21 Chinese warplanes — including ten advanced J-16 fighters — flew into Taiwan’s air defense zone on Tuesday, on the same day House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taipei. Getty Images 21 Chinese warplanes flew into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Tuesday. The sortie included 10 of China’s newer J-16 fighter jets, among other…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Investment bankers are responsible for analyzing trends, assessing risks, providing strategic advice, and managing projects. Wavebreakmedia/Getty Investment banking is a specific kind of banking that helps companies, governments, and institutions raise funds and execute financial transactions.Unlike retail banks, which can focus on transactions for individual consumers, investment banks help with transactions such as mergers and…
Bond yields are an important tool in making investment decisions. TheGoodBrigade/Getty A bond yield is the return you get for a bond over a specific time period.There are several types of bond yields. These can be used to evaluate a bond’s risk and value.Bond yields are inversely correlated to bond prices. When prices rise, yields…
Alex Wong/Getty Images, Zach Gibson/Getty Images Trump blasted Nancy Pelosi for her historic trip to Taiwan, saying she is “always causing trouble.” The House Speaker has defended her travel as necessary to the success of democracy abroad. Trump’s comments were a break with 26 Senate Republicans who praised Pelosi’s defiance of Beijing. Former President Donald…
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 05, 2022 in New York City. Stocks opened lower this morning after closing high on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced an interest-rate hike by half a percentage point in an effort to further lower inflation. Michael M. Santiago/Getty The…
HYS_NP/Shutterstock Air travel is really bad this summer, and Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants knows it. The boutique hotel chain says it’ll give guests free wine as an “Emotional Support Beverage” if their flights are delayed or canceled. Factors like staffing shortages and airlines’ leaner flight schedules are causing a summer of air travel chaos. If…
A biotech lab. picture alliance/Getty Images Applied DNA Sciences stock jumped over 400% on Tuesday after the company gave an update on a monkeypox PCR test. The firm will begin validation of the test, after which it can seek approval from regulators for public testing. About 82.5 million shares changed hands, compared to average volume…
Getty Images Europe increased its imports of Russian diesel by 13% last month, according to data from Vortexa. Imports of Russian diesel are up 22% year-over-year. The European Union is steadily trying to move away from a dependence on Russian oil. Europe’s imports of Russian-sourced diesel spiked 13% last month, as the continent struggles to…
SOPA Images/Getty Images The Instagram Story hacks listed here allow you to add all kinds of effects to your posts that disappear after 24 hours. These hidden features include the ability to hide hashtags, layer images, and add closed captions. Here are 23 of the best tricks, hacks, and little-known features in Instagram Stories. Instagram…
Microsoft quietly announced the launch of Outlook Lite for Android, a streamlined version of the company’s email service designed to use less battery and storage space than the default Outlook app without sacrificing features or performance. Specifically, Microsoft says that Outlook Lite has all the main features of the Outlook experience neatly packed into a…