As opposed to airlines, hotel chains, restaurants and millions of small businesses that are fighting for survival amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s most prominent tech companies have been remarkably unaffected by the crisis (so far). Defying the …
The folks over at MSN Money have compiled an interesting list of the world’s thirty most expensive buildings. The Saudis are well known for spending their petrodollars on everything from advanced military hardware to lavish construction projects and th…
Wind and solar energy are quickly becoming one of the cheapest forms of energy across the world. This is leading to a booming growth in these two renewable energy industries, with several large carbon emitting countries vowing to expand renewable infra…
After suffering a first contraction after 23 consecutive quarters of growth in Q1 of 2020 and experiencing the steepest decline ever recorded in the second quarter, U.S. GDP growth has jumped up again in Q3. According to an advance estimate published b…
The city of Berlin has proven that constructing a new airport can in fact qualify as an epic feat of history. After approximately 14 years and 2 months, the city’s new airport known as BER for its call letters is finally opening its doors this Saturday…
As with the first set of lockdowns, the restrictions meant to curb the renewed spread of Covid-19 in Europe are happening fast and all at once.Spain and France, where a second wave of infections spread from mid-July, led the way by imposing local lockd…
Heathrow published its Q3 financial results yesterday and, aside from a drop in earnings of 82 percent compared to 2019, the company also reported that it had been overtaken by Charles de Gaulle as the busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger nu…
A Resolution Foundation survey of UK workers furloughed in the coronavirus crisis has revealed the share that have subsequently lost their jobs entirely. As this infographic shows, 9 percent of people put temporarily out of work by their employers have…
The holiday season is quickly approaching, and along with it, a predictable surge in consumer retail spending for gifts and personal presents. This year brings a unique challenge, however, as COVID-19 outbreaks across the U.S. and world continue to gro…
Europe has lost 60 percent of its Jewish populaton since 1970 according to a new study by the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Its key findings were published by The Guardian with the decline attributed to the collapse of the Soviet U…
