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Russian President Vladimir Putinrestored a Soviet-era award to encourage women to have more children, The Moscow Times reportedin August 2022. What Happened: The "Mother Heroine" award, established by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1944, is aimed at saving the declining population of Russia as the country deals with heavy losses in the Ukraine war. Stalin
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SINGAPORE Pressure mounted for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani to quickly address concerns over his conglomerates financial health as a brutal stock rout wiped out more than half of the value of his companies. About US$125 billion (S$164 billion) has evaporated in the market capitalisation of his groups 10 stocks since United States short-seller Hindenburg Research
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KUALA LUMPUR – Opposition politicians in Malaysia have pulled the race card over the governments decision to consult Singapores Housing Board on building affordable housing, highlighting the tightrope Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is walking as he faces an almost entirely Malay-Muslim opposition. Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming said in mid-January that his ministry
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close video Wall Street facing ‘steep sell-off’ if January jobs number comes in hot: Bauer Prosper Trading Academy CEO Scott Bauer and Muhlenkamp & Company Portfolio Manager Jeff Muhlenkamp discuss if January’s impressive stock market gains will continue on “The Claman Countdown.” U.S. job growth in January likely slowed from last year, but hiring probably
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s record on the COVID-19 pandemic is in the spotlight as speculation builds that he will mount a White House campaign.  If he enters the race, DeSantis will pose the most serious threat to former President Trump’s quest for the GOP nomination.  Trump has reacted angrily to the speculation around DeSantis. The
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Adani Enterprises has called off its $2.4bn equity fundraising in the latest blow to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, who has seen shares in his industrial empire tumble after a short seller made allegations of fraud and stock manipulation. The decision to pull the share sale and refund investors marks an abrupt turn after Adani Enterprises’
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Just as we predicted last year, a wave of layoffs has already begun in early 2023 with large workforce reductions announced across crypto, finance, real estate, transportation and Big Tech. Just today, crypto exchange giant Coinbase announced it’s cutting 20% of its workforce (about 950 positions) due to the FTX fallout that’s already ensnaring Gemini
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Microsoftco-founder and former CEOBill Gates has repeatedly said he regretseverinteractingwithconvicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a newinterviewonABC Australia's 7.30, acurrent affairs program,he downplayed his ties tothe financier, who reportedlydied by suicide in jail in 2019. "Iwill say for the, you know, over hundredthtime, yeah I shouldn't have had dinners with him," Gates said. What To
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