Melly Alazraki - Writer for 24/7 Wall St.
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The U.S. prison population was 1,230,100 at the end of 2022, a 2% increase from 2021, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. At the federal level, there were 158,949 offenders incarcerated in...
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On one Sunday in late January, more than one-third of electricity in the Texas grid came from the sun — a record for the state. Considering that the Texas economy relies heavily on oil, this may be...
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New Jersey’s plastic ban drew headlines recently after a study questioned its effectiveness. While the single-use bag ban lowered bag volume use, it increased consumption of alternative plastics,...
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What makes a place good or bad for workers? Well, according to Oxfam America, a nonprofit with the mission of lowering poverty, places that “have the most robust laws to mandate adequate wages,...
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We all remember how, not long ago, automakers had production troubles, driven by supply issues during the pandemic, a chip shortage, and other problems. New — and used — cars were flying off the...
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If you always wanted a sports car but couldn’t really justify it with rational arguments, now you can certainly have one big point in your favor. Sports cars (at least some of them) seem to hold...
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It cannot be denied — Americans love pickup trucks. Once again in 2023, pickup trucks dominated car sales, capturing the top three spots. In third place was Stellantis’ Ram pickup with 444,926...
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Supply issues during the pandemic, including a severe chip shortage, caused demand for cars to exceed supply and car prices to jump. While many of these issues have settled, car prices remain high....
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After military personnel complete their service — some after serving in war zones and experiencing combat — they retire to civilian life. The needs of veterans are often considerably different...
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Gold prices jumped 13% in 2023 (spot gold price) — their first time closing higher on the year since 2020. What’s more, gold prices are expected to continue to rise in 2024, according to Reuters....
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2020 will forever be remembered as the year the coronavirus pandemic broke out. But in the year of the lockdowns, there were also 480 initial public offerings on the U.S. stock market — a record...
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The exclusive trillion-dollar club currently has five American members — Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) at around $3 trillion market capitalization, Microsoft at about $2.8 trillion, Google parent Alphabet...
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This season’s Black Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, broke the record for gun sales — at least as estimated by firearm background checks. The FBI processed 214,913 background checks initiated that day, the...
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Gun ownership in the U.S. is at a record high. According to an NBC News poll conducted in November, 52% of American voters say they or someone in their household owns a gun. In 2019, that share was...
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Somewhat bucking the national trend of cooling gun sales following record highs during the pandemic, Smith & Wesson reported a 16.4% increase in sales in the first six months of its fiscal year...
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