Business news of the day: Fuel prices were kept unchanged for 20th day in a row. The government is likely to bring a bill in the winter session of the parliament, that will begin on November 29, 2021, to bar all cryptocurrencies in India, barring a few exceptions, and create […]
Month: November 2021
Following certain thumb rules can sort out your finances broadly. Thumb rules may not always give you an accurate picture but can steer you in the right direction as they are usually time-tested processes. They are something that are easily learnt, remembered, and applied. “Thumb rules help in streamlining our […]
Duy Hoa Tran, a retired Vietnamese schoolteacher, arrived in Los Angeles in February 2020 to visit his daughter and 2-month-old grandson. Two weeks later, the door closed behind him. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Vietnam shut its borders. No commercial flights would be allowed into the country for the […]
Stocks were mixed on Tuesday with technology stocks under further pressure, as investors further mulled the market implications of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell’s renomination to lead the central bank. The S&P 500 ended slightly higher. The Nasdaq lagged as investors further turned away from technology and growth stocks. The Dow […]
Tiffany Nelson knew little about cryptocurrency when she first happened upon a temporary labor job in 2019. A Canada-based company called Westblock was recruiting “labor hands,” in Nelson’s words, to help unload boxes in a data center facility on land belonging to the Navajo Nation. A Navajo living on tribe […]
In December 2019, Sharon Farrell flew from Florida to visit her brother Stephen at a New Jersey nursing home, where, she said, she found “disgusting” conditions. “I told the nurse, ‘I am calling the state,’” she said. “I’m paying $9,000 a month, and I wouldn’t let my dog live like […]
