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Egypt’s president renews term of central bank chief

Egypt’s president renews term of central bank chief

The Central Bank of Egypt Egypt’s president has extended the term of Hasan Abdalla, acting governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), by another year. News outlets including Bloomberg and Reuters reported yesterday (August…

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4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects

4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects

A few years ago, while working as a professor and as a welder at a small repair and fabrication shop, I went looking for books about women in the skilled trades. In the few I…

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Kmart broke privacy laws by scanning customers’ faces. What did it do wrong, and why?

Kmart broke privacy laws by scanning customers’ faces. What did it do wrong, and why?

Today the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner found retail giant Kmart breached Australians’ privacy. The company had collected personal and sensitive information through a facial recognition technology system designed to tackle refund fraud –…

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Gold prices slip from record levels as dollar rebounds after Fed cut

Gold prices slip from record levels as dollar rebounds after Fed cut by : Investing.com Source link

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Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring

Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring

The Federal Reserve on Sept. 17, 2025, cut its target interest rate as it shifts focus from fighting inflation to supporting the choppy labor market. As financial markets expected, the Fed lowered rates a quarter…

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Court rulings increasingly demand scientific certainty – but that’s not always possible

Court rulings increasingly demand scientific certainty – but that’s not always possible

Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: when classifying titanium dioxide as carcinogenic, regulatory agencies had overreached. These parallel legal defeats expose deeper questions about who gets to interpret…

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US farmers face 'financial calamity' without extra aid soon, Republican lawmakers say

US farmers face 'financial calamity' without extra aid soon, Republican lawmakers say

US farmers face 'financial calamity' without extra aid soon, Republican lawmakers say by : Reuters Source link

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US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids

US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids

Women in the U.S. typically earned 85% as much as men for every hour they spent working in 2024. However, working women are faring much better than their moms and grandmothers did 40 years ago.…

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Gold prices tick down from record highs ahead of Fed decision

Gold prices tick down from record highs ahead of Fed decision by : Investing.com Source link

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Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust have captured the movement of the Milky Way’s spiral arms

Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust have captured the movement of the Milky Way’s spiral arms

When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly drifting apart (or back together again) over millions or billions of years. We also know meteorite…

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