Features. As pine tree needles decompose, they return acid to the soil. Over time, this acid can cause the pH rating to drop. Because of this, pine needle mulch is a good mulch to add around plants that like acidic soil such as pine trees as well as blueberries or azaleas.
The Current U.S. (Fed) Prime Rate is: 4.00%. March 15, 2017: The FOMC has voted to raise the. target range for the fed funds rate to 0.75% - 1.00%. Therefore, the United States Prime Rate is now 4.00%, effective tomorrow (March 16, 2017.) The next FOMC meeting and decision on short-term rates.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime continues to grow in the United States. In fact, according to data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), membership to the program that costs $99 a year or $10.99 a month has doubled in the United States over the last two years. The research firm estimates that Amazon now has 80 million U.S. Prime members. That's an increase from an estimated 58 million members at the end of the same period in 2016, or 38% growth in a single year. Amazon itself does not provide a Prime enrollment count.