The lights go out on Lebanon’s economy as financial collapse accelerates economics Article 1610 words 13 votes
eBay is reportedly getting close to a deal to sell its classified-ads business to Adevinta, a Norwegian company that runs online marketplaces business Article 350 words 6 votes
A risky bet by America’s mall owners: Plucking retailers out of bankruptcy to salvage a pandemic-hit industry business Article 1264 words 7 votes
Apparent suicide by twenty-year-old Robinhood trader who saw a negative $730,000 balance prompts app to make changes Article 27 votes
Netflix shares fall after lower-than-expected earnings and appointment of co-CEO, weak guidance for subscriber growth in third quarter business Article 305 words 11 votes
A landmark report into the on-demand workforce commissioned by the Victorian Government has made a host of recommendations to make sure gig economy workers get the fair deal they deserve Article 450 words 8 votes
New mortgage delinquencies in the United States hit a record in April, well above anything seen during the Great Recession Article 965 words 9 votes
Possible sale of ARM incoming, Apple is rumoured to be one of those interested business Article 413 words 10 votes
Hawaii grapples with Great Depression-level unemployment as tourism plummets Article 3423 words 21 votes
You are now leaving FantasyLand: The losses will be taken by somebody economics Article 892 words 4 votes
The US Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid Article 2360 words 10 votes
Britain should not quake before Xi Jinping: China has already peaked and faces economic stagnation economics Article 595 words 7 votes
Poorer, angrier, riskier -- modelling the crunch with Surplus Energy Economics economics Article 2081 words, published Jul 6 2020 4 votes
Searchable database of the 661,218 companies who received over $150,000 in forgivable SBA PPP loans Article 750 words 7 votes
The most recent iteration of a widespread government imposter scam has bilked thousands of Americans out of hundreds of millions of dollars Article 2098 words, published Jul 5 2020 4 votes
Deutsche Bank will pay $150 million to settle claims that it repeatedly overlooked suspicious transactions by Jeffrey Epstein business Article 1382 words 7 votes
Uber to acquire Postmates for approximately $2.65 billion in an all-stock transaction business Article 1488 words 9 votes
Japanese auto companies triple Mexican pay rather than move to US business Article 552 words, published Jun 28 2020 10 votes
Amid wide unemployment during Covid-19, basic income schemes have gained fresh relevance. A successful Canadian scheme that's over four decades old could provide a road map for others economics Article 2289 words 6 votes
German payment service provider Wirecard says that 1.9 billion euros it had booked in its accounts likely never existed Article 8 votes
The minimum wage in Australia will increase by thirty-five cents to $19.84 per hour, affecting the pay packets of more than 2.2 million people Article 781 words 14 votes
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" raised millions. It's not affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement Article 2668 words 21 votes
Norway should add a number of restrictions to the kinds of weapons its $1 trillion wealth fund is allowed to invest in, a government-appointed commission said business Article 6 votes
Amazon may face EU antitrust charges over merchant data in coming weeks business Article 243 words 5 votes
Grubhub to merge with European food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway.com business Article 342 words 5 votes
Where banks don't lend: In Chicago, lenders have invested more in a single white neighborhood than in all the Black neighborhoods combined banking Article 1839 words 10 votes
Bitcoin mining's three-body problem - An analysis of the three principal forces that drive the mining industry cryptocurrency Article 5436 words 8 votes
US Labor Department employment report shows unexpected improvement, but recovery could still take years Article 757 words 7 votes
David Willetts discusses how baby boomers have become the biggest and richest generation in British history at the expense of younger generations economics Video 47:26, published Jan 23 2020 8 votes
Nearly half of commercial retail rents were not paid in April and May business Article 1787 words 9 votes
Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 billion business Article 1580 words 18 votes