Inflation is making things more expensive for a lot of people.Are companies making it worse? Bernie Sanders certainly thinks so. In a tweet on Tuesday, the senator from Vermont admonished McDonald’s, Starbucks , and Amazon for raising prices at the same time they’re posting high, even record profits. https://www.twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1496180733576159232 “Maybe […]
As Indians expect groceries in 10 mins, delivery agents struggle | Business and Economy News
Delivery agents speed on their bikes, take wrong turns, risk their lives – all to deliver groceries in 10 minutes. As Indian startups promise to deliver groceries in 10 minutes, delivery agents suffer [File: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg] By Varsha Bansal Bengaluru, India– Lately, Shaik Salauddin’s phone has been ringing off the […]
Understanding Cyclical vs. Non-Cyclical Stocks
Cyclical vs.Non-Cyclical Stocks: An Overview The terms cyclical and non-cyclical refer to how closely correlated a company’s share price is to the fluctuations of the economy.Cyclical stocks and their companies have a direct relationship to the economy, while non-cyclical stocks repeatedly outperform the market when economic growth slows. Investors cannot […]
Prepaid Technologies names new executive to products department
Birmingham-based fintech company Prepaid Technologies has named Matt Frye chief product officer. Prepaid CEO Stephen Faust said the company had planned to expand its product and marketing teams using a $96 million investment it recently received.Other priorities for that investment included 20 additional hires, technological enhancements and possibly acquisitions, as […]
COVID vaccine: Sanofi, GSK seek approval for jab, which is 100% effective against severe disease
February 24, 2022 — 3.44am Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later.Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Advertisement Paris: French drugmaker Sanofi and its British partner GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) say their new, two-dose […]
‘Sometimes you have an answer right in front of your nose’: Is this simple vaccine how the pandemic ends?
Could a patent-free vaccine offer a COVID solution that stands up against Alpha, Delta, Omicron, and future variants? [James Oaten] The latest breakthrough in COVID vaccines isn’t using cutting edge technology or a radical new approach to stop the global spread of disease. Instead, a small team of researchers in […]
Pink explains why she won’t give her 10-year-old daughter a phone
Like many parents, Pink has laid down the law when it comes to whether or not her kids can have a phone.The Grammy-winning superstar says she won’t let her daughter Willow, 10, have one.“There’s a light side and a shadow side to technology in general for adults, as well,” she […]
Chinese ‘space cleaner’ spotted grabbing and throwing away old satellite
[Deutsche Welle] | Updated: February 24, 2022 12:09:06 pm Written by Esteban Pardo Something out of a Star Wars movie occurred in Earth’s orbit last month. A Chinese satellite was spotted in late January grabbing another long-dead satellite and days later throwing it into a “graveyard” orbit 300 km away, […]
WHO announces new hub for training countries to make COVID jabs | Coronavirus pandemic
UN health agency says hub in South Korea will share mRNA technology being developed by the WHO and partners in South Africa. The World Health Organization and its partners in South Africa are working to recreate the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine [File: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg] The World Health Organization says it has […]
A crypto startup is selling Solana NFTs from a vending machine in New York in exchange for fiat currency
NFT marketplace Neon launched a vending machine that dispenses digital collectibles.The machine stands in New York’s financial district and accepts fiat currency instead of crypto.A Neon cofounder told Decrypt the company wanted to “demystify” the NFT buying process.Get the inside scoop on what traders are talking about — delivered daily […]