The price of gasoline has reached record highs in California. The state become in American history to charge averages of over $5 a gallon for the essential fuel with Los Angeles and San Francisco eclipsing that mark earlier this week.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a tweet on Friday declaring that oil and gas output should be ramped up, even though he acknowledged that such a move would have a negative impact on Tesla, which sells electric vehicles.
Apple investors bucked the company’s recommendations and approved a “civil rights audit” while rejecting a proposal calling for a report on Chinese forced labor.
President Joe Biden and his administration said Americans should reduce their consumption of oil and gas in order to keep prices down and ultimately punish Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up its war on Ukraine. The price of oil surged back above $100 a barrel after Russia, a major energy producer, faced further isolation and economic damage because of its invasion of Ukraine.
A new poll from ABC News/Ipsos has found that only one percent of Americans would describe Joe Biden’s current American economy as “excellent.” In comparison, only 23 percent considered it “good,” according to a report from Breitbart News. Additionally, 75 percent of Americans polled chose to describe the economy as “poor.”
Florida lawmakers unanimously approved a bill on Feb. 23 that would require high school students to take and pass a financial literacy course before graduating.
