This chart uses IMF estimates to show the countries most burdened by their national debt. Japan has by far the biggest problem, with general government gross debt at 238 percent of its GDP. In fourth place, the economic struggles of Lebanon add an extr…
Rural states and those with large tourism industries are the first to put restrictions on all interstate visits as coronavirus case numbers continue to rise in many places in the United States. This is according to a list compiled by CNN.Hawaii, Maine,…
1,058,547,236. Back to school season is just around the corner and that’s the number of learners who still aren’t able to attend class (as of early August) due to the pandemic. According to UNESCO, that figure represents 60.5 percent of all learners wo…
Google Play Music is officially starting the process of shutting down their service in August, with plans to completely close down servers by December. Low number of users and an inability to capture market share from stiff competition like Spotify and…
Ongoing economic uncertainty exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis has sent Japanese household consumption spiraling. Monthly data released by the Statistics Bureau of Japan show that households of two or more people spent 16.2 percent less in May than…
Thanks to nationwide reopenings throughout the month, the U.S. manufacturing sector continued its rebound in June after sharp declines in March and April. According to the Census Bureau’s latest report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders…
If Netflix is one of the companies better suited to thriving within or despite the special circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is certainly at the other end of that spectrum. With theme parks and retail stores temporarily closed, cru…
Even before the devastating blast in its capital city Beirut yesterday, Lebanon was a country in crisis on a number of fronts. The explosion in the port area of the city has claimed the lives of at least 100 people, injured thousands and caused widespr…
Approximately 25 million U.S. adults will stop receiving $600 federal uemployment checks from July 31. Under new proposals by Senate Republicans, those benefits would be slashed 43 percent and replaced by a $200 weekly payment through September. That i…
Energy produced by coal around the world has been rising globally over the last decade despite increased efforts for alternative sources like natural gas and renewable energies. New data shows that global coal power produced in 2020 is expected to fall…
