Initial jobless claims claims dropped to the lowest level since March 2020 last week, signalling the onset of economic recovery. As more and more states ease restrictions in the face of falling case numbers, layoffs cede and more and more workers retur…
Thanks to continuing growth in streaming subscriptions, global music industry revenues grew by 7.4 percent in 2020. According to the IFPI’s latest Global Music Report, 2020 marked the sixth consecutive year of growth for the music industry that had pre…
Semiconductors built into cars control air conditioning systems, monitor tire pressure, move seats in the interior or ensure that the airbag is triggered in the event of an accident. It is therefore not surprising that microchips have become an indispe…
Soaring demand for Covid-19 vaccines has resulted in massive changes in vaccine production. Companies have drastically ramped up production and 413 million doses of nine different vaccines had been produced by early March, according to an analysis by p…
The United States has had to cope with a long list of threats down through the years from geopolitical tensions with major adversaries such as China and Russia to international terrorism and the spread of infectious diseases. Ultimately, the latter eme…
We’ve all experienced this: one second you’re watching a product review on YouTube and the next you see an advert for exactly that product in your Instagram feed. While it still feels like some kind of dark magic is at work there, we’ve pretty much got…
Predictive science intelligence company Airfinity has released new data about global Covid-19 vaccine production. Companies are starting to scale up production rapidly and so far, Pfizer has produced the most doses with 119 million, ahead of Sinovac’s …
Historically high unemployment, a steep economic downturn and, at the root of it all, a global health crisis claiming millions of lives – for large parts of 2020, the bad news kept rolling in, and yet, the stock market has rallied through the past 12 m…
The UK and the EU are still embroiled in a bitter dispute over a shortfall of vaccines across Europe. The UK has raced ahead with a successful Covid-19 vaccine rollout that has significantly reduced cases and deaths while the EU has had a sluggish camp…
Global semiconductor production is split between the U.S. and Asia and continues to be a source of tensions in foreign policy powerplay.U.S. tech company Intel holds the biggest semiconductor market share, with around 15.6 percent of global sales being…