Could calling the illegal use of firearms a “public nuisance” bring an end to the gun industry’s immunity from civil lawsuits? New York will soon test that notion. State lawmakers recently amended New York’s public…
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On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog! These words from Peter Steiner’s famous cartoon could easily be applied to the recent ransomware attack on Florida-based software supplier Kaseya. Kaseya provides software services to thousands…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ship Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, is seen after it was fully floated in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany//File Photo CAIRO (Reuters)…
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Forget about “infrastructure week” – it’s infrastructure summer. Or that seems to be the ambition of President Joe Biden as he barnstorms the country in hopes of selling the US$579 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal he…
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The Bank for International Settlements is paying out an extra dividend to its 63 central bank shareholders this year, after the rapid market recovery in 2020 generated large profits. Net profits were SDR1.2 billion ($1.7…
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The school holidays are here, and parents struggling to get their children to bed will no doubt be thinking: what is wrong with you? I would do anything to get more sleep! Children seem to…
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© Reuters. (Adds settlement prices) By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil bulls thought they got more than they wished for from OPEC+: Not a barrel of additional output for August. But there’s also the saying,…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Belonging to a union or living in a U.S. state where organized labor is relatively strong helps lower the likelihood that…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref no: 17/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a progress report to the G20 on LIBOR transition and remaining issues. With timelines for cessation of…
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On June 25, astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet successfully completed an almost seven-hour EVA (extravehicular activity, or spacewalk) to install solar panels on the International Space Station. What does it take to don a…
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