It’s a star! It’s a UFO! Nope it’s probably Venus. If you’ve ever gone outside for a late walk and spotted a big gorgeous bright “star” in the sky, it’s likely that you were looking at Venus. The planet is named after the Roman goddess of love, and NASA is […]
Switzerland will lower economic growth forecasts over coronavirus
Economic Indicators2 hours ago (Feb 29, 2020 09:16AM ET) Switzerland will lower economic growth forecasts over coronavirus VIENNA (Reuters) – The Swiss government will lower its economic growth forecast because of the coronavirus outbreak, an official from its State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said on Saturday. Stock markets around […]
Think Ride Sharing Is Good for the Planet? Not So Fast
This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For climate-conscious Americans, cars are tough: We can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. Yet while ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft are reducing reliance on car ownership, they’re hardly solving our problems. According […]
Being Happy at Work Is Simply Not Enough
Let’s be generous, though, and say it might make for a fun game at happy hour. But even then, a closer reading shows that many of the examples this book contains are actually quite insidious. It’s only the superficial among us, we are told, who focus on things like money. […]
China data portends more punishment for bruised stock markets
By David Randall, Lewis Krauskopf and April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock markets should fall further on Monday after a record contraction in China’s manufacturing and service sectors because of the coronavirus outbreak, illustrating the massive potential economic impacts of the epidemic for the rest of the globe. […]
China February factory activity contracts at record pace as coronavirus bites
(C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee works on the production line of a robot vacuum cleaner at a factory of Matsutek in Shenzhen BEIJING (Reuters) – Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February, even worse than during the global financial crisis, highlighting the colossal damage […]