Roughly 30 million Americans fear for their livelihood as Congress has yet to find a compromise on extending the weekly supplement to regular unemployment benefits due to expire this weekend. As part of the CARES Act, the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation …
Read More »Increased Interest in Electronics
With millions more people staying at home during the day due to COVID-19 restrictions, electricity usage and interest in electronic products is soaring to new heights. A new report shows just how many more people are searching for popular electronics …
Read More »The Most Surveilled Cities in the World
According to a study by research website Comparitech, most of the world’s most surveilled cities are located in China. The country has been making headlines for its generous use of surveillance technology and is featured heavily throughout the whole ranking …
Read More »Airline Stocks Still Far Below Cruising Altitude
Both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines saw their share price sinking in early trading on Thursday after reporting second quarter results that show the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on passenger airlines. The industry has been hit particularly hard by …
Read More »Pre-Pandemic Household Debt at Record High
When millions of Americans started losing their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic in March, the federal government introduced the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program (FPUC) as part of the CARES Act. The program, which provides jobless Americans who qualify …
Read More »In 2100, Five of the Ten Biggest Countries in the World Will Be in Africa
In the 21st century so far, populous countries and strong population growth were most often associated with Asia – but this view of the world will have to change in the future, data by the United Nations and Pew Research Center shows. While …
Read More »The Tax Havens Attracting the Most Foreign Profits
When it comes to attracting foreign companies to artificially shift their profits from their native, high-tax countries, nowhere in the world is known to do so at such volume as Ireland. Tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook all take advantage of the …
Read More »The EU’s Most Heavily Policed Countries
In recent years, the number of police officers across the European Union has been decreasing. In 2016, EU countries had a collective total of 1.62 million police officers, a 3.4 percent reduction since 2009. According to Eurostat, there were 318 police …
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