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While the global economy is still under great stress, there are some signs of stabilization, so it’s not time to celebrate just yet, particularly low growth and increased public debt, says IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. These are the issues at the top of the agenda for governments, policymakers, and international institutions, which have launched…
Recently again, Ray Dalio, of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, again reiterated the critical necessity for China to do some balanced deleveraging of its swelling debt. He refers to it as “beautiful deleveraging,” where deleveraging will include decreased debt burden and keep the economy stable, or, in his words, “”increased potential prospects of…
In October 2024, Cynthia Erivo publicly denounced a fan-doctored version of the official Wicked movie poster as “deeply hurtful” and said it “degrades” her and the production. Erivo, who is playing Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s musical adaptation, took to Instagram to express disappointment that the viral fan edit had surfaced on TikTok. The revised…
Overview Former One Direction member Liam Payne tragically died after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 10, 2024. Thirty-one-year-old Payne had gone to Argentina to attend his former bandmate Niall Horan’s concert and had actively been sharing updates on social media before his death. Payne’s…
Introduction: The Next Evolution In Vaccine Technology Far larger advances in mRNA vaccines have been witnessed today, in 2024, which promise quicker times in responding to outbreaks of diseases. A new approach is able to manufacture the mRNA vaccines at a much swifter speed than previously thought, key to combating viral menaces such as influenza…
The interface between nutrition and immune function is increasingly a dynamic research area, with a recent study in the year 2024 on the key modulatory function of nutrition in the body’s immune responses. News portals and scientific sources have literally been abuzz with the subject of food choices vis-à-vis their effects on the immune system….
The billionaire investor, who bet big on Nvidia when it heralded the AI boom, began scaling back his position after the stock jumped from the $150 area to over $900 per share within a year. In a recent interview, Stanley Druckenmiller is said to have regretted selling Nvidia stock too early and admitted that he…
This price action propelled Bitcoin to its highest in nearly four months, when the latter half of July set off a bigger rally in the broader cryptocurrency market and boded well for many crypto-related stocks. Bitcoin soared past $34,500 on Oct 24 as investors eagerly look forward to positive developments in the crypto sector. The…
A new report by Tax Justice Network has revealed that the British Overseas Territories have finally taken over as the world’s largest enablers of corporate tax abuse. The study on the international scale of tax avoidance by the organization concentrates on the territories, among which are the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Bermuda,…
China said it is raising its financial support program for the real estate projects on the “whitelist.” The move in China should stabilize its struggling property market, weighed down by debt and buyer confidence. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) Chairman Ni Hong confirmed financing for those projects would rise to 4 trillion yuan…
