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Hennion & Walsh Asset Management President and CIO Kevin Mahn reacts to a Zillow economist warning a 7% mortgage rate could be the new normal on ‘The Big Money Show.’

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Kansas City were treated to a very special «MVP» on board. Donna Kelce, mother to NFL stars Travis and Jason, was introduced by crew members as a «Most Valuable Parent.»

Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with union flight attendants

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal government will be awash in debt over the next 30 years

Georgia lawmakers have made it harder for workers at companies getting state economic incentives to unionize, in what could be a violation of federal law

The United Steelworkers Union has endorsed President Joe Biden, giving him support from another large labor union

Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died last month in Texas

Brenda O’Connor Juanas is different than most financial advisors in the US. As a citizen of both Canada and the US, she’s able to offer her Canadian clients the best of both worlds.

Mark Holland, delivered a powerful message on Wednesday to tobacco companies attempting to market nicotine pouches to children: “Stay the hell away from our kids.”Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Holland argued that flavoured nicotine pouches are attracting young Canadians into a dangerous addiction and emphasized the need for stringent regulations to protect the youth from the harmful effects of tobacco products.“I am seeking authority to restrict products so they are solely for the purposes of cessation,” he said. “We shouldn’t see flavours that are targeting kids, flavours like ‘Winter Berry Splash.’ We all see through it, we all what the intention is, and it’s over.“Whatever dark corner the tobacco industry crawls and creeps into to go after our children, whatever loophole they think they can find, they will meet me like an iron wall.”Nicotine pouches, positioned between the upper lip and gum, resemble Swedish-style snus but lack the tobacco leaf.

By Alexandra Alper and David Shepardson

(Reuters) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the famed Kennedy family, initially sought the Democratic Party's nomination for president but dropped that effort in October and re-entered the race for the White House as an independent.

₹6,746 per barrel on the multi commodity exchange (MCX). -Analysts said that the markets are concerned about the Federal Reserve's rate decision as interest rates have not fallen off like one would have expected.

Narendra Modi's visit to Bhutan was postponed mere hours ahead of departure due to ongoing inclement weather conditions over Paro airport. The Ministry of External Affairs is now working with its counterparts to finalise new dates for the high-profile visit. “Due to ongoing inclement weather conditions over Paro airport, it has been mutually decided to postpone the State visit of Prime Minister to Bhutan on 21-22 March 2024.

Top News of the Day: On 20 March, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with both Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reiterated India's stance of 'dialogue, diplomacy' on the Russia-Ukraine war. The Modi-government also cleared its stance on the pleas against the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, in its affidavit.

travel context, with women accounting for over 40% of the leisure customer base of some companies. Travel companies and hotel chains including Thomas Cook, SOTC and Leisure Hotels Group are increasing focus on women travellers amid a surge in demand for trips abroad as well as within the country. Planet Hollywood Goa, a beach resort in South Goa, for example, plans to host a first-of-its-kind Women Fun Fest with a sundowner electric beach bash and pool parties next month for women to “reclaim their weekends” and craft “unforgettable memories” with their tribe.

Spring is officially underway in Canada, and for some it may mean deciding whether this could be the year to buy a cottage or cabin.

American bank customers are concerned that overregulation of the banking industry will lead to restricted access to credit.

Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Modi reiterated India's commitment to an early and peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict between the two countries, the officials said, adding that both the leaders said they saw the Indian prime minister as a «peace-maker». «Both Putin and Zelenskyy also invited Modi to visit their countries after the elections in India get over,» an official said. The prime minister has in the past cited invitations extended to him by foreign leaders to visit their countries as their endorsement of the view that he is set to retain power in the Lok Sabha elections, which start on April 19 and will be over in the first week of June.

Aminul Haque Laskar has resigned from the BJP's primary membership. Laskar joined Congress on Wednesday. Laskar was former Deputy speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly. He alleged that the party has lost its political ideology. He was the only MLA from Muslim minority community between 2016-2021. In 2021 he lost to AIUDF’s Karim Uddin Barbhuiya. Laskar, who is currently the chairperson of the Assam State Commission for Minorities, said, «Back in 2011, when we joined the BJP, it had a certain ideology, but today it is playing communal cards much like the AIUDF. Today we see legislators from the AIUDF campaign for the BJP's Silchar Lok Sabha seat candidate, which is unacceptable.»

The Biden administration, in a push to enhance semiconductor production in the United States, has provisionally agreed to grant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) up to $8.5 billion in funding through the CHIPS Act.