Month: July 2022

The FT’s South Asia correspondent Stephanie Findlay looks at how the coronavirus spread from India’s biggest cities to rural areas and why the country is finding it harder than its peers to bounce back from the pandemic. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132
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In this article RDFN Stockton, California DenisTangneyJr | iStock | Getty Images After the frenzy of bidding wars, the U.S. housing market is starting to cool, particularly along the West Coast, as mortgage interest rates rise. That’s forcing some sellers to adjust. “Sellers have to be more realistic,” said Bill Kowalczuk, real estate broker at
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Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images The job market is still hot, but that won’t last forever. In fact, there have already been some signs of a shift, according to John P. Morgan, president of talent development and transition firm Lee Hecht Harrison. To be sure, the most recent data shows strong job growth in
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When he’s not pontificating about missions to Mars, self-driving cars and freedom of speech on Twitter, Elon Musk has some surprisingly practical career advice for young people. On a December 2021 episode of the “Lex Fridman Podcast,” hosted by MIT computer scientist Lex Fridman, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO recommended that young people should never
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In this article 2330-TW Signage for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Ashley Pon | Bloomberg via Getty Images TSMC, the world’s biggest chipmaker, posted record net profit in the second quarter, helping assuage fears over weak demand from high inflation and
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Getty Images As the cost of living soars, one federal lawmaker wants to remove any barriers to buying Series I bonds, an inflation-protected and nearly risk-free asset that currently pays 9.62% annual interest through October. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., on Thursday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, voicing concerns about the difficulties of buying
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In this article MS James Gorman, chairman and chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is set to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings:
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The Lightyear app. Lightyear Lightyear, a European challenger to trading platform Robinhood, has raised $25 million of funding in an investment round backed by British billionaire Richard Branson. Silicon Valley’s Lightspeed Venture Partners led the deal, the company told CNBC exclusively — a rare vote of confidence for an upstart brokerage at a time when
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In their book “Crazy Good Interviewing,” John B. Molidor, Ph.D., and Barbara Parus share the best ways to use your hands in a job interview. They also outline a few things you shouldn’t do. Produced by Joe Avella. Original reporting by Shana Lebowitz. ————————————————– Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI Video On Facebook:
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When the pandemic hit America’s shores, it crippled car-rental giant Hertz. Thanks to a massive debt caused by the collapse of the travel and commerce industries, the company filed for bankruptcy in May 2020. But as the FT’s Sujeet Indap reports, Hertz staged an incredible comeback, following the unexpected appearance of Robinhood app users, and
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Athletes have looked for a chemical edge for centuries — dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks who used alcoholic concoctions and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Thanks to newer technologies, the longer storage of test samples and whistle-blowers drug cheats are getting caught sometimes years after they medal. Bloomberg QuickTake looks at how some of
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Grocery shopping in Rosemead, California on April 21, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Inflation jumped to a new 40-year high in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. That means the prices Americans pay at the gas pump, grocery store and elsewhere have been rising much faster than normal this year. That
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