European Economics Preview: UK Unemployment Data Due Unemployment from the UK is due on Tuesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK unemployment data. The jobless rate is forecast to fall to 4.6 percent in three months to July from 4.7 percent […]
Why Britney Spears Is Taking a Break from Instagram Britney Spears is taking a breather. Fans of the pop star were quick to notice that the “Toxic” singer had deactivated her Instagram account yesterday. After taking her page and its content down, Spears tweeted that nothing is wrong and she merely wants a social media […]
The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week Emotionally charged quilts, a punk Art Deco hotel — and more. 5 New Biographies to Read This Season The first major study of Oscar Wilde in decades, the conclusion of a “magisterial” series on Pablo Picasso, and more. By Joumana Khatib 16 New and Upcoming Young […]
Wacker Chemie Raises FY Outlook Wacker Chemie AG (WKCMY.PK,WKCMF.PK) said it once again raised its full-year guidance for sales and EBITDA, following the sustained positive performance of its business. The company now expects full-year 2021 sales of around 6 billion euros compared to the prior outlook of some 5.5 billion euros. Group EBITDA for 2021 […]
European Economics Preview: ECB Monetary Policy Decision Due The monetary policy announcement from the European Central Bank is due on Thursday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. The bank is expected to signal a gradual reduction in asset purchases and to keep its key interest rates unchanged. The monetary policy statement is […]
Washington Post Says Gov. Ron DeSantis Just Sank To A ‘Jaw-Dropping’ New Low Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has plunged to new depths, says a Washington Post editorial published Tuesday. The newspaper’s editorial board said DeSantis, a Donald Trump loyalist had sunk to “a jaw-dropping level of cynicism” by aligning himself with misinformation about COVID-19 […]
Apple Announces Sept. 14 Launch Event Tech giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) Tuesday announced that it will be holding its annual launch event on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. Like last year’s event, this year’s will be […]
Vladimir Putin is to self-isolate after Covid detected in entourage Putin, 68, was due to travel to Tajikistan for high-level meetings of the CSTO and SCO regional alliances with the rapid deterioration of security in neighboring Afghanistan in focus. The Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday that Putin had called Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon […]
Deutz Raises FY Outlook Deutz AG (DEZBF.PK,DEUZF.PK) said it raised its fiscal year 2021 forecast for a second time in 2021, due to continued strong demand in all of the main application segments and a significantly improved earnings performance. The company now anticipates unit sales for fiscal year 2021 to be in the range of […]
China Exports & Imports Log Sharp Growth China’s exports and imports logged sharp growth in August despite COVID-related port closures, official data showed on Tuesday. Data released by the General Administration of Customs revealed that exports advanced 25.6 percent year-on-year in August, bigger than the economists’ forecast of 17.1 percent and July’s 19.3 percent increase. […]