Monthly Archives: September 2022

Ads on Netflix are coming sooner than we thought, and it’s all down to Disney

Netflix executives look set to bring the launch of the streaming service’s ad-supported tier forward in a bid to steal a march on rivals Disney Plus, according to new reports.  Variety reports that Netflix executives have taken the decision to launch the new ad-supported tier on November 1 in most of the streamer’s major markets,…

China has gone ‘mad for drones’ and is using them to keep up the pressure on Taiwan’s remote military outposts

Shiyu Islet, part of Kinmen County, seen in front of the Chinese city of Xiamen in April 2018. Carl Court/Getty Images Chinese drones have been making more flights over and near Taiwanese territory in recent weeks. The drone flights are seen as part of a Chinese effort to pressure and intimidate Taiwanese forces. The flights…

Return-to-office policies are becoming another weapon in the talent wars

The news: Two large US-based banks have announced they’ll drop their vaccine mandates for employees after the US Labor Day holiday, according to the New York Post, which reported on one bank’s internal memo. Goldman Sachs will no longer require employees in the Americas—aside from New York City and Lima—to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before entering the office. Also, employees won’t…

Consumers Credit Union review: Rewards checking account with no monthly service fees

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Jared Kushner says he’s ‘pro-life’ and that the Supreme Court correctly decided to overturn Roe v. Wade

The daughter of US President Donald Trump Ivanka Trump (R) and her husband White House senior advisor Jared Kushner make their wave from Air Force One to Marina One upon arrival at the airport in Hamburg, northern Germany on July 6, 2017. Bernd Von Jutrczenka/DPA/AFP via Getty Images Jared Kushner has identified himself as being…

Markets are starting to realize inflation is not cyclical and they can’t hold the Fed hostage anymore, Mohamed El-Erian says

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Markets are starting to realize inflation isn’t just cyclical, economist Mohamed El-Erian said. He added that markets had been “holding the Fed hostage”, hoping for a pivot until Powell’s speech last week. Stocks may need to fall further to fully price in the Fed’s reaffirmed hawkish stance.  The S&P 500 has slumped 7%…