The Bank of England is ready to alter its interest rates by as much as needed to bring the inflation back to the 2 percent target, Governor Andrew Bailey said in a statement late Monday. The BoE governor said the central bank is closely monitoring the weakness in the pound. The currency weakened to a record low over the weekend […]

Hello Sunshine has added two senior executives. Stefanie Markman is joining the Candle Media company as General Counsel and EVP, Business and Legal Affairs, and Wifreddy Chiang as EVP, Finance and Accounting. Both report to Hello Sunshine COO Liz Jenkins. Markman was most recently at Netflix where she spent the last eight years and headed up legal for US/CAN/UK scripted […]

Ringo Starr has tested positive for Covid, a day after the former Beatle was forced to postpone a concert in Minnesota because of illness. “Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band were forced to cancel their recent shows due to illness,” the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, which was to host Starr’s next concert, tweeted Monday. “It has been confirmed […]

Flipkart claims that over one billion customers visited its platform during the eight-day-long The Big Billion Festival. Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2022, which will go on for a month, is throwing discounts at customers that can hardly be ignored. But some of the stories that are coming out from these sales are not so great. Many users took to Twitter […]

European stocks traded mixed on Monday after having suffered heavy losses last week on worries about an economic downturn. A renewed selloff in British gilts pushed euro zone yields higher after Britain’s new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a sweeping package of tax cuts. Investors were also digesting the victory of a right-wing bloc led by Giorgia Meloni in Italy’s parliamentary […]

America became remarkably mobile throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the reason was low-interest rates. Homes were more affordable because mortgage rates fell to near historic lows. However, something was more important. People could relocate because they could work from home. Due, in part to these reasons, Hawaii became America’s most popular state to move to. MoveBuddha released a study […]

As weapons have evolved over time, they have becoming increasingly more destructive and deadly. From bows and arrows in the 14th century, to the introduction of guns shortly after, to ships, planes, and the atomic bomb. To identify history’s deadliest weapon, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the “Quantification Related to Weapon Lethality” section from the report “HIstorical Trends Related to Weapon […]

Among the 400 or so bills that California Governor Gavin Newsom either signed or vetoed this week was AB 2799, which provides that courts “must consider specified factors…in determining whether creative expression evidence is more prejudicial than probative.” Newsom signed it into law today at a virtual ceremony attended by Meek Mill, Killer Mike, Too $hort, Ty Dolla $ign, YG, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Soul, the Black community’s premiere free streaming platform, announced today its new and returning shows coming this fall. In addition to the entertainment platform’s current line-up—talk, celebrity news, reality, faith, and informational—Fox Soul is expanding its content to include music,  sports and finance programming. “Fox Soul continues to expand on genres that we love, in a unique way. This […]