Month: June 2022

Majority of C-Suite Execs Thinking of Quitting, 40 Percent Overwhelmed at Work: Deloitte Survey

A majority of C-suite executives are considering leaving their jobs, according to a Deloitte survey of 2,100 employees and C-level executives from the United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia. Almost 70 percent of executives admitted that they are seriously thinking of quitting their jobs for a better opportunity that supports their well-being, according to…


Attorneys Spar in Court as Ghislaine Maxwell Sentencing Date Nears

NEW YORK—For the past week-and-a-half, attorneys for both sides in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial have been giving their final legal efforts via court documents, each hoping for a victory of sorts when she’s sentenced on June 28. Maxwell was found guilty of five of six counts of sex trafficking on Dec. 29, after a month-long…


No More ‘Reportorial Bias’—The Epoch Times to Host New Kind of Political Debate

Commentary Our country desperately needs a new kind of political debate. What we have now are exercises in (often extreme) reportorial bias that insult the intelligence of voters, while distorting and undermining the democratic process. Who can forget the moment in the 2020 presidential debate when the supposedly even-handed moderator—Chris Wallace, then of Fox News—shut…


Majority of Students in British Universities Have Grown Much More Intolerant of Free Speech Since 2016: Report

The Higher Education Policy Institute has polled 1,000 full-time undergraduates on free speech issues, concluding that students are significantly less supportive of free expression than they were just a few years ago. The new results show a solid increase from 2016 with things seemingly swinging “too far in one direction,” with students wanting greater restrictions…


Gun Rights Groups Respond to Supreme Court’s Ruling on Concealed Carry

Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that struck down certain laws regarding whether Americans have the right to conceal-carry a firearm, gun rights groups celebrated. In a 6–3 majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court agrees “that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside…


Inflation Has 72% of Canadian Parents Worried About Feeding Their Families: Poll

A survey on how Canadians are coping with rising inflation found that a vast majority of them, especially those with kids, are worried about putting food on the table. Conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Global News, the survey finds that 72 percent of Canadian parents are worried about their ability to feed their families,…


A Profit Recession Is Brewing That’ll Be the ‘Worst in 50 Years’, Expert Predicts

As Americans grow concerned that the U.S. economy could tip into a full-blown recession, one expert says evidence suggests that U.S. corporations will soon be hammered by a profit recession of their own as many have been unable to pass soaring input costs along to inflation-weary consumers and will have to scale back their earnings…


Hong Kong Fund Managers Lobby Group Urges City Government to Lift Quarantine Rules

Hong Kong’s continued adherence to Beijing’s strict COVID-19 containment policy has severely damaged the city’s financial industry. Last week, a lobby group forHong Kong’s fund managers called on the incoming Chief Executive John Lee to lift the entry quarantine rules for travelers and reopen Hong Kong to the rest of the world, restoring the city’s…


4 Million Americans Priced Out as Home Rents Rise Significantly, Home Loan Qualifications ‘Skyrocket’

As costs of home ownership rise, millions of Americans have been pushed out of the housing market, according to Harvard University’s annual State of the Nation’s Housing Report released Wednesday. At today’s home prices, a first-time buyer would have had to shell out $27,400 (7 percent of the sales price) as a downpayment in April…


Powell Concedes That Federal Reserve Underestimated Inflation

The Federal Reserve underestimated rampant price inflation as the U.S. economy reopened, Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee on June 23. “We did underestimate it. With the benefit of hindsight, clearly, we did,” Powell said during his second day of testimony before Congress. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) asked the head…