As the world is still trying to fully understand the threat posed by the new Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the United States is about to hit another grim milestone in the pandemic. Less than 22 months after the CDC recorded the first official Covid-19…
Following a brief pullback in 2020, stock buybacks returned to their pre-pandemic trend this year and are currently on track to reach a new all-time high in 2021. According to preliminary data from S&P Dow Jones Indices, S&P 500 companies collectively …
Consumer prices in the United States continued to rise in November, as inflation hit a 39-year high. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 6.8 percent compared to a year ago, while the core index excluding more volatile food a…
Berlin is experiencing a steady influx of businesses and people. The demand for offices in Berlin has therefore grown rapidly in recent years. The office rental market is tense, but real estate providers have responded. In 2021, the number of office sp…
In the digital economy, blockchain technology is often described as one of the next big innovations. The World Economic Forum, for example, assumes that it will be one of six megatrends for the future. As shown in this infographic made in collaboration…
While the world’s overall preparedness score in the 2021 Global Health Security Index isn’t particularly good, it is markedly worse in the Prevention category. The global average score for the prevention of the emergence or release of pathogens is just…
As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, it remains underprepared for future epidemics and pandemics, according to new research. No country reached the highest category of preparedness for future health emergencies on the 2021 Global Hea…
With a total GDP of $432.3 billion, Nigeria has become the biggest economy on the African continent over the last 30 years. While the five highest spots on this ranking have been more or less constant over the last three decades, the rest of the top 8 …
Worry, stress, anger and sadness among employees worldwide have been on the rise over the past decade, reaching record levels in 2020. This is according to a survey for the ‘State of the Global Workplace 2021 Report’ conducted by Gallup in 116 countrie…
While the origin of the novel coronavirus that has been dominating our lives for the past two years is still unclear, latest research suggests that a Wuhan market worker was the first known case of Covid-19. She fell ill on December 11, 2019, three mon…