Black Thursday

KUALA LUMPUR: With Malaysia expected to achieve herd immunity by end-October this year and move from the Covid-19 pandemic to the endemic phase, the next step is resetting Malaysia in the new normal. Newly-minted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob(pix) and Opposition leaders have pledged to find a “common…

Looking to such specialized nervous systems as a model for artificial intelligence may prove just as valuable, if not more so, than studying the human brain. Consider the brains of those ants in your pantry. Each has some 250,000 neurons. Larger insects have closer to 1 million. In my research…

In politics, the rule is treated as immutable, like the law of gravity that Isaac Newton supposedly conceived while sitting under an apple tree in 1666. The political equivalent is the dictum that the party that controls the White House is doomed to lose congressional seats in every off-year election.…

The market rally that began in April 2020 has been largely secular. The strong yet pleasant tide has helped almost every ship to sail without any hiccups. But now the tides are changing! Market veteran Atul Suri says that we are headed into the second phase of the bull market,…

A $7 billion firm recently advised that land and cryptocurrency are two assets that can combat currency debasement. In addition, the contrarian investment company is telling investors that crypto assets will help them more to face the growing economic challenges worldwide. During a discussion, the co-founder of Horizon Kinetics, Peter…

San Antonio, TX, July 16, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - The Collective is a new project set to launch one of the first decentralized freelance marketplaces. The platform will be powered by The Collective Coin (TCC), which will be the primary means of paying for services in the marketplace and…

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to pay a cumulative sum of over $3 billion (about N1.4 trillion) to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. The amount stands as shares of the two states from $62 billion crude oil sales said to…

The creator economy has two core tenets: anyone can be famous online, and all fame is monetizable. That reality has powered the rise of online influencers whose every word, tweet, or vlog fuels a multi-billion dollar marketing industry for companies’ products and services. Yet most social media platforms lack robust…

The index of consumer sentiment has started improving since mid-May after witnessing a higher fall in rural India in April and May compared to urban India, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said. However, the recovery has a long distance to cover before it reaches its pre-second wave levels seen…

MUMBAI: Dow Industrial Average, Charles Dow’s creation, today celebrated its 125th anniversary and a journey that has defined the global economy as much as it has represented the fortunes of the world’s largest economic powerhouse, the United States. In the index’s 125-year history, it has survived two ghastly World Wars,…