July 31, 2024
“The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that permits making international payments via cryptocurrencies, local media reported. Russia’s central bank is itself looking to move money across borders using crypto before the end of 2024, Governor… Continue Reading…
July 30, 2024
“It can be tempting, in an age of apocalyptic imagination, to picture the most dire future climate scenarios: not just yield declines but mass crop failures, not just price spikes but food shortages, not just worsening hunger but mass famine.… Continue Reading…
May 10, 2024
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/addiction-debt-left-global-economy-120000094.html This article is more of an opinion piece without much hard data so I’ll just comment on the headline instead of quoting the article. This economy is going down. Everyone can see it. Everyone knows it. It’s only a… Continue Reading…
April 24, 2024
“Global military spending reached a record high of $2.4 trillion in 2023 amid a “global deterioration in peace and security,” the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Monday. The figure marked a 6.8% increase from 2022 and the sharpest year-on-year… Continue Reading…
April 15, 2024
“Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Elon Musk. The company’s shares were down around 3% on Monday morning… Tesla shares have taken a bruising in recent months, falling… Continue Reading…
March 14, 2024
“Disruptions on the world’s major trade routes, refinery closures and resurgent demand are pushing up global fuel prices and making forecasts difficult in the run-up to a US presidential election in which inflation will be a key issue…” https://www.yahoo.com/news/surging-gasoline-prices-add-inflation-021939727.html Plus… Continue Reading…
February 29, 2024
“Sony Interactive Entertainment on Tuesday said it will lay off about 900 employees in its PlayStation unit, or 8% of its global workforce, becoming the latest technology company to announce headcount trims… He added that employees across all of the company’s… Continue Reading…
February 26, 2024
“…It’s the latest tech company to downsize in 2024, as the industry continues to squeeze out costs following the market downturn that hit two years ago. January was the busiest month for job cuts in the industry since March, as Alphabet, Amazon,… Continue Reading…
January 29, 2024
“Chaos, Fury Engulf Los Angeles Times in Historic Cuts to Newsroom” “…Barely 24 hours after billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong imposed more than 115 job cuts, reducing about 20% of the newsroom, staffers arriving at the paper’s offices in El Segundo… Continue Reading…
December 18, 2023
“A number of big banks expect global growth to slow in 2024, squeezed by elevated interest rates, higher energy prices and uncertainties in the world’s two largest economies, although they see slim chances of a recession. The global economy is… Continue Reading…
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