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Trade War

Macy’s CEO warns that the trade war could force the department store to raise prices (M)

Macy's is bracing itself for a fresh wave of tariffs. In a call with analysts on Wednesday, Macy's CEO Jeff Gennette addressed the ongoing US-China trade war, which reached new levels this week, and whether it would have a meaningful impact on the departme…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

New York City

Of Manbuns and Microbraids: ‘Hair Discrimination’ in the Workplace. What Business Owners Need to Know.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Even the less-enlightened workplaces of today have an understanding of the basics regarding no-nos in the workplace: Keep your hands to yourself at work. Discrimination, jokes and comments on a p…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Rebels hope to kill off May’s Brexit deal in ‘last-chance’ vote

LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit-supporting rebels in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party said on Wednesday they would vote down her European Union divorce deal when she brings it back to parliament next month. Britain had been due to leave the…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Christianity

Maker of Heaven and Earth

Below is an excerpt from my new book, The Apostles Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits. Why does the universe exist? How do we explain the cosmosright down to our own individual existence? These are questions no intelligent pe…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Alibaba

Tech giants vow to double number of women managers by 2022 – Space Daily

Forty-five tech giants committed Wednesday to doubling the number of women on their management boards to 30 percent by 2022, the French presidency said.Alibaba, BNP Paribas, Booking.com, IBM, L'Oreal and Uber were some of the high-profile companies to sign a …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Blockchain

Blockstream’s new ‘Bitcoin ICO’ platform is handy – but you still need to know the laws

The blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin BTCsatellite into space is launching a platform to allow businesses to offer security tokens on the Liquid Network. Blockstream announced the launch of Liquid Securities earlier today at CoinDesks blockc…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Eurovision Presidential Debate: What did the candidates have to say?

The 2019 Eurovision Presidential Debate will be broadcast live on Euronews from the European Parliament in Brussels Today at 21:00 CEST. It is the second time that some of those bidding to replace Jean-Claude Junker as the next president of the European Comm…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Palestine

Nearly 50 Palestinians wounded in ‘Catastrophe’ anniversary protests on Gaza-Israel border

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops wounded nearly 50 Palestinians at the Gaza border on Wednesday during protests to mark the 71st anniversary of the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, when many Palestinians lost their homes in the fighting around Israel’s creation, Gaza …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

AR-15

Kamala Harris says she’ll ban imports of all AR-15 style assault weapons if Congress doesn’t act

(CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday will announce that, if she is elected president, she will ban the importation of all AR-15 style assault weapons by executive action if Congress fails to act in the first 100 days of her administration. Harris will make …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Iran Liberalism

If Not Maximum Pressure, Then What?

In recent weeks, analysts and commentators who oppose President Trump's policy toward Iran have expressed the same argument: his strategy of exerting maximum pressure on the regime to push it to renegotiate the nuclear deal, and possibly to negotiate other co…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Macy’s CEO warns that the trade war could force the department store to raise prices (M)

Of Manbuns and Microbraids: ‘Hair Discrimination’ in the Workplace. What Business Owners Need to Know.

Rebels hope to kill off May’s Brexit deal in ‘last-chance’ vote

Maker of Heaven and Earth

Tech giants vow to double number of women managers by 2022 – Space Daily

Blockstream’s new ‘Bitcoin ICO’ platform is handy – but you still need to know the laws

Eurovision Presidential Debate: What did the candidates have to say?

Nearly 50 Palestinians wounded in ‘Catastrophe’ anniversary protests on Gaza-Israel border

Kamala Harris says she’ll ban imports of all AR-15 style assault weapons if Congress doesn’t act

If Not Maximum Pressure, Then What?

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