Mortgage rates are rising: Here's what you need to know
The Investment Committee debate what rising rates means for home buyers and homebuilders. Source link
I hate Cleome, But with These Companion Plants, I Like it Better
I hate Cleome. My disdain stems from a bad experience back when I was a baby gardener. In my baby gardener days, I had a tiny plot in front of a duplex (so really, I just had the right-hand side of the garden). I was eager to make my mark (my parents, of course, got … Read more
Philly flower show sees the light of day (UPDATE)
It’s better to be outside. That is surely one of the central takeaways from the past year. Rather than simply cancel its annual late winter event, which has been held for 193 years, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society decided to hold its 2021 flower show later, outdoors, at Olmsted-designed FDR Park in South Philly. The show … Read more
Nike names Elliott Hill as CEO, replacing John Donahoe
Nike Inc. has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO effective, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike Inc. said Thursday it has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month. Hill is returning to the company from which retired in … Read more
Google’s lucrative ad tech business goes on trial
The US government is taking aim at the engine of Google’s immense wealth – its extremely lucrative ad tech business. A trial beginning on Monday will hear the Department of Justice’s case that the search engine’s parent company Alphabet illegally operates a monopoly in the market. The company earned more than $200 billion (£152bn) last … Read more
What is the infected blood scandal and what compensation is there?
The total cost of compensation is expected to run into billions of pounds. The amounts are being judged under five criteria – harm caused, social impact from stigma and isolation, impact on autonomy and private life, care costs and financial loss. The first payments will be made to those who were infected, the Labour government … Read more
Dodgers clinch 12th straight playoff berth on Shohei Ohtani’s historic night
MIAMI – In what has become a fall custom, the Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to the playoffs. The Dodgers clinched their 12th consecutive postseason berth Thursday with a 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on the same night that star slugger Shohei Ohtani homered three times and stole two bases to become the first … Read more
Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico’s first female president
Presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Tarimbaro, Michoacan state, Mexico, on April 21. Enrique Castro/AFP/Getty Images Xóchitl Gálvez, Mexico’s presidential candidate for the opposition coalition PRI-PAN-PRD, defines herself as “the bravest woman who will face crime,” according to posts on X. As part of her agenda leading up … Read more
President Biden: Our work on inflation is far from done
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Source link
Inspiration for Color Coordinating The House to The Garden
Cute summer towns are a haven for houses with adorable little gardens. They are always tidy and like a properly dressed lady (whose handbag always coordinates with her shoes), the plants often coordinate with the house. Here in New England, you can find all sorts of inspiration for color coordinating your plants to your house in a … Read more