Food drink Facing crisis, Cuba calls on citizens to grow more of their own food – Reuters
HAVANA (Reuters) – In the courtyard of a temple belonging to the Abakua Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood in Havana, Nelson Piloto is pulling up the lawn to plant bell peppers and cassava in the face of Cuba’s looming food crisis. Nelson Piloto waters his garden in the courtyard of a temple belonging to the Afro Cuban…
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Food drink Postmates restores IPO strategies amidst food shipment offer boom – Reuters UK
(Reuters) – Postmates Inc has revived plans for an initial public offering following dealmaking in the U.S. online food delivery service sector that sparked acquisition interest in the company, according to people familiar with the matter. Postmates had struggled to generate the revenue growth required to excite IPO investors. But the COVID-19 pandemic buoyed its…
Financial Markets Amateur financiers speculating on stocks have pushed markets skywards, however angered a few of investing’s most significant names. Here’s what they have to say about the day-trading boom.
Getty Images; Getty ImagesStocks have rallied sharply in recent months, thanks in part to a boom in day-traders, who invest in the markets for fun, rather than professionally. Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool sports turned investor has become the poster-child of day-trading which has helped markets skyrocket, and fuel fears of an inflating market bubble.…
Celebrity News Lil Tecca Plays Cupid in Dreamy “Out of Love” Music Video
Back in April, Lil Tecca announced his newest joint project with Internet Money titled Do They Really Love You. Yesterday, the multiplatinum 17-year-old rapper dropped the music video for the project’s lead single, “Out of Love,” featuring production from Internet Money’s Taz Taylor, Nick Mira and more. On the two-and-a-half-minute track, Lil Tecca raps about…
Politics Kayleigh McEnany: ‘All Black Lives Matter’ Consisting Of Slain Law Enforcement
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that “all black lives matter” including the lives of police officers slain by violent protesters last week. “All black lives matter, including the life of David Dorn who perished in the last week and a half; including Patrick Underwood who also lost his life this week,” McEnany…
Politics Mitt Romney Supports Altering Military Bases’ Confederate Names ‘sometimes’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Thursday expressed support for removing the names of Confederate figures from at least some U.S. military bases. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Romney said he would support a measure to rename military bases honoring confederate leaders “in some cases.” When asked about President Trump’s blanket opposition to renaming bases,…
Politics ‘Not Going to Happen’– Donald Trump Pledges to Safeguard Statues of Jesus Christ from Leftist Mobs
President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the White House vowed to protect statues of Jesus Christ and statues of the Founding Fathers in the United States from leftist mobs seeking their destruction. “They’re looking at Jesus Christ. They’re looking at George Washington. They’re looking Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson. Not going to happen,” Trump said. “Not…
US News NYPD ends plainclothes anti-crime system, reassigning hundreds of officers to other groups
The New York City Police Department on Monday announced it is disbanding its anti-crime unit and reassigning hundreds of plainclothes officers to other divisions amid widespread criticism over the department’s handling of protesters. Commissioner Dermot Shea said roughly 600 plainclothes officers from the anti-crime unit will be reassigned to other teams. FILE: A New York…
Tech Security Chinese Bank Required 2 Western Business to Utilize Tax Software Application With a Hidden Backdoor
Chinese Bank Required Two Western Companies to Use Tax Software With a Hidden Backdoor (zdnet.com) Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday June 28, 2020 @05:34PM from the hole-in-the-firewall dept. A Chinese bank required at least two western companies to install malware-laced tax software, according to a new report from the cyber-security firm Trustwave. “The two companies…
Tech Security Bots Still Trying To Reach Cyberbunker 2.0 Addresses 9 Months After Raid
Bots Still Trying To Reach Cyberbunker 2.0 Addresses 9 Months After Raid (sans.edu) Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday June 27, 2020 @12:34PM from the beyond-the-bunker dept. Long-time Slashdot reader UnderAttack writes: In September last year, German police raided what was known as “Cyberbunker 2.0”, a former cold war nuclear bunker turned into a “bulletproof” hosting…
Tech Security Unique: Assistance dips for Hong Kong democracy demonstrations as nationwide security law looms – survey – Reuters India
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Support for year-long pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped, now getting the backing of a slim majority, as the city braces for the imposition of Beijing-drafted national security legislation, a survey conducted for Reuters showed. FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a protective face mask waves a Hong Kong independence flag…
Food drink Some U.S. food providers bypass China contracts over coronavirus curbs, trade group states – Reuters India
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chinese demands that overseas suppliers guarantee their food shipments are free of the novel coronavirus are causing some shippers to forego the China trade, an industry group representing U.S. produce growers said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Containers are pictured at the Port of Los Angeles during the global outbreak of the coronavirus…
Food drink Japan’s fussy food consumers finally browse the web amidst pandemic – Reuters UK
TOKYO (Reuters) – The coronavirus has forced Japan’s notoriously fussy food shoppers to abandon doubts about online grocery stores, sending retailers such as Aeon Co (8267.T) scrambling to meet a surge in delivery demand. FILE PHOTO: A shopper wearing a protective mask pushes a shopping cart at Japan’s supermarket group Aeon’s shopping mall as the…
Food drink Japan’s picky food consumers finally go online in the middle of pandemic – Reuters India
TOKYO (Reuters) – The coronavirus has forced Japan’s notoriously fussy food shoppers to abandon doubts about online grocery stores, sending retailers such as Aeon Co scrambling to meet a surge in delivery demand. FILE PHOTO: A shopper wearing a protective mask pushes a shopping cart at Japan’s supermarket group Aeon’s shopping mall as the mall…
Food drink From food to vehicles, Saudis stock up ahead of VAT trek – Reuters India
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – People in Saudi Arabia rushed to buy goods from imported fruit juices to cars ahead of a sharp hike in value-added tax on July 1, introduced by the oil-rich kingdom to boost state revenues amid its worst ever economic decline. Saudi women push the shopping cart outside a supermarket during shopping before…
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