CNBC

Treasury yields rise as Fed Chairman Warsh says 'prices are too high'

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, as investors weighed more data and new comments from the Federal Reserve's newly appointed chairman. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note — the main ...
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Revisiting classics a reminder of dialogue of civilizations

In both the Greek and Chinese traditions, the classics don't preserve abstract theories that are detached from reality, but accumulated wisdom about how human beings should govern states, cultivate ...
The Conversation

Guide to the classics: John Steinbeck’s East of Eden has always been controversial

John Steinbeck is now most famous as author of The Grapes of Wrath (1938), a novel about agricultural workers displaced from Oklahoma during the Great Depression. But he regarded East of Eden (1952), ...
NPR

Mary Beard discusses her book, 'Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old'

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Mary Beard, author of "Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old," about the modern world's continued fascination with ancient cultures. Mary Beard was about 5 years old ...
Wall Street Journal

Treasury Yields Fall Ahead of U.S. Activity, Inflation Data

0905 ET – Treasury yields decline as U.S.-Iran peace talks continue and oil futures fall 3%. May U.S. new home sales, due at 10 a.m. ET, are expected to increase 1.6%, after contracting by 6.2% in ...
CNBC

10-year Treasury yield falls below 4.5% as oil falls to pre-war levels

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as Brent crude prices fell to levels not seen since before the Iran war began as concerns over heightened inflation eased. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury ...
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The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature edited by Margaret Martignoni

The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature is designed “for family use and for reading aloud with children, every selection has already earned the approval of real live boys and girls.” Many of ...