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Pulling all-nighters to assemble PowerPoint presentations. Punching numbers into Excel spreadsheets. Finessing the language on esoteric financial documents that may never be read by another soul.Such grunt work has long been a rite of…

Nepal is poised to ban e-cigarettes, according to Bhakta Bahadur KC, information officer at the National Health Education, Information and Communication Center, reports MyRepublica.The legislation is a response to rising e-cigarette use…

By Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter, New York22 March 2024, 02:51 GMTUpdated 1 hour agoImage source, Getty ImagesDonald Trump appears to be scrambling for funds to pay a $464m (£365m) fraud fine. Could the stock market ride to his…

Another closely followed index is set to make a new record close.The S&P 500 equal-weight index (^SP500EW) is on track for its first record-high close since January 2022.While the traditional S&P 500 (^GSPC) is market-cap…

US stocks rose on Thursday, staying upbeat ahead of a second day of closely tracked testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Techs took the lead again with more than 1% gain for the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) futures, while the…

Turkey’s Kaan Next-Generation Fighter, previously known as the TF-X, has made its first flight, giving rise to geostrategic speculation the fighter jet may soon be available for export to a range of states, according to multiple…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 7 rescinded a Trump-era EPA rule which required the agency to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of any significant new air pollution rules. While…

When the electricity fizzles and the lights go out at a time when they are needed most, the good people in charge of a critical energy grid operating across state lines will not be in position to help anyone except…

The Biden administration’s Sunday decision to guarantee the deposits of all clients from failed banking giant Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will make whole more than 1,500 climate-related firms, many…

Hollywood executives are bracing for increased scrutiny over how their films are censored on behalf of the Chinese government, as the Department of Defense (DOD) prepares new regulations that would crack down on potential Chinese…