Author: Steven Sahiounie

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment data but were headed for double-digit losses for the year.Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged higher.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained Thursday after the number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose only slightly last week despite repeated interest rate hikes to cool inflation by slowing economic activity.“Considering the market news was sparse, the shift higher has the hallmarks of a dead cat bounce,” said Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management in a report.The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.6%…

GOOGL +2.82% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add PositionPosition added successfully to:Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL Date: Amount: Price Point Value: Leverage: 1:1 1:10 1:25 1:50 1:100 1:200 1:400 1:500 1:1000 Commission: Create New Watchlist Create Create a new holdings portfolio Add Create + Add another position Close GOOG +2.88% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add PositionDespite sales increasing a mere 0.02%, rotating chairman Eric Xu struck an upbeat tone in the company’s annual New Year’s letter, where he revealed the figure.Revenue for 2022 still remains well below the company’s…

Valuation gains due to the appreciation of the US dollar vis-à-vis major currencies such as the euro, yen and Indian rupee was placed at USD 10.6 billion.India’s external debt stood at USD 610.5 billion in the second quarter of 2022-23, down by USD 2.3 billion from end-June 2022, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The external debt to GDP ratio stood at 19.2 per cent as at end-September 2022 as compared to 19.3 per cent at end-June. “At end-September 2022, India’s external debt was placed at USD 610.5 billion, recording a decrease of USD 2.3 billion over its level at…

Peru’s economy minister pledged on Thursday to launch an investment program of $1.6 billion to ramp up growth hampered by constant political crises.Alex Contreras said his plan has 19 component parts and will generate 130,000 jobs and add an additional 1.2 percent to the nation’s economic growth in the first half of 2023.Contreras said his goal is for Peru’s economy to grow 3.9 percent next year.“We are prioritizing the regions most affected by conflict… It is a package of measures to strengthen household economies,” he said.Political upheaval has roiled Peru in the last three weeks.Blinken urges Peru reform after Castillo…

In November, Vince Knight decided he’d had enough of Twitter. After more than a decade on the social-media platform, Knight — a mathematician at Cardiff University, UK — was concerned about the site’s direction under its new owner, entrepreneur Elon Musk, who began laying off vast numbers of staff shortly after he acquired it. “Twitter is getting uncomfortable,” wrote Knight on the platform; he then jumped ship to Mastodon, a competing service. He says he simply didn’t want to support Musk’s Twitter any more.The past few weeks have been tumultuous for Twitter. After Musk laid off staff, the site has repeatedly malfunctioned…

Researchers have found an effective method of getting people to drink less alcohol: Highlight the increased risk of cancer that comes with imbibing and pair that with counting each and every drink.This particular combo of ‘why to reduce’ and ‘how to reduce’ messaging can be useful for promoting good health in a population, said the team behind the 2021 study.Too much drinking doesn’t just lead to cancer, of course. Overdoing it on the booze is associated with a whole range of problems, including premature death, heart disease, digestive issues, and an increased risk of dementia.”We found that pairing information about alcohol and cancer with…

Explorers have scaled the planet’s highest peak and trawled its deepest ocean trench, yet Earth is still teeming with secrets waiting to be discovered. Every year, scientists chip away at the mystery hidden in the third rock from the sun, and this year was no exception. From a hidden network of under-ice rivers in Antarctica to disturbing new findings about the San Andreas Fault, here are some of the most surprising secrets we learned about our home planet in 2022.1. An under-ice Antarctic river 300 miles longThis year, scientists discovered a river coursing beneath the Antarctic ice sheet that was as…

Live sport dominated Virgin Media Television’s top 20 most watched programmes of 2022, with the broadcaster garnering 17% share of viewing across the 15–44 demographic, a new high for the company.The most watched programme of 2022 was on 12th February when Ireland played France in their opening game in the Guinness Six Nations.Thirteen out of the top 20 most watched programmes across Virgin Media Television in 2022 were live sporting events, including four Guinness Six Nations games and three Autumn International Series games.The Ireland v South Africa match was VMTV’s third most watched programme of the year as Ireland beat the Springboks 19-16 in…

Brazil legend Pele, who has died aged 82, is widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, the iconic sporting figure for a country that regards itself as the game’s spiritual home.Pele’s greatness can be measured by the simple fact that he could make football a spectacle of natural grace and beauty when he missed as much as when he scored.One of the game’s first global personalities, he scored a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 games and layered his brilliance across a career spanning from his start as a teenager with Santos to a finish as a money-spinner…

Lionel Messi bagged his maiden FIFA World Cup title with Argentina as his team defeated France in the final on penalties.It was Argentina who won the FIFA World Cup in Qatar by defeating France in the final on penalties but the echoes of the South American team’s triumph were heard all across the globe. People in different parts of the world celebrated Argentina’s win as if it was their own. The legendary Ronaldo Nazario also took to Twitter to hail Argentina and Lionel Messi’s accomplishment, highlighting how grand the victory was La Albiceleste. Though Brazil and Argentina are among the most fierce rivals…