Admit it: Most people like to take a peek inside how the rich and famous live, right? It’s an escape, and these days, a needed guilty pleasure after being stuck inside our own homes for the past two years. Well, we’re in luck.Month after month, bold-faced names, like tennis star […]
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Adopt Instead of Getting Readymade Babies: Taslima Nasreen’s Comments on Surrogacy Spark Twitter Outrage
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Crypto ‘Ice Age’ May Be Coming As the Fed Hikes Interest Rates in 2022
Prices have slumped, raising fears about a crypto winter.FTiare/Getty Images A crypto “ice age” might be coming as the Fed slashes its support for markets and the economy.Crypto prices have slumped, with bitcoin tumbling to a six-month low below $38,000 on Friday.With the Fed hiking interest rates, and nagging questions […]
Prices are rising all over the world, and leaders see no quick fix
It probably isn’t much consolation for Americans struggling with the highest inflation in 40 years, but they are not alone.In the European Union, prices are rising faster than at any time since the euro currency was introduced.The annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom hit 5.4 percent in December, the […]
Plastic gold: How Lego is attracting the eyes, and wallets, of collectors
FOLLOW ON Advertisement Various Lego mini figures sit for sale, Nov.29, 2021, inside It’s A Block Party in Indianapolis.(Mykal McEldowney / The Indianapolis Star via AP) For decades, Lego has captured the minds and imaginations of children and adults alike from around the world. And as new research has shown […]
Twitter users are comparing Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip implants to a similar device featured in the hit dystopian anthology series, ‘Black Mirror’
Elon Musk is developing a brain implant for humans he formerly said may have the potential to “save and replay memories.” Several Twitter users compared the technology to a similar device seen in an episode of Netflix’s “Black Mirror.” The brain-chip technology is primarily aimed at helping provide more agency […]
The Supreme Court supported compulsory vaccinations in 1905. What changed in 2022?
When reports first trickled out that Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask in the courtroom, and that as a result his fellow Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor needed to work through Zoom as a result, the backlash was swift and unsurprising.No doubt with an eye toward protecting its […]
Opinion: Skills, not schools. It took a pandemic and BLM to get employers looking at new ways to hire
“Skills, not schools” might not be the best-known motto of our times, but it’s increasingly popular among employers.A growing number are willing to consider applicants for well-paid, white-collar jobs based on what they can do rather than on whether they hold a bachelor’s degree. Earlier this month, the technology consulting […]
Americans are quitting at record rates. These 5 states are leading the pack. – CBS News
A record number of American workers quit their jobs before the holidays, but the trend wasn’t evenly spread across the nation.Employees in a handful of states handed in their resignations at a much higher rate than the national average, according to new government data. About 4.5 million people quit their […]
Inflation is cutting into wage gains for U.S. workers – The Washington Post
Ty Stehlik, who works the front desk at a hotel in Milwaukee, pleaded for a raise all through the pandemic — and finally got an extra $1 an hour in the fall to make $15.But higher prices for rent and food have completely negated that 7 percent bump.Stehlik, who identifies […]