Business

Politics 10/13/21, 16:29

Under the French Ministry of Defense, the Institute for Strategic Studies of the Military Academy (IRSEM) published an analysis report on "China's influential actions." The report shows that, in terms of cultural penetration, the CCP exports film and television products, on the one hand, to achieve the purpose of propagating ...

U.S. 10/13/21, 15:28

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters during a brief House meeting that the media should help Democrats pass a massive stalled welfare package, according to the Washington Examiner. When one of the reporters present highlighted the recent CBS News poll, which reflected how unaware most respondents were of the Biden administration's ...

U.S. 10/13/21, 14:56

The costs of living in the United States surged in September, mainly driven by gasoline and food prices. The latest data from the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that U.S. consumer price index (CPI) increased to 5.4% year-on-year in September, the highest rate in 13 years. On a monthly basis, the ...

U.S. 10/13/21, 05:30

A record number of U.S. workers decided to quit their jobs last month though the economy has been reopening from the earlier pandemic-related lockdown. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report on Tuesday, Oct. 12, showing that 4.3 million Americans left their jobs in August, a record high. In August, ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 21:03

A trans Netflix employee who virally tweeted against a new Dave Chappelle comedy special on the service has reportedly been suspended. The company representative acknowledged the ban but said it was for other reasons. "It is absolutely untrue to say that we have suspended any employees for tweeting about this show," ...

World 10/12/21, 15:44

Evergrande Group, China’s property giant, failed to pay its bond interests due on Tuesday, Oct. 12, marking the third round of bond coupon payments missed in three weeks. Nikkei Assia cited two bondholders saying that they had not received any payment or message from Evergrande as of Tuesday afternoon (local time). "Not ...

News 10/11/21, 22:53

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom rushed to approve a series of laws in recent days. The laws will force schools to provide free tampons or pads for women. In addition, large toy stores must have a section with gender-neutral toys, all gasoline-powered tools will be banned, and school curricula must ...

U.S. 10/11/21, 18:26

In this digital era and amid the pandemic, food delivery apps witnessed a rush of new consumers from 2020 to 2021 that they hadn't seen before. Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats are just a few of the delivery services that are now accessible. In addition, these applications provide users with ...

Europe 10/11/21, 17:28

China’s surveillance technology company Hikvision is facing fresh scrutiny in Europe, where its high-tech cameras are criticized for posing security risks. According to Politico, a security researcher has found a glitch in Hikvision's cameras that "permits an attacker to gain full control of the device," and concluded that the products had "the highest ...

U.S. 10/10/21, 22:07

A Republican from Florida urged a federal anti-market manipulation agency to crack down on enterprises that fail to declare their civil rights compliance on Oct. 7. Sen. Marco Rubio questioned the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for requiring companies to disclose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance without also demanding ...

U.S. 10/10/21, 21:21

The middle class now holds a smaller share of U.S. assets than the top 1% of wealthiest Americans. The middle class, often defined as 60% of U.S. households in the middle of all income brackets, saw their combined assets fall to 26.6% of national wealth as of June 2021, the lowest ...

U.S. 10/10/21, 05:47

The sudden energy crisis strains supply networks and geopolitics as the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 outbreak. A particularly severe winter in Europe depleted the continent's energy supplies, as well as a series of hurricanes that shut down Gulf oil refineries, deteriorating relations between China and Australia, and less wind ...

Business 10/09/21, 17:18

This month, an auction in London will include an extraordinary collection of bejeweled glasses from India's Mughal Empire, which dates back to the 17th century. The two pairs of glasses, which have lenses cut from emeralds and diamonds, are valued at between $2.04 million (£1.5m) and $3.4 million (£2.5m) apiece, depending ...

Middle East 10/09/21, 16:39

The highest oil and gasoline prices since 2014 are putting the recovery from the COVID-19 slump in jeopardy. Energy price shock threatens to exacerbate the country's worst inflation worry in more than a decade. President Biden faces severe electoral difficulties as a result of $3 a gallon for gas. High gas ...

News 10/09/21, 16:32

It seems that the lab-grown meat industry is an increasingly attractive business for Hollywood celebrities. Recently, actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher invested money in companies dedicated to producing artificial meat intended to replace real meat. Kutcher and Israeli manager and writer Guy Oseary lead a group that includes other showbiz ...

World 10/09/21, 05:41

Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, went down for many users on Friday, Oct. 8, marking their second outage in a week. Web monitoring group DownDetector showed that nearly 3,000 people reported outages on Facebook and more than 33,000 people reported the issues with Instagram. Facebook Messenger was also affected, with ...