Stocks in Japan Hit Record High, Surpassing 1989 Peak
The News Stocks in Japan rose to a record high on Thursday, surpassing a level last seen 34 years ago when the country was at the peak of its economic…
Leaked Files Show the Secret World of China’s Hackers for Hire
The hackers offered a menu of services, at a variety of prices. A local government in southwest China paid less than $15,000 for access to the private website of traffic…
New Freighters Could Ease Red Sea Cargo Disruptions
After the Houthi militia started attacking container ships in the Red Sea last year, the cost of shipping goods from Asia soared by over 300 percent, prompting fears that supply…
Michael Hudson: Higher Education Crapification – The New School Case Study | naked capitalism
Yves here. From time to time, we’ve mentioned the way higher eduction has come to be about just about anything except education. Credentialing. Naming opportunities for rich donors. Labor exploitation…
What Happened To Alexei Navalny This Time Round | naked capitalism
Yves here. We’re featuring this John Helmer post from over the weekend because the Western chattering classes remain fixated on the death of Alexei Navalny, who despite their histrionics was…
Citi hit by new Fed rebuke, setbacks on consent orders | Reuters News Agency
Business & FinanceEconomy 13 February 2024, 10:57 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported that U.S. regulators asked Citigroup for urgent changes to the way it measures…
At Harvard, Some Wonder What It Will Take to Stop the Spiral
When 70 university presidents gathered for a summit at the end of January, the topic on everyone’s mind was the crisis at Harvard. The hosts of the summit treated the…
Small Businesses Sound Alarm Over Weakening German Economy
Thousands of the small and midsize companies that form the backbone of the German economy warned this week that the country was losing its edge, as the country’s central bank…
The Two-Decade Fight for Two Letters on the Internet
The South Pacific island of Niue is one the most remote places in the world. Its closest neighbors, Tonga and American Samoa, are hundreds of miles away. The advent of…
In Alaska, the Rare Thrill of ‘Wild’ Ice Skating
I’d been waiting for months when I finally got the call from Alaska last March: Wild ice was on. A roughly two-week high-pressure window of cold and clear weather had…