Category: Business & Economy

Tucker Carlson Responds to 20,000-Word NY Times Story Calling Him ‘American Nationalist’

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he won’t read and isn’t planning on reading several New York Times articles about his career and show content. On Sunday, the NY Times published a lengthy series online and featured it prominently on the front page of its website, dubbing Carlson an “American Nationalist,” replete with heavily edited,…


Amazon Workers at 2nd NYC Warehouse Reject Union Bid

Amazon warehouse workers overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history. This time around, warehouse workers cast 618 votes—or about 62 percent—against the union, giving Amazon enough support to fend off a second labor win…


How to Know If the Market Will Keep Going Down

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust may have broken an important support level. There’s a chance it rallies back above it, but there will also be a signal that may indicate it will keep going lower. Buyer’s remorse is common when markets are heading South. Investors buy stocks but then regret doing so after the…


11 NBC Articles Plagiarized, Unclear if Reporter Fired

A NBC News reporter plagiarized rival news outlets for 11 different articles, the company announced on May 2. NBC said a review uncovered 11 articles written over the last year by a reporter “that did not meet our standards for original material.” “The articles contained passages from other news organizations that were used without attribution,”…


NBC Published 11 Articles With Plagiarized Content

NBC News published nearly a dozen articles with plagiarized material, the company announced on May 2. NBC said a review uncovered 11 articles written over the last year by a reporter “that did not meet our standards for original material.” “The articles contained passages from other news organizations that were used without attribution,” the company…


Qantas Offers Non-Stop 20 Hour Flights To Australia From London, New York

Passengers who want to fly non-stop from London or New York to Sydney will be able to do so from 2025, as Qantas announced new direct services. The Australian airline has ordered 12 Airbus A350-1000 jets which are capable of flying for vast distances without the need to refuel. The new London to Sydney route…


US Construction Spending Rises Less Than Expected in March

WASHINGTON—U.S. construction spending barely rose in March as a moderate increase in outlays on private projects was partially offset by a further decline in public spending. The Commerce Department said on Monday that construction spending edged up 0.1 percent after increasing 0.5 percent in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast construction spending would accelerate 0.7 percent….


Wall Street Journal Claims ‘Shadow Crew’ of Billionaires Urged Elon Musk to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk responded on May 1 to a report from The Wall Street Journal, based on anonymous sources, that stated the world’s richest man had been persuaded to buy Twitter by a “shadow crew.” Marc Andreessen, general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, shared a screenshot of the story on Twitter, prompting a…


Wall Street Journal Claims ‘Shadow Crew’ of Billionaires Urged Musk to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk responded on May 1 to a report from The Wall Street Journal, based on anonymous sources, that stated the world’s richest man had been persuaded to buy Twitter by a “shadow crew.” Marc Andreessen, general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, shared a screenshot of the story on Twitter, prompting a…


US Manufacturing Sector Slows Further; Factory Workers Quitting

WASHINGTON—U.S. factory activity grew at its slowest pace in nearly two years in April amid a rise in workers quitting their jobs, and manufacturers are becoming more anxious about supply over the summer because of new COVID-19 lockdowns in China. The survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on Monday described manufacturing as remaining…