Workers across Ireland are missing out on career progression opportunities, promotions and pay rises by working from home, but the majority remain reluctant to return to the office. That is according to a new report by global workplace creation experts ...
DUBAI – OPEC will welcome Iran’s full return to the oil market when sanctions are lifted, the secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) told the Iranian oil ministry’s website SHANA on Monday. Iran is an OPEC member, although its oil exports are subject to US sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program. Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, who is visiting Tehran for the first ...
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said his government would consider visa restrictions against Ugandan officials and others for the abuse of human rights following the implementation of one of the world’s toughest anti-gay laws. Mr. Blinken said he ...
TOKYO/SEOUL – Japan put its ballistic missile defenses on alert on Monday and vowed to shoot down any projectile that threatens its territory, after North Korea notified it of a planned satellite launch between May 31 and June 11. The nuclear-armed North says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final ...
NEW YORK – US President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate. But the deal still faces a difficult path to pass through Congress before the US runs out of money ...
Economically speaking, the US government is bankrupt even if the government won’t admit what is obvious. But how would an actual bankruptcy proceeding go? Original Article: “In the Event of an Official US Bankruptcy” ...
BUD’s stock price has fallen hard, but it may be at a critical buy point. Is the king of beers (or rather, its parent company) a good buy, or is it something to avoid for now? Let’s take a closer ...
Progressive governments in the name of equity are calling for taxation of capital gains. They really are demanding destruction of capital through capital consumption. Original Article: “Taxing Capital Leads to Capital Consumption” ...
The character Mike Campbell in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises was asked about his money troubles and responded with a vivid description embracing self-contradiction: “‘How did you go bankrupt?’ Bill asked. ‘Two ways,’ Mike said. ‘Gradually and ...
A “civil society” is a community of individuals who are linked together by common interests and activities. Common interests include being able to walk the streets safely (peace) and to exercise such rights as freedom of speech (individual freedom). These ...