The ECB has raised interest rates by 0.75%. Philipp von Ditfurth/Getty Images The ECB has raised interest rates by a record 0.75% in a bid to tackle soaring inflation. Prices will react to the move within three to six months at best, according to banker Tobias Basse. Here’s what this could mean for consumer prices,…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Jeremy Grantham. REUTERS/Nicholas Roberts Jeremy Grantham expects the S&P 500 to tumble by 26% to around 3,000 points over the next year. The global economic backdrop looks more precarious than the mid-2000s housing bubble, he said. The GMO cofounder revealed he’s betting against the tech-heavy Nasdaq index and junk bonds. Jeremy Grantham warned the S&P…
Ukrainian troops fire a wire-guided anti-tank missile from a pickup truck in May 2022. Ukrainian Armed Forces/Operational Command West Aid from foreign governments and civilians has flowed to Ukraine since Russia attacked in February. Much of it has been military aid, but Ukrainians are also repurposing donations for battlefield use. Among those repurposed assets are…
Anmol Irfan. Courtesy of Anmol Irfan Anmol Irfan has to work with people across time zones as a freelance journalist living in Pakistan. She found herself working long, late hours to accommodate contacts in the US and the UK. These are the techniques she used to reclaim her work-life balance. Just last week, I was…
Hi. I’m Aaron Weinman. One of the more interesting developments last Friday happened in the crypto space. Sam Bankman-Fried — founder of crypto exchange FTX and known by his initials SBF — acquired a 30% stake in SkyBridge Capital, an alternative investment firm. The deal was inked through SBF’s venture-capital firm FTX Ventures and will…
I wasn’t sure Marvel could shoehorn its characters and stories anywhere else, beyond all the movies, TV shows, games and toys, but now it wants you thinking about those heroes wherever you go. It’s teamed up with Pokémon Go developer Niantic to create an augmented reality mobile game launching next year. In Marvel World of Heroes,…
The Forerunner 255 sits around the middle of Garmin’s extensive family; a running watch that’s a step up from the entry-level Forerunner 55, but not quite as advanced as something like the Forerunner 955. And while the headline addition on the last-gen model – the Forerunner 245 – was the addition of a music player,…
Apple typically announces a new iPhone every September, and there’s usually more than one model to choose from. Every year, the number changes but the number doesn’t correlate with the year it was announced, which means it can be a little tricky to keep with which is the newest iPhone. Don’t worry though, we are…
Are you coming to EGX London in a couple of weeks? If you are, what are you doing on the Friday and Saturday evenings? Nothing? Oh that’s wonderful because I’d like to invite you to a pub quiz! Well it’s not actually in a pub so I’m telling a bit of a fib – it’s…
Persona and Shin Megami Tensei composer Shoji Meguro is launching a Kickstarter for his next game. Called Guns Undarkness, it will be a turn-based tactical RPG with stealth elements inspired by Persona and Metal Gear Solid. The game was first revealed in November 2021 and marks Meguro’s first official post-Atlus project, after his compositional work…