China said it will boost vaccination rates for elderly citizens. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Hong Kong stocks soared and US futures rose Tuesday, after logging big losses the previous session. Recent public protests in China over strict zero-COVID curbs threatened to worsen supply chain issues. China said Tuesday it will boost vaccination for elderly citizens, a…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Clive Collins runs Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm in Sussex, England. Clive Collins Clive Collins worked as a forester until a fall from a tree left him unable to continue the work. While in the hospital, he decided to build a business planting Christmas trees. This is how he did it and what working year-round on…
Elon Musk, founder of The Boring Company. Thomson Reuters Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has struggled to retain employees, former execs told the WSJ. In particular, the tunnel-digging firm has lost engineers and technical staff, per the execs. They said Boring Company staff have to work long hours and weekends, similar to Musk’s other firms….
When LED streetlights start changing color for no apparent reason, it’s a visual cue that we might need to rethink, just a bit, how we build the future. Anna Kim/Insider Streetlights in a bunch of major cities are turning purple. Is it just a fluke — or a warning of the chaos to come? The…
Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to 6.58% last week, according…
Elon Musk polled users about bringing back suspended accounts. FilmMagic for HBO via Getty Images Twitter staff are skeptical about Elon Musk’s plans to reinstate banned accounts, Platformer reported. Workers have been calling the plans “the Big Bang,” per the article. Twitter is working to reinstate 75 with more than 1 million followers, Platformer reported….
Brendan Smialowski/AFP, Richard Drew/Associated Press Apple spends over $100 million per year on Twitter adverts, sources told Bloomberg. Apple spent $48 million on Twitter ads in Q1, making it a key revenue stream, per the Washington Post. Musk claimed on Monday that Apple has mostly paused advertising on the platform. Apple spending on Twitter adverts…
Good morning. I’m senior reporter Phil Rosen, reporting from Manhattan. Today we’re going over what the ongoing protests in China mean for markets and investors. Before that, here’s a helpful calendar from Insider’s Personal Finance team that tells you what days the stock and bond markets are closed for the rest of the year. Now…
Fashion brand Diesel has launched a new version of its Griffed smartwatch, its sixth generation edition. The Diesel Giffed Gen 6 watch adopts the latest version of Google’s operating system – Wear OS 3 – and a new companion app for Android and iOS that offers a “richer experience” over the last. This includes customisation…
Back when the Nvidia RTX 4080 launched there were confusingly two models – one with 12GB of RAM and one with 16GB. Shortly after that, the company took the unusual step of “unlaunching” the 12GB RTX 4080 to make just one card available and avoid confusion. At the time it clarified the move in a…