By Paul R. La Monica A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday that the US economy may show no growth in the first quarter if the federal government shutdown lasts much longer. White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett said in an interview with CNN’s Poppy Harlow that […] Read more
By: Gordon Brown Parliament must inflict a second defeat on the government – by voting next Tuesday to extend article 50 for a year. Not as a delaying tactic, but for a purpose: to enable a process of nationwide consultation and reflection. Key to this would be a series of citizens’ assemblies whose thinking would […] Read more
By Oliver Smith As part of his investment, Snoop Dogg is also becoming the face of Klarna’s Smoooth Dogg campaign Klarna, the Swedish financial technology giant valued at $2.5 billion last year, has a new addition to its shareholder register from the most unlikely source. Millionaire American rapper Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus, has today […] Read more
By Jane Mosbacher Morris Human trafficking is an estimated $150 billion industry, and one of the fastest-growing transnational criminal activities of the 21st century. Trafficking may seem like a distant problem or one that doesn’t touch us personally, but we are unwittingly involved any time we buy something made by exploited labor. Human trafficking is the word […] Read more
China’s surprisingly weak trade data brought a four-day rally in European shares to a halt on Monday, with luxury goods and technology stocks leading the drop as investors fretted about slowing global growth and weaker-than-expected earnings. The pan-European STOXX 600 <.STOXX> was down 0.6 percent at 0833 GMT, reversing some of last week’s gains which […] Read more
Asian shares got off to a rousing start on Monday as a dovish turn by the Federal Reserve and startlingly strong U.S. jobs data soothed some of the market’s worst fears about the global outlook. Investors are keen to see how Chinese markets react to the central bank’s policy easing announced late on Friday, which […] Read more
Only one U.S. carrier made it on the list of word's most punctual airlines in 2018 https://t.co/P6rhrluXKp pic.twitter.com/3tc67RSgv3 — Bloomberg (@business) January 4, 2019 Panama’s Copa Airlines SA has been crowned 2018’s most punctual carrier in a global survey — but no major U.S. airline made it into the top five. Latvia’s Air Baltic ranked second among […] Read more
There are over 36,000 McDonald’s locations all over the planet, and the chain is on every continent except Antarctica. In South America alone, there are over 1,400 stores. But there is one Latin American country that flat out rejected Big Macs and McNuggets: Bolivia. Watch this video to find out why the American fast food […] Read more
The big uptick in stock market gyrations this year has made a surprise winner out of a trade that has rarely delivered a win – buying and holding volatility. Stock market ructions over the last decade have been few and fleeting, requiring great feats of timing to generate profits from volatility buying. Not so this […] Read more
Google will invest $1 billion in a new campus in New York City, the company announced on Monday. The new 1.7 million square foot “Google Hudson Square” campus will include two buildings located at 315 and 345 Hudson Street and an office space situated at nearby 550 Washington Street in Manhattan, Google said in a […] Read more
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