight Russia in Ukraine. The Parliament in Denmark passed a corresponding bill …
NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season despite surging prices on everything from food to rent, according to one measure. Holiday sales rose 7.6, a slower pace than …
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More than half of U.S. adults say it’s harder to afford the holiday gifts they want to give this year. Sixty-nine percent of them say they have seen higher prices for holiday gifts in recent months, up from 58% last …
Pickpockets are taking advantage of unsuspecting people in big holiday season crowds throughout the city, police officials warned Saturday. While New Yorkers and tourists gathered to watch the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree light up in midtown on Wednesday night, the …
via offthepress: Thanksgiving is typically a time for big family celebrations and lots of food, but a new survey finds the struggling U.S. economy is forcing many Americans to cut back this year — or not celebrate at all! In a …
by Michael This holiday season is certainly going to be far less jolly for millions of Americans. Yesterday, I detailed 11 signs that economic activity in the U.S. is rapidly declining. Well, today we have gotten even more bad news. Thanks to …
Forty-three percent of U.S. adults are planning to take trips between Thanksgiving and New Year’s; 79% of them are changing their holiday travel plans due to high inflation, according to Bankrate. Some are shortening their trips, choosing cheaper accommodations or …
A suspected ransomware attack on Holiday Inn has crippled the hotel giant’s ability to book reservations online, resulting in sharp occupancy drops that have sparked legal threats from franchisees, The Post has learned. InterContinental Hotels Group, which owns Holiday Inn …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Starting Monday, Tennessee shoppers won’t have to pay any taxes when they buy food at the grocery store. The grocery sales tax suspension holiday begins on August 1st and will continue all month long. During this period, …
(FOXNEWS) Violence in Chicago continues to escalate over the long July 4th weekend, with 54 people shot, 7 of them fatally. The weekend kicked off with 22 people shot, four fatally, within the span of 20 hours on Friday. Violent …
by Martin Armstrong President Joe Biden is calling for a three-month gas tax holiday to lower the price at the pump. Interestingly, former President Obama opposed a gas tax holiday when energy prices were much lower. In fact, he called …
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he’s considering a federal holiday on the gasoline tax, possibly saving U.S. consumers as much as 18.4 cents a gallon. “Yes, I’m considering it,” Biden told reporters after taking …
by Martin Armstrong Some believe Valentine’s Day originated as a way to offset the Pagan holiday of Lupercalia, which History described as “a bloody, violent and sexually charged celebration awash with animal sacrifice, random matchmaking and coupling in the hopes of …
More Americans got into the spirit this holiday, even if it meant spending more than they could afford. Between buying presents, plane tickets and party supplies, 36% of consumers went into debt, owing an average of $1,249, according to a …
Americans Are Spending Less but Falling Deeper into Debt As many as 56% of shoppers have made a purchase with “buy now, pay later” that they couldn’t pay off, according to a recent survey.
Biden enlists Target, Walmart to fix bottlenecks threatening holiday sales https://t.co/SApeufUk3e pic.twitter.com/vGRkMBLEyO — Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) October 14, 2021 Biden said the Port of Los Angeles would join the Port of Long Beach, two of the country’s busiest, in expanding …
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/target-offers-employees-extra-2-an-hour-for-peak-days-of-holiday-season.html Target said it will pay an extra $2 an hour to store and service center employees who work peak days during the holiday season, such as on Saturdays and Sundays in the final weeks before Christmas. The big-box retailer …
by Michael Snyder Is this going to be the worst holiday season in modern American history? Some mainstream news outlets are insisting that the upcoming holidays are going to be “ruined” because of the widespread shortages that are being caused …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iBr1g6uFKE Costco is warning on supply shortages. Limits on Toilet paper, food, water, and medicine. Walmart has removed all Layaway options for 2021. Employers cannot find enough people to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRrpHtCnGU Megan Gallen from FOX News reports, A New Jersey school board has reversed plans to remove all holiday names from their school calendar after parents expressed outrage at an emergency meeting on the decision. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.foxnews.com/media/nj-scho…
When tens of millions of Americans hit the road this holiday weekend, they’re going to find the highest prices for gasoline in nearly seven years. But many will also find stations that don’t have any gas at all. The national …
The US House has voted to pass legislation that would make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, meant to celebrate the end of chattel slavery in the country. Republican critics say the law will only fuel “identity politics.” Lawmakers voted 415-14 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZItG48caG20 Carly Roman from Washington Examiner reports, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a tax cut package designed to encourage spending in the Sunshine State. DeSantis signed House Bill 7061, which creates three roughly weeklong tax holidays, including one coinciding with …
by: Stefan Gleason Heading into Memorial Day weekend, American motorists will see the highest prices at the pump since 2014, according to AAA. Gas prices now average $3.04 a gallon nationally – reflecting a jump of more than $1.00 compared to …
(Bloomberg) — U.S. government officials monitoring the airways say they won’t tolerate passengers who refuse to don masks as airline travel surges ahead of the summer season. A recent spike in unruly passenger reports, many of them involving people refusing …
Uber is to guarantee its 70,000 UK drivers a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay and pensions after a landmark supreme court ruling. The ride-hailing app said drivers would start benefiting from the changes from Wednesday while retaining the right to …
by Jesse “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first …
by Jesse The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised up from +176,000 to +196,000, and the change for December was revised down from +312,000 to +222,000.… (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since …
