PARIS – At BP 10,000 jobs. By Lufthansa 22,000. By Renault, 14,600. When European countries ordered companies to close and workers to stay home when the coronavirus spread, governments took radical steps to protect workers from the prospect of mass unemployment, spending billions on companies to keep people in work. …
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Apple opens its first ‘floating’ store in Singapore
Apple has hundreds of physical stores around the world that serve as stores, repair centers and community hubs where people can learn to be more creative. To date, however, none of these glittering Apple meccas have been built on water. As The Straits Times reports, the company has confirmed plans …
Read More »Global stocks rally on potential treatment for coronavirus
While stocks are reacting to election uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic, BMO Capital Markets chief investment strategist Brian Belski Bullish remains in the long run. Global equities and futures of US equities fell on Monday, putting the S&P 500 index on course to hit a high time, as investors’ optimism …
Read More »Let’s take a look at the Luqiao factory where Polestar 2 is made
Much attention is paid to the Tesla factories, which have already been built, and those which are under construction, but this time we will look at the Geely and Volvos “Luqiao Super Factory” in Luqiao – a district of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. It is an interesting plant because …
Read More »Flightsticks have been sold out since the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator
The recently released Microsoft Flight Simulator is a game that is best enjoyed with a dedicated flightstick, but finding one of these controllers is actually a challenge. None of Amazon.com’s best-selling PC flight sticks are available for purchase from Monday, August 24th – they are either listed as unavailable, used …
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