By ZeroHedge – Sep 26, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT Established financial centers like London, New York, and Hong Kong have lost some of their competitiveness in the past decade, according to the Global Financial Centres Index. Chinese cities, particularly Shanghai and Shenzhen, have risen in the rankings and are now among the world’s…
The New York State United Teachers union announced Tuesday that its 83-person board of directors unanimously approved a resolution last week calling for “a statewide law or policy” restricting smartphones and devices like smartwatches and earbuds during the school day, with limited exceptions for “instructional purposes and student health and safety needs.” The vote was…
Bill Gates cannot miss out on hotdogs when in New York. (Photo: Instagram/thisisbillgates) How do you share your travel stories on social media? Perhaps a check-in on Facebook or a glimpse of a historical landmark on your Instagram stories. Well, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates chooses food as a medium for telling the world which city…
Sep 23, 2024 06:36 AM IST Modi, on his final leg of his three-day visit to US, is set to address the ‘Summit of the Future’ at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday participated in a roundtable with the CEOs of leading American companies in New York…
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, continuing a multiday U.S. visit, addressed a cultural celebration on Long Island Sunday, where he praised the United States’ return of nearly 300 antiquities to India and relayed news of his country’s dual win at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, to an enthusiastic crowd. “I…
Hong Kong is facing more political and economic pressure in the wake of intensifying tensions between China and the United States. Shortly after an unjustified business alert by Washington over the perceived threats arising from the city’s national security laws, the government’s overseas trade offices in the US are also bracing for possible restrictions under…
Former New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said he sees scope for a half-point rate cut at next week’s meeting. “I think there’s a strong case for 50,” Dudley said on Friday at a forum organized by The Bretton Woods Committee in Singapore. Dudley left the New York Fed in 2018 and is now…