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USD/CHF: Dollar Keeps Positive Dynamics

Despite the fact that the ‘s attractiveness as a defensive asset has declined, it still retains its recently won positions in the foreign exchange market. Against the backdrop of reports from South Africa that the course of the disease of those infected with the new omicron strain has a milder form than with the disease […]

Opinion: The disconnect that could take Democrats down

To be sure, the Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to pose global risks, nearly two years into the pandemic. But the state of the US economy is pretty good given the circumstances. Yet voters don’t seem happy. Polls show that Americans are not pleased with the economy and President Biden’s leadership on that front. According […]

The tricky business of charging electric cars

Dec 11th 2021 TAKE THE wheel of an electric vehicle (EV) and prepare to be astounded. The smooth, instant acceleration of battery power makes driving easy and exciting. The latest technology is there, with tablet-like screens instead of old-fashioned switches. Add falling prices which make owning and running many EVs as cheap as fossil-fuel alternatives, […]

Electrifying Canada is key to unlocking a net-zero future

At the recent COP26 climate-change conference, nearly 500 global financial-services firms agreed to align US$130 trillion — about 40 per cent of the world’s financial assets — with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C. This was the latest in a string of developments proving that net zero is no longer […]

Yelp donating $100K for Austin business winter preparations

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Yelp, the consumer review based website, is launching a holiday winterization fund to help small businesses in the area cover the costs of preparing for the winter season. Yelp users can nominate their favorite local businesses to receive money for extreme weather preparations. “We set up a winterization fund. It’s a $100,000 […]

Big business v big labour

Dec 11th 2021 ASKED WHAT labour wanted, Samuel Gompers, founding president of the American Federation of Labour in the late 1800s, is often quoted as responding: “more”. His actual answer was surprisingly lyrical. “More schoolhouses and less jails…more learning and less vice…more leisure and less greed…more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures.” His […]

Quad Cities Chamber presents latest on economy Wednesday

BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) – An economist said the Quad Cities economy is the strongest its been since the 1980s. Kevin Depew, deputy chief economist for RSM, gave a presentation about the 2022 economic forecast during an event hosted by the Quad Cities Chamber Wednesday at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. Wednesday’s presentation aimed to […]

Copper dips as dollar crawls up, stockpiles rise

Dec 9 (Reuters) – London copper prices slipped on Thursday as the dollar ticked higher, while signs of easing tightness in nearby supplies of the metal also weighed on the market. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.3% to $9,622 a tonne, as of 0315 GMT, while the most-traded January copper contract on […]