Pay packages for the US’ top executives once more escalated in 2016 following its slip the previous year. Maybe the pay jump is a reflection of the times being that the stocks are once more coming off a strong run, the unemployment rate is low, the economy is percolating and Trump is vowing to carefully...
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OPEC Poised for “Safe Bet” of Oil Cuts Extension by Nine Months
OPEC and its allies were prepared to prolong their production cuts for an additional nine months following the failure of last year’s agreement to clear a world supply excess or produce a sustainable price recovery. Keeping an unwavering level of production through March 2018 “is a very safe and almost certain option to do the...
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Latest Trump Budget Cuts Children’s Health Insurance Program
Trump’s most recently divulged budget intends to cut Children’s Health Insurance Program by at 20% over the span of the next two fiscal years and drastically cut Medicaid, which covers millions of other children. This proposed change means that millions of poor and working-class families are at risk of losing their health coverage if this...
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The Death of Fashion, Prime Capitalization Opportunity for Luxury Gyms
It’s a widely known fact that consumers are increasingly willing to spend their money on experiences rather than on material objects, such as clothing—which comes as no surprise following the influx of studies asserting that money spent on experiences brings more joy to the consumer and increases the quality of life of the consumer more...
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Apple Purchases Sleep-Tracking Hardware Company Beddit
Apple has recently acquired Beddit, which is a Finnish company that is responsible for the creation of sleep-tracking devices that work directly with apps for iOS and the Apple Watch. Initially reported by CNBC, Beddit has updated the privacy aspect of its website to include the revelation that the acquisition has occurred and that, as...
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NYC Ferry Already Causing Delays
It was meant to be a historic movement in transportation in the Big Apple. It was meant to help out the transportation system and make way for a new way to move around the boroughs. It was meant to be unique. All of those happened within the first days, but now it’s already causing delays....
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France Sent 42 Representatives to Global Climate Summit, Trump Administration Sent 7
The US just sent a group of seven registered participants to a vital United Nations meeting regarding the Paris climate agreement. This delegation is even smaller than Zimbabwe’s, evincing the ambivalence of the Trump administration towards the groundbreaking agreement. It is predicted that White House officials will huddle Tuesday to discuss the fate of the...
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Marchesa Expanding Horizons: Plans to Stage 2 Runway Shows During Arab Fashion Week in Dubai
In addition to its latest store that has recently been inaugurated in Dubai. Marchesa plans to increase its presence in the fashion scene there through its status as the guest designer during this month’s Arab Fashion Week. Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are set to jet off to the Middle East for these two fashion...
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Apple iPhones Gearing Up to Face Import Bans in US?
iPhone unit sales have suffered a hit in the second quarter of 2017, and consumers are eagerly on the lookout to determine which iPhone 8 rumors are true. As of now, Apple’s feud with Qualcomm seems to be taking a turn for the worst, as the latter is supposedly attempting to ban the import of...
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Decrease in American Airlines Coach Legroom on the Way
Airline passengers within the United States have had a significant amount to complain about in the over the course of the last three weeks, but they can soon add an additional item to the list: Later this year, American Airlines intends to give some passengers almost as little legroom as some of the most hard-hitting...