Tag: cost

LIVE 10 AM ET: Senate Budget Committee’s Hearing on ‘Real Cost of Fossil Fuels’

U.S. Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 3. Dr. Ted Gayer, President of Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center For Energy, Climate, And Environment, The Heritage Foundation, will testify. …


LIVE NOW: Senate Budget Committee’s Hearing on ‘Real Cost of Fossil Fuels’

U.S. Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 3. Dr. Ted Gayer, President of Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center For Energy, Climate, And Environment, The Heritage Foundation, will testify. …


Senate Budget Committee’s Hearing on ‘Real Cost of Fossil Fuels’

U.S. Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 3. Dr. Ted Gayer, President of Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center For Energy, Climate, And Environment, The Heritage Foundation, will testify. …


AmEx’s Costs, Provisions Cloud Profit Despite Higher Credit Card Use

American Express Co.’s profit missed Wall Street estimates on Thursday despite higher spending by its customers as the credit card giant kept aside a large sum to cover potential defaults and spent more on promotions. Shares fell as much as 7 percent to a near three-month low of $154.01 as expenses surged 22 percent to…


Cost of Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Be Barrier to Use

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to give an opioid overdose antidote over-the-counter status could help as illicit fentanyl floods of the nation’s illegal drug market, but how helpful it will be could depend on how much it will cost. The FDA’s decision means sales of Narcan nasal spray would soon be allowed at…


Healthcare Unmasked | Documentary

Frustrated with the high cost of health insurance, small business owner Kim Sertich investigates why the cost is so high. Stunned by the outcome, she sets out to find viable and affordable alternatives including direct primary care and health sharing. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…


World Factory Activity Weakens on Global Slowdown, Cost Pressures

LONDON/TOKYO—Global factory output mostly weakened in September as slowing demand added to the pain from persistent cost pressures and tighter monetary policy, surveys showed on Monday, diminishing economic recovery prospects. The data clouds the outlook for a sustained recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and could add to concerns of a global slowdown as major central…


Elon Musk’s Starship Launch to Cost Just $10 per Kg: How It Compares With ‘Heavy Lifters’ From 5 Decades Ago

The Tesla Inc. Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starship is a launch vehicle the company is developing and testing for orbital launch and for transporting humans and cargo beyond Earth. What Happened Science, a peer-reviewed academic journal, on Sunday shared on Twitter a graphic showing the height, payload capacity, and inflation-adjusted cost per kilogram of some launch…


Student Loan Debt Wipeout to Cost $24 Billion per Year, White House Says

The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness program would cost taxpayers $24 billion per year but that it considers it “fully paid for” because it’s offset by the administration’s deficit reduction. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre disclosed the Biden administration’s cost estimate for the debt wipeout program in…


Red-Hot Inflation Drives up Cost of Raising a Child by Over $1,500 per Year: Report

Soaring inflation has driven up the cost of raising a child from birth to 17 years old by around $1,530 per year to a total of over $300,000, according to a Brookings Institution estimate provided to The Wall Street Journal. The analysis shows that, when inflation was running at around the Fed’s 2 percent target,…