AMERICAN AIRLINES REPORTS WEAK FIRST QUARTER. The airline’s revenue for 2021’s first quarter was 62 percent lower during the...
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As we have forecast, the 20th century was the American century – the 21st century will be the Chinese...
LVMH Moët Hennessy Luis Vuitton, the world's largest purveyor of luxury goods, saw its sales soar 30 percent year...
EUROZONE NEEDS MORE STIMULUS SPENDING, IMF SAYS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 1The 19 Eurozone countries should spend an additional 3 percent of GDP over the next 12 months to spur...
The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, has bought a majority stake in cosmetics retailer Beautycounter, the companies have...
LOW PAY TREND: DOLLAR GENERAL HIRING BOOM
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 3In a measure of the bargain-basement economy’s growth, the Dollar General discount chain has announced it will hire 20,000...
BLACKROCK POSTS 49% EARNINGS RISE IN FIRST QUARTER
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 2BlackRock, the world’s largest money management firm, reported first-quarter profits of $1.2 billion, up 49 percent compared to $802...
HISTORIC LABOR SHORTAGE: 42% OF BIZ CAN’T FILL OPEN POSITIONS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 3Businesses are finding it challenging to fill open positions due, in part, to the federal government stimulus programs and...
DOLLAR’S DECLINE IN WORLD CURRENCY RESERVES DECEPTIVE
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 4In 2020, the proportion of dollars in nations’ foreign currency reserves dipped below 60 percent for the first time...
HOME PRICES CLIMB, NEW STARTS REACH 14-YEAR RECORD
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 2Housing starts in March climbed 19.4 percent from February to 1.74 million units, the highest number since 2007 and...
In March, consumer spending gained 9.8 percent from February, when it fell 3 percent, the U.S. Commerce Department reported....
The number of new claims for unemployment benefits fell to 576,000 during the week ending 10 April, dropping from...
EQUITY INVESTORS RETURN TO U.S. FROM CHINA
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 0Since November’s U.S. presidential election, $170 billion more has flowed into U.S. stock funds than has left, according to...
SPACs’ VALUE SHRINKS UNDER REGULATORS’ SCRUTINY
Support, , TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT, apr 20 2021, 0The share prices for special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) retreated in recent days as federal regulators have taken a closer...
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato While it is not unheard of for a woman or girl to be attacked...
When brewers make beer, the good stuff doesn’t only go into the bottles. The spent barley or other grains,...
Medically speaking, depression is a messy illness: diagnosis is often subjective, especially in its early stages, and the pharmaceuticals...
NEW ENERGY DEPARTMENT PROJECT MODELS ELECTRICITY’S FUTURE
Support, , TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE, apr 20 2021, 0The U.S. Department of Energy has unveiled its new Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) project, which, it...
By Richard Gale & Gary Null PhD The ultimate international authority for infectious diseases is the World Health Organization...