The Bahamas has more than 700 islands and cays; remote workers and students can live on 16 of them, including Eleuthera (shown here). Sylvain Sonnet | The Image Bank | Getty Images Bahhamian lawyers s...
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Ukraine Is Finally Getting More MiG-29s. Maybe.
A Slovak MiG-29 in 2014. Rob Schleiffert photo Slovakia again has pledged to Ukraine all 11 of its old Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. The country recently placed the jets into storage in anticipation of jus...
Inflation peaked but will remain above pre-Covid levels: Mastercard
Inflation has already peaked, but it will remain above pre-Covid levels in 2023, said David Mann, chief economist for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa at the Mastercard Economics Institute. “...
Europe’s power crisis has ‘very little to do with Putin’: CEO
This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands. Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty Images The power crisis gripping Europe has little to do with Vlad...
Electric school buses give kids a cleaner, but costlier, ride
BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched streets in a way that would be familiar...
UK’s Rishi Sunak Bans Fracking But Government Green Lights New Coal Production
NUSA DUA, INDONESIA – NOVEMBER 16: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with President … [+] Joe Biden of the United States of America during a bilateral meeting at the G20 summ...
What a Santa Claus rally means for investors
Santa Claus looks on at the 98th Annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 1, 2021 in New York. Bryan R. Smith | Afp | Getty Images If history is a guide, stock in...
Fake Air-Defenses Are Bolstering Ukraine’s Real Air-Defenses
A Ukrainian S-300 launcher in Kyiv in 2018. Wikimedia Commons The sky over Ukraine is one of the most dangerous places in the world for aircrews. Ukrainian and Russian air-defenses blanket the entire ...
Ciena, GameStop, Rent The Runway and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Ciena (CIEN) – The networking equipment maker’s stock surged 19.1% after a substantial top and bottom line beat in its latest quarter. C...
Attacks On TikTok Bring Surprising Upside For Snap
There is far too much hyperventilating about digital ads. Analysts, and investors seem to believe … [+] that online advertising has peaked. That’s not so. In the future, nearly all ads will be d...
Cigarette makers ordered to display warning signs at retailers
Altria’s Marlboro cigarettes sold at a store. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Major cigarette companies will soon be required to post signs at retail locations warning of the health effe...
McDonald’s hopes discounts, contests boost mobile sales
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Last holiday season, McDonald’s leaned on singer Mariah Carey’s starpower and discounts to drive customers to their mobile app. This year, the Chic...
United Arab Emirates ranked as having the best passport in the world
A traveler passes through immigration control by walking through a “smart tunnel ” at Dubai International Airport. GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirate...
Oil plunge, tech collapse and Fed cuts? Strategist shares possible 2023 market ‘surprises’
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, August 29, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters After a tumultuous year for financial markets, Standard Chartered outlin...
How the U.S. became a global corn superpower
The United States has just about 90 million planted acres of corn, and there’s a reason people refer to the crop as yellow gold. In 2021, U.S. corn was worth over $86 billion, according to calcu...
China’s Worst Reported Month Of Covid Was Nothing Compared To The United States
Topline Protests against China’s strict zero-Covid restrictions and harsh lockdowns erupted in cities across the country this week as official infections soared to record levels—the accuracy of govern...
35% of millionaires say they won’t have enough to retire, report finds
A cool $1 million is not what it used to be. There are more millionaires in the U.S. and globally than ever before, with nearly 24.5 million millionaires nationwide as of 2022, according to the latest...
Senate passes rail labor pact before strike deadline, sends to Biden
The Senate passed legislation that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike. A separate vote on adding seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement failed. The appro...
House approves tentative labor deal, sends to Senate
A rail employee works a Union Pacific Intermodal Terminal rail yard on November 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The House passed legislation Wednesday that would force a...
Why labor economists say the remote work ‘revolution’ is here to stay
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Remote work surged in the pandemic era — but this trend, borne of necessity for public health, has now become a fixture of the U.S. job market, one that...
The World Wants Israel’s Energy And Environmental Innovations
Israeli Climate Envoy Gideon Behar meets with President Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla of Andalucia at … [+] COP27. Ken Silverstein About 10 minutes into my interview with Israel’s special envoy for...
Online Sales Of Alcohol Predicted To Rise 34%
New data from the IWSR shows that alcohol e–commerce sales have slumped, but sill still rise over … [+] the next few years thanks to customers prioritizing value-driven products. getty New data ...
Tesla’s dominance of EVs is eroding as cheaper cars hit the market
Tesla is still the top-selling electric vehicle brand in the U.S., but its dominance is eroding as rivals offer a growing number of more affordable models, according to a report Tuesday by S&P Glo...
The fear of loss can cost investors big-time. Here’s how
The fear of loss is a powerful emotion for investors — and, if left unchecked, can cost them big bucks in the long term due to years of forfeiture of investment gains. That fear is a natural product o...
Domino’s is building a fleet of GM EVs for future of pizza delivery
Domino’s will roll out 800 custom-branded 2023 Chevy Bolt electric vehicles at locations across the U.S. in the coming months. Domino’s Domino’s Pizza will be rolling out a fleet of ...
Retailers roll out stricter return policies ahead of the holidays
The holiday shopping season is always closely followed by a spike in gift returning. But this year, it may be harder to bring things back for free or at a low cost. Roughly 60% of retailers said they&...
A Seething Rivalry Lurks Beneath Coaches’ Respect
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 21: Fans react as the United States scores their first goal in a FIFA … [+] World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between the United States and Wales in Dupont Circl...