(AP) — Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday isolated in their homes by the coronavirus while pastors preached the faith’s joyous news of Christ’s resurrection to empty pews. One Florida church drew a large turnout for a drive-in service in a parking lot. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the first major world leader…
On Thursday, the United States crossed an unfortunate milestone in the global fight against the novel coronavirus: leading the world in confirmed cases. By Thursday afternoon around 3 p.m. PT, the U.S. reports 82,404 confirmed cases of the coronavirus to China’s 81,782 according to a popular COVID-19 tracking tool from Johns Hopkins. Italy, regarded as…
The Outer Worlds will be coming to Switch on March 6 with a digital and physical release. Unfortunately, the physical release won’t actually include a game cartridge. Instead, gamers will get an empty game case with a download code. The Outer Worlds finally has a release date on Nintendo Switch. Obsidian’s sci-fi RPG will be…
Amazon’s median pay falls below the U.S. average. This is an anomaly as tech companies boast higher than average pay. Jeff Bezos is currently worth over $110 billion with his fortune largely contained in Amazon. The world’s richest person Jeff Bezos owes his fortune largely to Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). But among tech billionaires featured in the…
US gamers spent $27.9 billion on video gaming in 2019 to date. Estimates place overall US video game revenue for 2019 at $36.86. US is on the cusp of reclaiming title as leading video game market. US gamers have spent just shy of $30 billion on video gaming in 2019, according to a new report…
Activists spanning over 150 countries participated in the global climate strike Friday, but activists in China — the world’s leading greenhouse gas emitter — were noticeably silent as protests were not authorized in the country, according to reports. Thousands gathered in cities across the globe — including London, Berlin, Tokyo, and Washington, DC — to…
In 2001, Naspers, a media company that launched in 1915 and later evolved into a media holding company with pay TV interests, agreed to invest $32 million for a 46.5% stake in Tencent. The China-based company had been founded just three years earlier, and, as Quartz notes in a 2014 story about the deal, Tencent…
Famous hedge fund manager Ray Dalio believes the U.S. is only at a 25% risk of recession, but one investment manager disagrees. | Source: AP When Ray Dalio speaks, you should listen. That’s because Ray Dalio’s hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has made over $50 billion for his clients. He isn’t just an investor. He’s a…
More than half the world’s economies have inverted yield curves, which is a dire signal that a global recession may be on its way. | Source: ShutterstockBy CCN Markets: Fifty-three percent of countries that offer sovereign debt currently have inverted yield curves, according to one economist. If the percentage gets much higher, there is a…
