Black Thursday

Watch a trailer for WeCrashed In age of the gig economy where corporate start-ups, LinkedIn entreprenuers and freewheeling wordsmiths define a culture, new Apple TV original WeCrashed feels surprisingly serendipitous. Following hot on the heels of Disney+ show The Dropout, this Apple original celebrates innovation, invention and sheer messianic fervour…

Daily Graphic Why Deputy Speakers can vote – Supreme Court explainsLa General Hospital construction beginsThe Finder 469 killed in two months of 2022 in road crashes; a decrease of 9.28% as motorcycles alone killed 205NPP forms available online – John BoaduEconomy Times BoG likely to hike policy rateFuel shortage imminent…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The harsh sanctions imposed on Russia and the resulting crash of the ruble have the Kremlin scrambling to keep the country’s economy running. For Vladimir Putin, that means finding workarounds to the Western economic blockade even as his forces continue to invade Ukraine. Former Treasury Department officials…

This week’s bad economic news is that inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, hit a forty-year high of 7.5 per cent in January. The even worse news is that there is now a serious danger that the Federal Reserve will overreact and drag the economy into a recession…

A delay in opening up borders and a crash in house prices are the main risks facing the New Zealand economy, an OECD report shows. Houses in Auckland. File photo Photo: 123rf The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) survey of the country said the economy is starting to…

From “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” to “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” and beyond Meat Loaf was a rock & roller like no other: a 300-pound sex symbol with a throat of gold. The singer, who died Thursday, started out in musical theater, and he boasted a…

The sad death of Meat Loaf on Thursday night at the age of 74 has seen tributes flood in from all corners of the globe, with many fans recalling seeing the “Bat Out of Hell” performer and their own interactions with the rock legend. Amid the mourning and remembrance from…

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Sri Lanka has borrowed heavily from China for infrastructure, some of which ended up as white elephants. (Image for representation: Reuters) Sri Lanka's foreign reserves had dropped to just $1.5 billion at the end of November.AFP Last Updated:January 09, 2022, 23:58 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Cash-strapped Sri Lanka sought to reschedule its…

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