ONWUKA: Jersey City’s Airbnb Crackdown Is A Christmas Gift For The Hotel Lobby
Instead of making room for innovation, Jersey City is closing its doors to vulnerable residents.
Instead of making room for innovation, Jersey City is closing its doors to vulnerable residents.
Researching this column I got the impression that Bruce Springsteen learned to sing like Bruce Springsteen from Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. While Bruce has famously never had a number one single in the US, MMEB topped the charts with a cover of his first-ever release, ‘Blinded by the Light’, in 1977. The difference between the … Continue reading On Screens: Blinded by the title because you loved the song that spawned it?
CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns defensive end Myles Garrett was suspended for at least the rest of the regular season and postseason by the NFL on Friday for using a helmet “as a weapon” and striking Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head. His violent outburst in the final seconds of Thursday’s nationally televised game against […]
Through our Community Bike Build program, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has given away hundreds of bicycles, spreading the joy of biking and providing San Franciscans with an affordable and environmentally friendly way of getting around. Thanks to a city ordinance, we receive abandoned bikes from city agencies like the SFMTA, refurbish them and distribute […]
A clothing shop in southern China's Luzhou used pork meat as a promotional offer to encourage customers to buy more items on November 13. The bizarre video shows several pieces of pork meat hung up in a clothing shop and a billboard beside it saying "buy clothes get pork meat free". According to reports, customers who bought a set of clothes can get a piece of pork meat for free. The price of pork increased by 101.3% since October. The shop owner wanted to attract more customers by giving free meat.
Just goes to show, stick with what you know
The ill-conceived and costly error of doubling down on the crypto-market is almost a distant memory for Nvidia as the GPU maker reported results that indicate an upward turn in fortunes.…
The star of "The Affair" and "The Report" on living in the post-truth era: "We need to know what's true"
A HEARTBROKEN mum has spoken of her “devastation” after seeing her only child struck and killed by a SUV. Dianna Schmidbauer, of Iowa, US, says she’s in such a state of shock that she can’t close her eyes or sleep as she is haunted by her battle to save her daughter’s life. The distraught mum […]
At a meeting of the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee on 12-13 November, WTO members held discussions on how to develop coherent ways to test, measure and demonstrate the safety and quality of products. This “quality infrastructure” helps build trust in exports, enhances competitiveness and thereby facilitates trade. These discussions were followed by a regular meeting of the committee on 13-15 November, where members discussed 62 trade concerns, 12 of which were raised for the first time.
At the 15 November informal meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules, heads of WTO member delegations discussed the status of the fisheries subsidies negotiations. Members noted difficulties in concluding negotiations by the end of the year and committed to intensifying their discussions to curb harmful fisheries subsidies.
On 15 November 2019, India notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 4 November 2019 a safeguard investigation on isopropyl alcohol.
On 15 November 2019, Indonesia notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 13 November 2019 a safeguard investigation on fructose syrop.
The Advanced Short Course on the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement, organized jointly by the Trade and Environment Division and the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, took place in Geneva from 12 to 15 November 2019. Twenty-five participants from around the world, who are involved at a technical or policy level with the implementation of the TBT Agreement, attended the course.
Twenty-four government officials from around the world participated in the WTO’s three-week Advanced Course on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, which concluded on 15 November. The course was organized by the Agriculture and Commodities Division and the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, with the support of the Standards and Trade Development Facility.
Scientists have successfully eradicated alcoholic liver disease in mice using a combination of viruses that target a certain toxin-releasing gut bacterium.
Mauricio Rua discusses his plans for retirement before facing Paul Craig in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
SAO PAULO — Mauricio "Shogun" Rua already has broken a promise he made to his wife more than one decade ago. But he claims he’ll fulfill a new one.
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[Vladimir Bukovsky, tr. Alyona Kojevnikov, Judgment in Moscow: Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity (Ninth of November Press, 2019), 707 pages.]
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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) has been a controversial stock for years. Its co-founder, Aubrey McLendon, who left the company in 2013, was indicted in 2016 for allegedly conspiring to fix lease prices in Oklahoma, then died in a fiery, single-vehicle car crash the next day. Even before that, allegations of impropriety surrounded McLendon, who reportedly used corporate funds for all manner of personal expenses. Even without the personality issues, Chesapeake attracts controversy as one of the early adopters of and leaders in hydraulic fracturing... Читать дальше...
Market Movers - Data in OPEC’s latest edition of the Monthly Oil Market Report suggests that deeper production cuts will be needed to balance the oil market. Production for the cartel was up in October from September, as Saudi Arabia regained its footing after the attacks on Aramco oil infrastructure and as Venezuela managed to pull a rabbit out of its hat, increasing production to 687,000 bpd in October from 644,000 bpd in September. Still, October production for the cartel was below August production. Читать дальше...
Crude oil prices trended up slightly in the second half of this week on a surprise crude oil inventory draw, but disappointments over U.S.-China trade talks mean there’s not much to move this needle. Any excitement over a prospective deal has been quashed by another conflict over China’s apparent agreement to buy $50 billion in American agricultural products annually. More than anything, this is what oil prices are responding to these days. ‘Latin Spring’ Starts in Bolivia … Where Will It Stop? Читать дальше...