The FINANCIAL -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is breaking fresh ground with a USD 12 million loan to Al Dau Al Haram for Hotel Operations for the regeneration of a brownfield site into a Hyatt Regency hotel, to promote the introduction of green technology, and youth and women inclusion in Egypt.
You love to blame a millennial. We spend too much on fancy toast, we’re up to our eyeballs in debt, and we killed cable TV. (R.I.P.) But it’s time to reevaluate your outlook and attitude toward this generation — we’re next in line to lead all the newsrooms (or however many are left). The oldest...
Journalism, by taking an increasingly oppositional stance toward the Trump administration over the past four years, has begun to transform itself far more fundamentally than any digital technology (blogging, podcasting, the iPhone) ever has. For the past 60 years — the occasional well-publicized in-depth investigation aside — most political reporting in the United States has...
While I think the last couple of months have added a few more twists and turns as we hurtle to the bottom of the roller coaster I spoke about in 2018, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t foresee how this ride would unfold. For example, take the extent to which the media has...
Improved safety and betting handle give Newby reasons for optimism
The past few years have been tough for journalists. Trained to report objectively on the truth, they have been forced to also defend it. Defending the truth has never been primarily the job of journalists. Every society has its own mechanisms for establishing, reproducing, and accepting its own truths. This is how societies form, organize,...
Few know to what extent Trump’s own properties only break even because of the brothels. Trump, through his hotels, casinos and golf courses, is the 3rd largest human trafficker in the world. Now he is taking his expertise as a pimp onto the food service side as well, shaking down waitresses the same way he and his family have shaken down whores for over 2 centuries.
There are no miraculous buttons you can press that will stop the spread of dangerous misinformation online. No sophisticated tech tools or algorithms transparent enough on their face to save humanity. No fact-checks that are so perfectly constructed they get around our cognitive machinery. But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless. On the contrary, when local...
FDNY EMTs and paramedics are the first of New York City first responders to get the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, with firefighters and members of the FDNY set to being receiving the shot next week.
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors filed a complaint arguing that the unique bid by the San Francisco fintech is "merely a thinly veiled effort" to evade legal challenges to the federal regulator's chartering of nonbanks.
Never averse to drama, President Trump castigated the $900 billion stimulus package Congress passed earlier this week as a disgrace in a fiery speech on Tuesday.
Richard Wolff—catastrophic coronavirus response due to capitalism; COVID-19 deal packaged with goodies—for everyone but the working class
"Mnuchin has been in the conversation for months with [congressional] leadership about how this was going to go," Bret Baier said.
Linebacker Grant Morgan, safety Jalen Catalon, wide receiver Treylon Burks and defensive lineman Jonathan Marshall have been named Associated Press All-SEC
The Midnight Sky is a well-made and ambitious piece of sci-fi filmmaking, but it lacks the proper emotional punch it needed to truly connect.
Wide receiver Dez Bryant got a chance to throw up the X in the end zone for the first time since 2017 in last Sunday’s Ravens win over the Jaguars, but he started this week of practice on the sideline. Bryant was listed as a non-participant as the Ravens began on-field preparations to face the [more]
Pelosi offered to more than triple the size of stimulus checks Wednesday, but Republicans would have to agree to go along with it.
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This week marked the first trading day for Tesla as a component of the S&P 500.
Three trials show that full-dose blood thinners do not appear to lessen the need for organ support in critically ill, adult COVID-19 patients in intensive care.
Tottenham defender Danny Rose was arrested by police after crashing his car in Northampton at 4am on Wednesday morning
The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Its few days to Christmas, food prices drops further especially rice in popular Lagos market. The traders at Lagos market lament low patronage and poor sales.
Tottenham took another step towards a first trophy since 2008 with a battling 3-1 win on a wet, windy, Wednesday night at Stoke City to reach the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
With uncertainties and downside risks remaining, the Bank of Thailand has slashed the country's GDP growth outlook for next year by 0.4 percentage points, attributed chiefly to an anticipated delay in tourism recovery.
The highlights of a kiwi Christmas can range from backyard cricket to a trip to the beach. But one thing that connects most kiwis is sharing delicious Christmas kai with friends and whānau. Canterbury DHB’s WellFood team are well aware of ...