Month: May 2022

Eight Things to Consider When Buying Life Insurance

Does a 25-year-old, healthy, male need life insurance? His 30-year-old businessman brother has group life insurance; but is shopping for more insurance because he is raising three young children, his wife doesn’t have a job, and they have a mortgage on their home. What key features should their 65-year-old parents look for when choosing a…


Justice Department Releases Guide on How Convicted Individuals Can Exercise the Right to Vote

The Justice Department announced Friday a guide to address the issue of voting rights in different states after being convicted of a felony. The guide details steps that can help one understand whether and how a convicted American citizen, who meets the age and residency requirements, can exercise their right to vote. It also provides…


Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode Not Really Private, Texas Lawsuit Says

WASHINGTON—The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet Inc unit. Texas, Indiana, Washington state, and the District of Columbia filed separate suits against Google in January…


Hyundai Motor Group to Invest $5.5 Billion to Build EV, Battery Facilities in US

WASHINGTON/SEOUL—South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said on Friday it plans to invest about $5.54 billion to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturing facilities in the United States. Hyundai will break ground on its new facility in Georgia in early 2023 and is expected to begin commercial production in the first…


7 Analysts on Palo Alto Networks Earnings: Upbeat Results Despite ‘Continued Tough Supply Environment’

Palo Alto Networks Inc. on Thursday reported revenues and earnings for its fiscal third-quarter ahead of expectations. BofA Securities on Palo Alto Networks Analyst Tal Liani reiterated a Buy rating and a price target of $650. “Palo Alto Networks continues to draw strength from its new offerings with NGS ARR growing 65 percent YoY, a…


Lagarde Calls for Crypto Crackdown, Says They’re ‘Based on Nothing’

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has taken aim at cryptocurrencies, arguing in an interview on Dutch television that they’re essentially “worth nothing” as they lack underlying assets “as an anchor to safety” while calling for them to be regulated. Lagarde made the remarks in an interview on the Dutch television program “College Tour,” due…


How to Rebuild a Damaged Credit Score

There are many avenues that lead to damaged credit. You might have missed a few payments on an important loan. Maybe you have opened too many credit cards. You might have even defaulted on a mortgage or car loan. This may lead you to wonder how to rebuild a damaged Credit Score. However you got…


Beijing Re-Instates Labor Courses to Address Manpower Shortage: Former Professor

The Chinese regime’s top educational watchdog has again added labor courses to the curricula of primary and secondary schools in China. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, during the Cultural Revolution period, Chinese students had to work in factories or in the countryside, and the communist authorities called this political education campaign “learning from the…


Cybercriminals Steal Records of 500,000 Chicago Students in Huge Data Breach

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has revealed that nearly half a million students and over 50,000 staff members have fallen prey to a massive data breach involving the theft of personal information via a ransomware attack. A technology vendor for CPS called Battelle for Kids notified the school district that, on Dec. 1, 2021, an unauthorized…


Book Review: ‘One Italian Summer’: Magical Realism Dealing With Loss and Life

I wanted to like this book from the beginning. I was hooked on the fact that it takes place in Italy during the summer. What’s not to love. I learned it was about a strong mother-daughter relationship. I also learned it was about loss. I had a mother; I have a daughter. The main protagonist,…