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Jill On Money: Bond yields surge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

Unless you have been hiding underneath a rock, you know that interest rates have been marching higher since the Federal Reserve began its inflation-fighting campaign.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask a travel nerd: Environmentally friendly air travel for cheap stoics Advice | Should I buy a house now or wait? Experts weigh in on the current market Advice | Candy prices are up. Here’s why, and how to save on Halloween Advice | How companies are helping employees stuck between work and caring for aging parents Advice | Adopting a rescue dog? Here’s what to know about pet insurance Although the central bank only controls short-term rates, intermediate and longer-term rates have followed suit.Over the past two years, the yield of the benchmark 10-year treasury has gone from about 1.5% in October 2021 to a recent high of just over 5%, a level not seen since July 2007.The increase means that the U.S. government mus...

The new breed of long-haul, low-cost airlines: What you need to know

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

By John Walton | CNNYou’ve seen them on TikTok and on Instagram: people flying on the new generation of long-haul, low-cost airlines where the fares sound too good to be true.Flights from New York to Paris for $200? They’re out there, if you’re able to be flexible, and if you’re willing to skip extras — depending on the airline, that could include checked bags, meals, entertainment and the bar cart.But what’s different on each of these independent airlines? Let’s break it down.Comparing long-haul, low-cost carriers to other airlines that bill themselves as “full-service,” you’ll often get the same newer planes like the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350, sometimes with the same seats and entertainment screens. To an extent, airline food is airline food, and many folks already pack their own meals even on full-service airlines.These carriers can be a great deal if you go into them with the understanding that you’re paying low-cost fares, so you should expect a low-cost experience onboard.Ove...

Monday Morning Lights: What Valley Christian coach says after close loss to Serra

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

Welcome back to Monday Morning Lights, our weekly feature that sheds more light on the high school football weekend and peeks ahead to the new week. If you haven’t already, please subscribe. Your contributions keep us going.SERRA-VALLEY CHRISTIAN: NO MORAL VICTORYValley Christian coach Mike Machado still had his competitive juices flowing on Saturday, one day after his team kept pace with juggernaut Serra before ultimately losing 24-13.In five previous West Catholic Athletic League games this season, Serra won each of them by an average score of 51-8.Friday at Valley, Serra led 14-7 at halftime and 14-13 late in the third quarter.“We went at halftime and our guys in that locker room thought they were going to win,” Machado said. “It was 14-7. They’re a good team. I know exactly why they are what they are and they do what they do. But we expect to compete with them every time we walk on the field.“We’re not going to be happy about a loss. We go into every game with the intent of play...

San Jose Airport passenger activity flattens out as trips start to ebb

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

SAN JOSE — Passenger trip activity at San Jose International Airport is showing clear signs of weakening, a potentially ominous signpost for the Silicon Valley economy.One bright spot in an otherwise unsettling regular report from San Jose Airport officials: The South Bay aviation hub has handled at least 1 million passengers a month for six consecutive months, the airport stated.San Jose International Airport accommodated slightly under 1.02 million passengers during September, officials reported.Related ArticlesEconomy | The new breed of long-haul, low-cost airlines: What you need to know Economy | They said it: Pilot’s bad day Economy | Will pilot’s bad trip be sobering setback for California quest to legalize psychedelic mushrooms? Economy | United Airlines flight attendants allege racism on charters for LA Dodgers Economy | Wife of ex-Bay Area Alaska pilot says she is in shock over aver...

49ers’ defense seeks answers after Bengals, Burrow carve it up

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

SANTA CLARA — On the Bengals’ third play from scrimmage Sunday afternoon, the 49ers’ defense surrounded quarterback Joe Burrow with the kind of pressure it lacked six days earlier, failing to record a single sack in a Monday night loss to the Minnesota Vikings.On third-and-10, Burrow backpedaled as the pocket collapsed around him and found no safe haven. Arik Armstead’s 290-pound frame soon hung from his shoulder blades. But soon enough, the 49ers defensive lineman and another one of his cohorts, Nick Bosa, were on their backs in the backfield. Still upright, Burrow unleashed a completion to Tee Higgins, converting the first down, and five plays later was celebrating in Levi’s Stadium’s north end zone.The tone was set. The 49ers’ defense, which looked so daunting just a few weeks ago, was hardly able to slow down the Bengals’ All-Pro quarterback, let alone take him down, in an eventual 31-17 defeat, entering their bye week with a third strai...

San Jose officials take stand against LGBTQ hate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

(BCN) -- A resolution to support San Jose's LGBTQ+ community sparked an emotional outcry from residents and politicians. The San Jose City Council last week unanimously declared its support for transgender and broader LGBTQ+ communities after a wave of hateful remarks from a conservative parents group, Informed Parents of Silicon Valley. Councilmembers Pam Foley and Omar Torres authored the resolution after Informed Parents of Silicon Valley had distributed brochures in local school districts urging parents to opt their children out of sex education classes including LGBTQ+ supportive curriculum and ban LGBTQ+ themed books in school libraries. 10 great books by LGBTQ+ authors "These fliers contain misinformation and hateful dog whistles that target our LGBTQ community," Foley said during the Tuesday meeting. "I cannot stand by silently while members of our community are marginalized and attacked."Foley said the group also targeted teachers by spreading misinformation about their ...

Tuberville says he will keep blocking military promotions despite Israel’s war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

(CNN) — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who has held up military promotions for nine months, slammed a proposal being floated to change the chamber’s rules to allow a vote on many of the nominations en masse and attacked the White House and Senate Democrats for not negotiating with him.“It’s typical of this place. This administration would rather burn the Senate down and that’s what would happen. … If you change the rules of the Senate then it lasts forever,” Tuberville told CNN’s Manu Raju. “So they would rather burn down the Senate than negotiate.”All Senate Democrats would have to join with nine Republicans for this latest plan to work. The bloc of nominees wouldn’t include some higher-level military promotions, which senators would still want to confirm one at a time. The proposal could go to the Senate Rules Committee as soon as this week, a source told CNN Thursday.Tuberville has been holding up military promotions since February because of a Department of Defense policy tha...

Slumping Ajax turns to former player John van ’t Schip as coach for rest of calamitous season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Slumping in last place in the Dutch league, four-time European champion Ajax named former player John van ’t Schip as coach Monday for the rest of a so-far calamitous season.Ajax said in a statement van ’t Schip will be interim coach “before stepping into a function in technical management” in July.The appointment came one day after Ajax lost 5-2 to league-leading PSV Eindhoven and one week after coach Maurice Steijn was fired just seven league games into a three-year contract.Ajax’s only league win was on the opening day in August and fan disorder forced a home game against defending champion Feyenoord to be stopped and completed three days later as a 4-0 loss. The Dutch giant also is last in its Europa League group without a win in three games. Van ’t Schip’s previous coaching job was with the Greece national team two years ago. His assistant then, Michael Valkanis, rejoins him for the rest of the season after leaving Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ajax said.Van ’t...

CNBC: General Motors alcanza acuerdo con sindicato automotriz, poniendo fin a 6 semanas de huelga

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

DETROIT – United Auto Workers (UAW) y General Motors (GM) llegaron este lunes a un acuerdo para poner fina a la negociación colectiva entre el sindicato y los fabricantes de automóviles de Detroit luego de más de seis semanas de huelgas laborales en Estados Unidos, dijeron fuentes cercanas al acuerdo a a CNBC.GM es el último fabricante de automóviles de Detroit que llega a un acuerdo con el sindicato luego de extensas negociaciones. Decenas de miles de trabajadores en todo el país se declararon en huelga después de que las partes no lograron llegar a acuerdos antes de la fecha límite del 14 de septiembre.Dos fuentes familiarizadas con las conversaciones entre GM y UAW dijeron que las negociaciones se llevaron a cabo la noche del domingo y hasta la madrugada de este lunes para llegar a un acuerdo. Bloomberg informó por primera vez sobre la noticia del acuerdo el lunes.Los portavoces de la UAW y GM declinaron hacer comentarios el lunes.Ford fue el primero en llegar a un acuerdo tentat...

UConn’s Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd hope for healthy season together to make championship run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:58 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma was traveling with his team in Hungary this summer when he walked into a mystical little shop and asked for a charm that might keep his star players Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd healthy this season.The woman behind the counter sold Auriemma a bracelet made of what the coach calls “spiritual beads,” promising they would bring good luck.“I think that was a con job, sales job, but I’m trying anything,” Auriemma said. “Because, so much has happened that you just hold your breath at the end of every practice, at the end of every workout, when you go home, that you didn’t get a phone call.”Bueckers, the national player of the year as a freshman and a pre-season All-American this year, missed all of last season and most of the previous one with two separate knee injuries. Fudd, who like Bueckers is a former high school player of the year, also had injuries that put her on the bench for significant time during her freshman and...