SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The company that holds the franchise for Starbucks in Chile has suspended the contracts of 90% of its employees in the country, where most cafes are shut as part of efforts to…
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“The Pleistocene” often evokes images of ice ages – with much of the planet covered by great ice sheets. In reality, this geological epoch that started 2.6 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700…
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Less than a month after China confirmed the emergence of what soon became the new coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba pledged US$144 million in medical supplies for Hubei province and its capital city…
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(Reuters) – The U.S. biofuel industry has asked the Trump administration for funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation to help it survive a demand slump triggered by the coronavirus outbreak, according…
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The human evolutionary path is complicated. It’s almost impossible to say exactly when we modern humans became “us”. This quandary is best articulated by the famous naturalist Charles Darwin in his book The Descent of…
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Economic activity is slowing rapidly, both in the United States and around the world. Social distancing, stalling global trade, widespread illness and the closing of borders, restaurants and schools will all contribute to the next…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil prices fell on Friday morning in Asia as investors express doubts about a U.S.-mediated truce between Russia and Saudi Arabia. U.S. Crude Oil WTI Futures jumped almost 25% in the last…
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As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, the focus of business leaders and others has been on immediate responses and short-term time horizons. This is for good reason. Yet there are initial signs of how the crisis…
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COVID-19 is not the world’s first pandemic. Nor is it the only type of big problem that the world faces. Environmental degradation and drug-resistant diseases are other examples. What’s special about the new coronavirus is…
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© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com –Gold returned to trading like a risk asset on Thursday, rising over 2% in line with U.S. stocks as President Donald Trump called an end to the global price…
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