JUNE 1, 2021
At a park in Beijing on Tuesday. China announced on Monday that it would allow married couples to have three children, up from two. - Gilles Sabrié / NY Times
After China said it would allow couples to have three children, the state news media trumpeted the move as a major change that would help stimulate growth....
MAY 31, 2021
In the previous quarter, India’s GDP swung back into the positive territory, growing 0.4%.
India GDP growth Highlights: India's economy continued to accelerate in the January-March quarter, growing 1.6%. For the full financial year 2020-21, India’s economy contracted 7.3%.
The Q4 GDP figures were ahead of the 1% median projections made by economists polled by Reuters.
India...
MAY 30, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who has said that an election overhaul is a priority, is widely expected to sign the bill. - Eric Gay/AP
The Republican-controlled Texas State Senate passed a bill early Sunday that would impose a raft of new voting restrictions in the state, moving a step closer to the expected full passage of what...
MAY 29, 2021
Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times (left) was in conversation with UK Minister for Investment Lord Gerry Grimstone
On doubling India-UK trade
Despite the huge amount we do with India, there has been a bit of unfulfilled promise. We've got 850 Indian companies in the UK and these employ over 116,000 employees, so there's a huge amount of activity...
MAY 29, 2021
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is slightly less effective but still appears to offer protection against variant first detected in India, according to a study by France's Pasteur Institute.
"Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects" against the strain first discovered in India, Olivier Schwartz, the institute's director and co-author of the study was quoted as saying...
MAY 28, 2021
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I am 49 years old (turning 50 this year) and my wife is 34. We have two young children under the age of 2, and twin girls, age 11, from my prior marriage. College for the twins is fully funded in a 529 plan and I save monthly in 529 plans for my other two children.
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MAY 28, 2021
The Russian-based hackers behind the SolarWinds cyber attack have launched a new campaign that appears to target government agencies, think tanks and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft said Thursday.
Nobelium launched the current attacks after getting access to an email marketing service used by the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, according to Microsoft.
"These attacks appear to be...
MAY 25, 2021
Warren Buffett REUTERS/Marc Cardwell
Warren Buffett has a $270 billion stock portfolio, and five stocks make up 75% of its value.
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed $203 billion of Apple, Bank of America, and three other stocks.
Buffett concentrated his portfolio last quarter by slashing and exiting several holdings.
Warren Buffett's stock portfolio was worth $270 billion...
MAY 24, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a law that gives the state the power to penalize social media companies when they ban political candidates, escalating a fight between the tech industry and Republicans such as DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.
The law to prohibit "deplatforming" is the first of its kind in the nation and may...
MAY 24, 2021
A protest by Belarusians living in Poland in support of Roman Protasevich on Monday. - Wojtek Radwanski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The European Union on Monday called on all E.U.- based airlines to stop flying over Belarus and began the process of banning Belarusian airlines from flying over the bloc’s airspace or landing in its airports —...
