Monthly Archives: November 2022

The S&P 500 needs to clear 3 big hurdles to convince investors the bull market has returned, Bank of America says

ide A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York, the United States, on March 9, 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty The S&P 500 has three technical levels to clear before signaling to investors that a new bull market is here, according to BofA.The bank said the S&P 500 holding support…

Walmart fired Black hourly employees twice as often as their white coworkers at the pandemic’s start, congressional report says

A Walmart store. AP Congressional report finds Walmart laid off double the amount of Black workers during the pandemic. The report examined staffing inequities at 12 companies between 2019 and 2021. As of July 29 this year, Black workers comprised roughly 21% of Walmart’s 1.6 million US workforce. During the start of the coronavirus pandemic,…

See how pets are transported on commercial airlines as animals increasingly accompany customers on vacation

American Airlines cargo handler with dog EQRoy/Shutterstock Airlines like Delta, American, Hawaiian, and Alaska offer pet shipping via cargo in the belly of aircraft. According to US DOT data, less than .01% of pets were harmed in the cargo hold of commercial planes in 2021. Cargo handlers offer advice on how owners can keep pets…

Ubisoft will release games on Steam again, starting with ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’

Ubisoft will start bringing its games to Steam again, nearly four years after it turned its attention to the Epic Games Store and its own Connect launcher. First up is one of the publisher’s biggest games of the last few years, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which will be available on Steam on December 6th. City builder…

Microsoft says it offered Sony 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation

As intense government scrutiny of Microsoft’s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with many regulatory bodies placing particular importance on the future of the Call of Duty franchise, Microsoft has told the New York Times it offered Sony a 10-year deal to keep the series on PlayStation earlier this month. In total, 16 regulatory bodies…

North Korea says its nukes are about the children after photos dropped of Kim Jong Un bringing his daughter to a missile launch

This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his daughter inspect what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Kim Jong Un…

House progressive leader Pramila Jayapal calls herself a Biden ‘convert,’ says he should run for reelection

Rep. Pramila Jayapal Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus called herself a Joe Biden “convert.”  Rep. Pramila Jayapal backed Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. But she has since found an ally in President Joe Biden, known as a moderate. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a leader…

James Cameron says his ‘Avatar’ sequel has to be ‘the third or fourth highest-grossing film in history’ just to break even

“Avatar: The Way of Water.” Disney “Avatar” director James Cameron says the upcoming sequel was “very fucking” expensive to make. He told GQ it needs to be the “third or fourth highest-grossing film in history” to break even. The first “Avatar” is the top-grossing movie ever with $2.9 billion worldwide. “Avatar: The Way of Water,”…