TAIWAN will offer 500,000 tourists a cash or discount incentive this year as it tries to shore up its post-pandemic travel industry and boost spending. The incentives, worth NT$5,000 ($165) each, were announced Thursday as part of a NT$5.3 billion ...
JOHANNESBURG — A 30% upfront cut of debt-stressed countries’ borrowings could save them $148 billion over eight years, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) said on Wednesday, proposing a move to address global debt problems stirring growing international concern. A ‘haircut’ ...
Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection, the US Copyright Office said in a letter seen by Reuters. “Zarya of the Dawn” author Kris Kashtanova is entitled to a copyright for ...
WASHINGTON= – The World Bank on Wednesday said it expects to select a new president by early May to replace David Malpass, who announced his resignation last week, leaving open a job that oversees billions of dollars of funding and has a direct impact on poverty, climate change preparation, emergency aid and ...
Alphabet Inc’s Google is rolling out tests that block access to news content for some Canadian users, the company confirmed on Wednesday, in what it says is a test run of a potential response to the government’s online news bill. The “Online News Act,” or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April ...
Walmart’s (WMT) stock price jumped slightly over half a percent last Tuesday upon releasing its Q4 2022 earnings report. The retailer topped Wall Street’s earnings and revenue estimates. And, despite expectations of a retail slowdown in the coming quarters, the ...
“It’s an important part of society whether you like it or not,” lexicologist Tony Thorne, referring to “wokeness,” told The New Yorker’s David Remnick in January. That’s an understatement. Wokeness is poisoning the Western workplace and constraining small and family ...
Money is simple. The political program of monetary “policy” is not. Original Article: “Money versus Monetary Policy” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. ...
This chart is from our MarketGauge product called Big View. Coming into the FOMC, the sentiment for risk is neutral. A week ago sentiment was 100% bullish. A month ago, it was neutral leaning towards bearish. Amazingly, the sentiment and ...
The global climate crisis refers to ongoing changes in the earth’s climate due to human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, which release large amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. These gasses trap heat from the sun, ...