| The C.D.C. drops its general pandemic warning system for cruise travel. Posted: 30 Mar 2022 03:40 PM PDT The C.D.C. drops its general pandemic warning system for cruise travel. https://ift.tt/QP3xuS9 |
| How To Make the Most Out of Working With a Travel Advisor Posted: 30 Mar 2022 03:30 PM PDT How To Make the Most Out of Working With a Travel Advisor ALG Vacations encourages travelers to ask the right questions in order to get better, more personalized results from working with a travel agent. |
| This may be the (only) good news about Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law Posted: 30 Mar 2022 02:46 PM PDT Plus, apparently talking about cocaine and orgies is the GOP's red line  If you care about LGBTQ rights, then it's hard not to be angry or depressed about what happened on Monday, when Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed what he and his allies call a "parental rights bill" and its many critics are calling the "Don't Say Gay" bill. But if you look closely enough at what happened and why, you may discover one reason for optimism. The law, as you're probably heard by now, establishes new rules for Florida public schools. The purpose ― in the statute's own words ― is "prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels or in a specified manner." That includes a prohibition on any instruction on orientation or identity, "in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate." The law also requires schools to inform parents of changes to student "mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being." If parents believe schools or school employees have violated any of the law's terms, and if the district doesn't address those concerns, parents can sue the schools. DeSantis and his supporters in politics and conservative media bristle at the suggestion they are attacking the LGBTQ community — and keep reminding everybody that the statute doesn't include the word "gay." But it's difficult to take all of their protestations seriously when officials like DeSantis spokesperson Christina Pushaw describe the law as an "anti-grooming" measure, or when the law's sponsor, state senator Dennis Baxley, says publicly he is bewildered at the rise in children who say they identify as LGBTQ. ("There's something wrong with how we're emphasizing this," he said during the floor debate.) And the bill's ambiguity appears to be deliberate. With no definition of terms like "discussion" or "instruction" or "age-appropriate," teachers are bound to worry about lawsuits for something as simple as explaining in the classroom why some kids have two dads. The biggest fear is what the law could mean for LGBTQ youth, so many of whom already feel stigmatized, bullied or worse — and who may now be afraid to get help from counselors or teachers. As HuffPost's Brittany Wong noted recently, "having at least one adult with whom to share your identity is the No. 1 protective factor against suicide for LGBTQ youth." The law's enactment is part of a ferocious pushback on LGBTQ rights that's taking place all over the country. But while the conservatives like DeSantis behind this campaign are winning battles today, they may still lose the war. |
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may be accused of slaughtering children and overseeing other war crimes in Ukraine, but that's not stopping longtime admirer and former U.S. President Donald Trump from asking him for political help again. Trump, who tried to overthrow American democracy in an attempt to retain power despite losing the 2020 election, is now asking Putin to find damaging information on his successor's son. "I would think Putin would know the answer to that," Trump said in an interview airing on Real America's Voice, a pro-Trump website, regarding a payment a decade ago from a Russian oligarch's wife to a company founded by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. "I think he should release it." Trump's staff did not respond to HuffPost's queries about the matter. |
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Lawmakers will unveil a new bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would at last provide Native American tribes with equal access to federal money through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare for public health emergencies. During the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health crises, state and local public health departments have relied heavily on federal dollars provided by the CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness program, a cooperative agreement that's been in place since 2002. Public health departments in all 50 states, four localities and eight territories are eligible to apply for this money to help pay for things like staffing, supplies, planning and training. |
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Arizona's Republican governor signed a series of bills Wednesday targeting abortion and transgender rights, joining a growing list of GOP-led states pursuing a conservative social agenda. The measures signed by Gov. Doug Ducey will outlaw abortion after 15 weeks if the U.S. Supreme Court allows it, prohibit gender confirmation surgery for minors and ban transgender girls from playing on girls and women's sports teams. |
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| Do bond investors know something others don't? Posted: 30 Mar 2022 02:07 PM PDT As Wall Street regains its footing following the invasion of Ukraine, stocks have been staging a steady comeback. But the market for US government bonds remains tumultuous, flashing a recession signal that's historically caused investors to worry. | | | | | News: What you need to know about the markets | | | | | | Do bond investors know something others don't? | | As Wall Street regains its footing following the invasion of Ukraine, stocks have been staging a steady comeback. But the market for US government bonds remains tumultuous, flashing a recession signal that's historically caused investors to worry. Read more » | | | Toys 'R' Us is gone. This discount toy store is filling the void | | Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and closed all of its stores. That's left an opening for rivals like discount toy chain Five Below to fill the gap. Read more » | | | Why the global supply chain mess is getting so much worse | | Problems with global supply chains were supposed to be getting better by now. Instead, experts say they are getting worse. Read more » | | | US employers added 455,000 private-sector jobs in March, slightly above forecast | | America's private sector added 455,000 jobs in March, the ADP Employment Report showed Wednesday. Read more » | | | Russian oil tankers are vanishing off the map | | Russia's invasion of Ukraine made the country a pariah in the global energy market. Since the war started, a de facto embargo on Russian oil has emerged, with oil companies, trading houses, shippers and banks backing away, all at the same time. Read more » | | | e.l.f Cosmetics and Dunkin' launch a makeup collection | | Makeup that smells like your favorite Dunkin' coffee and donut combo? Really. It's a thing. Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -65.38 | | -177.36 | | -29.15 | | 35,228.81 | | 14,442.28 | | 4,602.45 | | -0.19% | | -1.21% | | -0.63% | | YTD -3.05% | | YTD -7.69% | | YTD -3.44% | | | | | | | Biggest Winners | | Phillips 66 | +4.76% | | | | Valero Energy Corp | +3.95% | | | | Marathon Petroleum Corp | +2.66% | | | | Anthem Inc | +2.33% | | | Biggest Losers | | PVH Corp | -6.54% | | | | Mohawk Industries Inc | -5.69% | | | | M&T Bank Corp | -5.37% | | | | Lowe's Companies Inc | -4.59% | | | | | | | Hottest ETF |  | | | NYSE Market Volume |  | | | | | | | Key Market Stats | Latest | Today's Change | | | Oil | $107.48 | +3.24 / +3.11% | | | Gold | $1,932.80 | +20.60 / +1.08% | | | 10-yr | 2.36% | -0.04 | | | Euro | $1.12 | +0.01 / +0.59% | | | | | Hi, let us know what you think of this newsletter! | | | Tell us what you want to read more of... and less of. Email your tips and feedback to MarketsNow@cnn.com | | | | | | | | | | | Tips, thoughts or questions are always welcome at MarketsNow@cnn.com | | | Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list | | | ® © 2022 Cable News Network Inc. A WarnerMedia Company. All Rights Reserved. You are receiving this message because you subscribed to CNN Business's "Markets Now" newsletter.
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| Why you shouldn't skip breakfast, even if you're not hungry Posted: 30 Mar 2022 02:01 PM PDT Plus the worst foods to make in an Instant Pot  When I was younger, I could barely get out of bed in the morning without passing out if I didn't immediately get food in my stomach. Now that I'm older, I feel nauseous if I DO eat. So what gives? There's so much varying advice out there (especially with intermittent fasting being such a big trend) that it's hard to know who to listen to. Reporter Erica Sweeney spoke with nutrition experts about why you should eat in the morning (yes, you should eat something), how much you need to eat, and even how your nighttime habits can affect your hunger in the morning. Read up below! XO, Kristen |
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The best type of chocolate for chocolate chip cookies | By now, you should know that chocolate chips are coated in a substance that prevents them from melting on store shelves, but that means they won't melt well in the oven, either. If you want a meltier chocolate chip cookie, read on for experts' favorite types of chocolate. Now go make your ultimate cookie! |
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The worst foods to make in an Instant Pot | Who doesn't love a good dish of macaroni and cheese, or a big bowl of spaghetti? Well ... it's not so great if it's been made in an Instant Pot. Read on to see what other dishes the Instant Pot could ruin. |
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| Trump is still asking Putin for help Posted: 30 Mar 2022 05:53 AM PDT Ocasio-Cortez calls for Clarence Thomas to resign.  PUTIN MAY BE ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES, BUT TRUMP STILL WANTS HIS HELP Former U.S. President Donald Trump is once again asking Russian President Vladimir Putin for help, saying in an interview he thinks Putin would know how to find damaging information about President Joe Biden's son. It's been nearly six years since Trump called on Russia to "find" emails from then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and subsequent investigations determined that Russia did honor that request. [HuffPost] OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS FOR CLARENCE THOMAS TO RESIGN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined progressive calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down amid a barrage of criticism over his wife's involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Thomas has failed to recuse himself from cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. [HuffPost] UKRAINIAN SAILOR WHO TOLD WARSHIP TO GO F**K ITSELF GIVEN HERO'S WELCOME Roman Hrybov, the Ukrainian sailor whose response to a Russian warship quickly became a symbol of the bloody conflict, has returned home and been awarded a medal for his service. His garrison on Snake Island was released last week as part of a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. [HuffPost] SANDY HOOK FAMILIES REJECT ALEX JONES SETTLEMENT OFFER Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened, according to court filings. The families rejected the offer, with lawyers saying Jones was trying to escape a public reckoning. [AP] |
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BIDEN SIGNS EMMETT TILL ANTI-LYNCHING ACT INTO LAW Biden signed into law legislation that makes lynching a federal hate crime, a landmark move after more than a century of attempts to acknowledge lynching as a "uniquely American weapon of racial terror." The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named for the Black teenager who was brutally killed while visiting family in Mississippi in 1955. His death became a flashpoint of the civil rights era. [HuffPost] RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE TALKS, EXPLAINED Representatives for Russia and Ukraine have gathered in Istanbul for peace talks that are gaining momentum. Find out more about what exactly each side wants, and whether there's actually hope for a breakthrough. [HuffPost] BIDEN'S BUDGET WOULD PERMIT FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTIONS For the second year in a row, Biden omitted the Hyde Amendment from his budget proposal to Congress for fiscal year 2023, keeping his promise to support reproductive health in a year when abortion rights are in peril. The amendment has been criticized as anti-choice and blatantly racist, as it disproportionately affects low-income women and communities of color. [HuffPost] PELOSI: IT'S UP TO CLARENCE THOMAS TO RECUSE HIMSELF House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded Democrats that Supreme Court justices are held to lower ethical standards than Congress. Pelosi made the remarks in a private caucus meeting where she was asked what Democrats could do to hold Thomas accountable after reports about his wife's effort to overturn election results. "It's up to an individual justice to decide to recuse himself if his wife is participating in a coup," Pelosi said. [HuffPost] KEVIN MCCARTHY NOT HAPPY ABOUT MADISON CAWTHORN'S ORGY ACCUSATIONS House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he's going to talk with Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) about his recent claims that leaders he "looked up to" in Washington, D.C., had invited him to orgies and also did cocaine in front of him. Since Cawthorn isn't known for being friends with Democrats, many people assumed he was referring to his fellow Republicans. [HuffPost] |
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| Do bond investors know something others don't? Posted: 30 Mar 2022 04:44 AM PDT Plus, traders in Shanghai are sleeping by their desks.  Good morning. In today's newsletter: What turmoil in the bond market is really telling us. Plus, unpacking President Biden's plan to limit stock buybacks, and traders are sleeping by their desks in Shanghai. US stock futures are lower after the S&P 500 rose for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday. Markets in Europe pulled back in early trading, while stocks in Asia were mixed. ▸ Forwarded this newsletter? Want global markets news and analysis from CNN Business reporters every morning? You can sign up here. | |
| Do bond investors know something others don't? | As Wall Street regains its footing following the invasion of Ukraine, stocks have been staging a steady comeback. But the market for US government bonds remains tumultuous, flashing a recession signal that's historically caused investors to worry. What's happening: Yields on the two-year Treasury note, which move opposite prices, briefly rose above those on the benchmark 10-year note on Tuesday for the first time since September 2019. That unusual inversion of the yield curve indicates that investors anticipate bigger risks to the economy in the near term that could prompt more dramatic action from policymakers like the Federal Reserve. The big reason the move is generating so much attention is its fabled ability to predict the future. In 2018, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco published research that found a yield curve inversion preceded every recession since 1955, producing a "false positive" just one time. (It looked specifically at the yield on 1-year Treasuries.) Yet stocks are rising, and many experts think the US economy can stay solid. So do bond investors see something others are missing? Are those who point to the strong job market and healthy consumer demand failing to account for the effects of an energy price shock or looming interest rate hikes? Not quite, according to Mislav Matejka, an equity strategist at JPMorgan. He emphasized to clients this week that the lag time between an inversion and a recession can "be very substantial, as long as [two] years" — and that stocks often perform very well during this interim period. "From the point of curve inversion to the actual peak of the equity market, which takes place around a year later, [the] S&P 500 was higher by 15%, [versus] government bonds that tended to struggle in the meantime," Matejka wrote in a research note. Paul Donovan, chief economist of UBS Global Wealth Management, is also skeptical of the inversion's importance. The market has changed significantly in recent years, as the Fed has bought up an unprecedented amount of government debt to stimulate the economy in the wake of the Great Recession and the pandemic, he pointed out. That's pushed down yields on longer-dated bonds. "Bond markets are rigged, let's face it," Donovan told me. Research published by the Fed's Board of Governors last week also warned against reading too much into a yield curve inversion. "The perceived omniscience of the 2-10 spread that pervades market commentary is probably spurious," the paper said. Doubters note the recent past. It's hard to claim the inversion in 2019 was a sign that investors foresaw the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, they argue. That's not to say a recession is off the table. Goldman Sachs has put the chance of a recession in the United States over the next year as high as 35%. "I think it's very fair to say recession risk has risen," Donovan said. "There is increased risk of [a] policy error, from the Fed in particular." There's a lot of political pressure in the United States to fight inflation, he added. That creates a climate in which the Fed is more likely to move aggressively. What should investors take away from the yield curve inversion, then? It may just be telling us what we already know: that Wall Street thinks the Fed will need to get tough in the coming months to get inflation under control, and that engineering this policy shift without hurting the economy poses a major challenge. | |
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| President Biden wants to limit stock buybacks | President Joe Biden delivered a strong message to corporate executives this week in his 2023 spending plan: Share the wealth. His administration wants to discourage stock buybacks, my CNN Business colleague Nicole Goodkind reports. Critics say buybacks allow ultra-wealthy executives to manipulate share prices while funneling corporate profits into their own pockets instead of back into the economy. Last year, companies in the S&P 500 repurchased a record $882 billion of their own shares. That number is on track to reach $1 trillion in 2022, according to Goldman Sachs. The White House pitched new rules intended to curb stock buybacks as part of its $5.8 trillion budget plan. The proposal would require execs to hold on to shares for a certain number of years, and would prohibit them from selling for a certain amount of time after a planned buyback. The Biden team did not get more specific. Executives sell more stock in the eight days following a buyback announcement than at any other point, according to data from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Discouraging stock buybacks "would align executives' interests with the long-term interests of shareholders, workers and the economy," the proposal said. Not everyone likes the idea, though. Critics claim that ending buybacks could hurt the smooth functioning of markets. "Corporate buybacks are a growing part of market structure and a growing part of overall liquidity in the market," said George Catrambone, head of Americas trading at asset management company DWS. Moving ahead: Biden's plan would need to be approved by both the House and Senate. That's not a likely outcome. | |
| The ADP private payrolls report arrives at 8:15 a.m. ET. It's often seen as a preview of Friday's official jobs report.
Also today: Tune in to CNN Business' "Markets Now" digital show, now live at 12 p.m. ET. Bank of America's Ethan Harris will explain why the Fed will go faster and further in raising interest rates than Wall Street expects. Plus, National Securities' Art Hogan offers strategies for navigating your portfolio. Coming tomorrow: Earnings from Walgreens and Blackberry. | |
| | | WHAT WE'RE READING AND WATCHING | ▸ Germany declares 'early warning' on gas supplies (CNN Business) ▸ Lululemon will hike prices on some items this year (Reuters) ▸ Home prices rose 19.2% in January from last year (CNN Business) ▸ Carl Icahn targets Kroger over pig welfare (CNN Business) ▸ BlackRock president calls out 'entitled generation' (Bloomberg) ▸ El Salvador courts crypto 'whales' as other investors shun bond (FT) | | |
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| Traders are sleeping by their desks in Shanghai | Government leaders have promised that Shanghai's massive lockdown this week won't throttle the city's huge financial services industry. One result? Banks and investment firms are calling on essential staff to live at the office to avoid any disruption to trading, my CNN Business colleague Michelle Toh reports. Traders and fund managers have been offered between 500 and 2,000 yuan ($78 to $314) per night to camp out at work, with some companies placing folding beds under workers' desks, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business. Other firms have also provided staff with sleeping bags, food and toiletries. Much of Pudong "is doing it," the source added, referring to Shanghai's financial district, which is home to more than 1,000 financial institutions and China's leading stock exchange. Zhong Ou Asset Management, a Chinese firm with $98 billion in assets under management, said that several of its investment directors and fund managers began staying overnight earlier this month to ensure operations continued as the outbreak "began to escalate" in Shanghai. One executive, who is designated the "onsite chief," has been "stationed in the office for more than half a month," the company said in a post on Chinese social network WeChat. Big picture: The extraordinary working circumstances are a reminder of how China's effort to limit the spread of Covid within its borders is hampering the world's second biggest economy. Economists have warned that restrictions will hurt spending and could pile pressure on already-strained supply chains. | |
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| Russia claims to back down, but violence continues in Ukraine Posted: 30 Mar 2022 03:28 AM PDT Ukraine ... Capitol riot ... Pandemic ... Canada ... Georgia elections  A satellite photo shows entire city blocks destroyed in central Mariupol, Ukraine. | |
| Ukraine Russia's defense ministry said the country will "drastically reduce military activity" in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv after a round of peace talks in Istanbul yesterday. However, US officials are skeptical of the claims, and the situation on the ground shows a Russian offensive in full force. Ukrainian officials say there was no reduction in hostilities overnight, and no area in the country was without sirens as the siege persists. New images and video from cities like Irpin and Mariupol show the extent of the destruction, with entire blocks obliterated. US leaders are facing pressure to form a united front against Russia and its neighboring allies, but a well-supported bill to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus is languishing in the Senate because of split priorities and a looming recess. | Capitol riot Official White House records show a gap of more than seven hours in the call logs of then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, as violence unfolded on Capitol Hill, The Washington Post and CBS News reported. That's a massive gap in communication during a critical time, and now House investigators are looking into whether Trump communicated through other means during those hours – for instance, through burner phones or other people's devices. The call logs were part of the records turned over earlier this year by the National Archives to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack. Meanwhile, in an interview with JustTheNews, Trump continued a pattern of soliciting foreign help for domestic political affairs when he called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release any damaging information he has about the Biden family. | Coronavirus As expected, the FDA has authorized a second Covid-19 booster shot for adults over the age of 50 as soon as four months after their initial booster dose. The CDC has also given its permissive recommendation to the move, which means the agency doesn't outright recommend it, but acknowledges it is something people can do if they want. There is general scientific agreement that third Covid-19 doses help strengthen immunity against severe illness from the virus, but the science is far from settled on when, or even if, fourth doses might be needed. Complicating things even further is the rise of the extremely contagious BA.2 variant, which is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the US. | Residential schools Indigenous Canadian leaders and survivors of Canada's residential schools met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday, seeking a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in the deadly and damaging residential schools system. Hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered last year on the grounds of former residential schools in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, and Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has reported that more than 4,000 Indigenous children died either from neglect or abuse at the schools, many of which were run by the Catholic Church. During this week's meeting, the delegation asked the Pope to consider if the church should use its resources to help with work linked to the discovery of unmarked graves on residential school properties. | Georgia voting laws A controversial election overhaul effort in Georgia has stalled after a state Senate committee gutted the massive bill following complaints from both parties that it was complicating their work in an election year. The bill sped through the GOP-led state House earlier this month, but now faces a time crunch as the Georgia General Assembly is set to adjourn next Monday. The initial overhaul would give the state investigations agency authority to initiate election fraud probes, and calls for public inspection of original paper ballots and limits on third-party donations for election administration. The only part of the bill the state's Senate Ethics Committee chose to keep was a requirement that employers provide time off for workers to vote during the early voting period. The decision was praised by voting rights activists who have criticized repeated attempts by the state's conservative leadership to change the state's election code, including a restrictive voting law passed last March. | |
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