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Over the past week, stock markets around the world plunged as distressing news about the spread of the novel coronavirus continued to accumulate. In the United States, the three major stock indexes—the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500—fell more than 10 percent below their recent peaks, a sharp decline that […]
Alex Brandon/AP Support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has fallen to its lowest levels since President Donald Trump announced his selection in July, according to new polling. Opposition to Kavanaugh’s nomination now exceeds support for the nominee. Support for Kavanaugh among Republican women has dropped 18 points after the second of three sexual misconduct […]
Screenshot/Twitter Several Turks on social media protested US sanctions and the country’s plunging currency by smashing their iPhones and chopping up US dollars. The trend appears to have started on Wednesday, after a video of a man obliterating five iPhones with a sledgehammer went viral. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the boycott of […]
A property for sale could be seriously handicapped in terms of its value thanks to one major mistake a home owner can make. While home owners might think they are adding value to their property, they might actually be making it far less appealing. Elliot Castle, Property Expert at home buying company WeBuyAnyHome said: “Buying […]
DominiqueGodbout/Flickr In March, investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures gave a total of $ 12 million to CryptoKitties, a blockchain game for digital collectibles. According to data from blockchain analytics sites, the number of CryptoKitties transactions are a fraction of what they were in December. CryptoKitties CEO Bryce Bladon says the livelihood of […]
Snow is forecast to hit Britain throughout this weekend and Highways England has issued an amber “be prepared” alert for the North which will come into force at 7pm tonight. Up to 10cm of snow is expected on higher routes the alert will until 5am on Saturday morning. The Met Office has issued warnings for […]
Every year, the story of the Super Bowl is partly a story of its gargantuan audience. Of the 20 most-watched TV broadcasts in U.S. history, 19 are Super Bowls. (The other one is the series finale of M*A*S*H.) But this superlative legacy is in tension with an equal and opposite force: the steady collapse in […]
The pound hit an eight-year low yesterday after dropping to €1.083 in light of the UK’s Q2 growth data. This morning the rate began to recover, however, hitting €1.086. It comes in light of upbeat UK data on Tuesday, which was expected to support the pounds growth. Yet new figures yesterday by the Office for […]
The pound to euro exchange rate has recovered to €1.098 after falling yesterday. It could then meet the same levels from the beginning of the week if it continues to go up. It reached highs of €1.100 earlier in the week with hopes that it could go back up. The pound then plummeted following the […]
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Enrollment at the University of Missouri is plummeting two years after the school was rocked by racially charged protests, according to a New York Times report on Monday. Freshman enrollment at the school has fallen 35% since 2015, costing it millions of dollars in lost tuition, and leaving it desperate for […]
