However you plan to spend Christmas this year, it is unlikely to resemble any festive period in recent memory. With the world still battling the Covid-19 pandemic, wide-ranging restrictions on our daily lives continue to force us to adapt our behaviour…
The COVID-19 vaccine is finally entering the arms of the first Americans after less than a year of research and development. The amazing feat of medical science signals the beginning of the end for an unprecedented global pandemic that’s killed over 1….
Remote work has proved to be an effective replacement for many companies and employees throughout the year. While the absence of in-person collaboration has been tough to recreate, workflow and the organizational structure of workers has adapted well f…
Chinese shipping indices show a surge in the price of shipping goods out of two major Chinese ports. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index and the Ningbo Containerized Freight Index, representing two of the three biggest container ports in the world…
The volume of goods transported around the globe by container ships has increased continuously in recent years. Data from the Hong Kong Marine Department shows that ports in Asia, especially in China, are increasingly dominating the industry. In 2005, …
Department of Health and Human Services data reported by the New York Times has detailed average U.S. hospital and ICU bed occupancy rates for the week ending December 03. It paints an extremely disturbing picture of health system that is buckling unde…
Adding another chapter to the U.S. government’s clamp down on “big tech”, the Federal Trade Commission sued Facebook on Wednesday, alleging the company is “illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of ant…
According to the National Travel and Tourism Office at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Mexico and Canada were by far the most popular destinations for U.S. resident travelers in 2019. While 39.3 million U.S. residents visited Mexico in one year, 15 mi…
Reports from Washington indicate progress is being made on a new round of stimulus support in the U.S. The proposed $908 billion bipartisan plan would offer relief money for local and state governments, as well as liability protections for businesses. …
A couple of weeks after several European countries went on (at least partial) lockdown once again in the face of surging COVID-19 cases, the tightening of restrictions appears to be paying off. As the following chart, based on data from the Johns Hopki…
