Month: September 2021

Shares Drop for Third Day, Yields Soar as Markets Brace for Rate Hikes

LONDON—Global shares fell for a third successive day on Tuesday, while bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic soared on anxiety over when central banks might raise interest rates. MSCI’s All Country World Index, which tracks shares across 49 countries, was down 0.3 percent on the day after the start of trading in Europe….


Best Types of Apps for Business Travelers

Numerous work capacities require a lot of annual travel. Some occupations travel for a living, such as hotel inspectors that need to hit multiple cities throughout the year. Entrepreneurs and business owners might travel to each of their companies or meetings with other business leaders in their industry. The average business traveler takes almost seven trips…


What Is the Flowtime Technique?

Like finding the perfect recipe, discovering the optimal productivity system is no easy feat. Case in point, I recently found a simple fajita recipe online last week. Since I was crunched for time, this looked like a quick and delicious dinner. But, unfortunately, it wasn’t to my liking. Will I ever use this recipe again? Well, if…


Earth-Monitoring Landsat 9 Satellite Launches in California

LOS ANGELES—The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change. Landsat 9 was carried into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that lifted…


Bond Stars ‘Excited’ Ahead of Movie Cinema Release

LONDON—After an 18-month delay, the James Bond film “No Time To Die” finally begins its cinema rollout this week—a relief for its stars and movie theatre operators. Daniel Craig returns for a final fifth outing as the suave British secret agent, known for his love of fast cars and cool gadgets. The movie was originally…


Arizona Judge Blocks Laws Banning School, City Mask Mandates

An Arizona judge on Monday ruled that the state’s ban on mask mandates in public schools, and other Republican-passed Arizona laws that block local governments from imposing COVID-19 requirements, are unconstitutional. The sweeping ruling from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper effectively clears the way for Arizona cities and counties to impose mask mandates….


US Marine Who Sought Accountability From Military Leaders Over Afghanistan Withdrawal Is Jailed: Report

The U.S. Marine dismissed from command after criticizing senior military leadership on the handling of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is in the brig, according to reports. “All our son did is ask the questions that everybody was asking themselves, but they were too scared to speak out loud,” Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s father,…


Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to Tell Congress Inflation ‘Likely to Stay Elevated Over Next Few Months’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to appear at a hearing on Sept. 28 where he will tell Congress that inflation is likely to stay elevated over the next few months. Powell will speak Tuesday morning before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, in Washington, D.C. as part of a mandated testimony regarding…


Fed’s Powell: Reopening Economic Bottlenecks Could Be ‘More Enduring’

WASHINGTON—The higher prices and hiring difficulties seen as the U.S. economy reopens from the pandemic could prove “more enduring than anticipated,” and the Federal Reserve would move against unchecked inflation if needed, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. “The process of reopening the economy…


NATO Shares Concerns Over Beijing’s ‘Coercive Policies, Expanding Nuclear Program’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has urged the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to be transparent about its expanding nuclear arms program during a meeting with State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi. The NATO secretary general and the PRC foreign minister connected during a virtual meeting on Sept. 27 where they discussed NATO-China relations…