China’s oil imports hit a five-month high in October after Beijing allowed refiners to resell more abroad in a bid to boost the battered economy. Guang Niu/Getty Images Chinese oil imports hit a five-month high in October, according to customs data. Imports rose after Beijing issued fuel-export quotas in a bid to boost its battered…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
The UN’s human rights chief has criticized Elon Musk. Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images; Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images The UN high commissioner for human rights has written an open letter to Elon Musk. Volker Türk noted his “concern and apprehension” about Twitter’s role as a public square. He also described the firing of Twitter’s human…
Paul Krugman. Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The rampant inflation that has roiled the US economy this year may be fading, Paul Krugman said. The Nobel Prize-winning economist pointed to a cooling rental market and slowing wage growth. Underlying inflation may have dropped as low as 3%, Krugman said. Sliding rental prices and slowing…
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman (L) and Donald Trump Jr. (R). Melissa Sue Gerrits/Mark Makela/Getty Images Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz are facing off for US Senate in Pennsylvania. Fetterman’s health has become a focal point of the race after he suffered a stroke in May. Donald Trump Jr. mocked Fetterman on…
Elon Musk and Gigi Hadid James Devaney / Contributor / Getty Images and Craig Barritt / Stringer / Getty Images Model Gigi Hadid has deactivated her Twitter account after 10 years on the platform. She said that Twitter was becoming more of a “cesspool of hate” and “bigotry” under its “new leadership.” Hadid is the…
Samantha Losey is the managing director at Unity. Unity Samantha Losey is the director of a PR firm that’s participating in a four-day-workweek pilot. Losey said that, after a bumpy transition, the new schedule has been nothing short of a revelation. She added that the four-day workweek had helped recruitment, retention, and worker well-being. For…
Welcome back, folks. Writing to you from an unseasonably warm New York City, I’m your host, Jordan Parker Erb. We’ve got a lot to get to today, so I’m going to get straight into the news, starting with why experts are warning that tech layoffs are just beginning. Buckle up — it’s a busy day….
Welcome back, team. I’m Phil Rosen. With coffee in hand, stock charts pulled up, and “The Wolf of Wall Street” playing at full volume, I’m ready to take us through another week of markets. With pivotal midterms kicking off this week, it seems fitting to give a nod to elections. But I’m not here to…
The Oppo Find N2 is the company’s next foldable phone and a new leak appears to share key details, including an expected release window. Expectations are high that Oppo will be able to build on the Oppo Find N with its second iteration, and rumors already had the Find N2 coming with an upgraded chip…
Pimax is holding a special event to launch some new virtual reality products and experiences. The company just recently revealed more about the Pimax Crystal during a special event for that headset but now it’s showing off even more. Pimax Frontier 2022 is set to take place soon and the company will be showing off new…