US Treasury bond yields rose Monday morning, signaling growing market confidence that economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic was on the horizon. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.369% at 3:45 am CET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury note rose to 2.162%. The returns move inversely to the prices.…

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference on February 4, 2021 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the United States has begun talking to Iran about…

Tim Cook (left) and Steve Jobs in 2010. Kimberly White | Getty Images In 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But the iPhone introduced a totally new way to interact with computers. The always-on internet connectivity, finger-friendly touch screen, and…

Anti-coup protesters hold placards as they protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.S. embassy in Myanmar released a statement on Saturday condemning the fatal shootings of two anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, the country’s second largest city, after weeks of…

Scientist Michael Mann argued that the United States “must go well beyond these Paris commitments” when President Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement on Friday. “We need to tighten commitments now to stay on track to avert catastrophic warming of three degrees Fahrenheit,” said Mann, author of The New Climate War, during an interview Friday…

Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Bitcoin price passed another major milestone on Friday as the cryptocurrency’s market value surpassed $ 1 trillion, according to Coindesk. The digital currency was trading at just under $ 54,000 per coin on Friday when it hit the new level and rose to a high of $ 54,880 later in…

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, speaks during a press event at CES 2019 on January 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter pledged on Thursday to increase diversity among its leaders by targeting at least a quarter of its leaders to be under-represented minorities…

US stocks fell Thursday as investors were discouraged by an unexpectedly poor display of jobless claims and a grim outlook from Walmart. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 210 points. The S&P 500 was down 0.8% while the Nasdaq Composite was down 1.3% as investors continued to turn away from high-flying technology. Initial unemployment claims…

Prioritizing teachers in the distribution of Covid vaccines will continue to be a challenge until more doses become available, Andy Slavitt, senior advisor to the White House’s Covid-19 response team, said Wednesday. President Joe Biden has made reopening the country’s schools for personal teaching a top priority. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and…

US stock index futures fluctuated in early morning trading Wednesday as investors weighed the improvement in economic data against rising inflation expectations. Futures contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 lost around 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.4%. The slight weakness was due to retail sales rising 5.3% in January,…