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Asian markets follow Wall St higher on Fed rates promise
[ad_1] BEIJING (AP) – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said its key interest rate would be kept near zero through 2023. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Sydney retreated. The Fed‘s promise to keep rates near rock bottom came even as it forecast this…
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Winners, News And Notes On March 17, 2021
[ad_1] Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker in an Unsanctioned Lights Out Match on AEW Dynamite. Credit: AEW AEW Dynamite’s Saint Patrick’s Day Smash featured another advertised appearance by Christian Cage in addition to a women’s main event between Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa in an Unsanctioned Lights Out Match. Last week’s broadcast of AEW Dynamite…
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Visualping, which scans the web for changes (including new vaccination slots), raises $2 million – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Years ago, Serge Salager, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur who’d taken a small company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange, was approached by deep-pocketed buyer who was interested in buying the business. Flattered but also nervous about who else the potential acquirer was talking with, Salager found himself scouring the web obsessively for news about other…
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Zack Snyder on his vision finally streaming
[ad_1] Fans disappointed by the 2017 film Justice League will finally be able to see the original director’s vision for the movie that united several DC Comics superheroes on screen for the first time. Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League debuts Thursday on HBO Max, a subscription streaming service launched last year by AT&T Inc’s…
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Tokyo Olympics Creative Head Sasaki Resigns Over Derogatory Remark to Woman: Report
[ad_1] Hiroshi Sasaki and Naomi Watanabe (Photo Credit: Twitter) Tokyo’s Olympic ceremonies announced his resignation for saying a plus-size female comedian looks like a pig Reuters TOKYO Last Updated:March 18, 2021, 10:25 IST FOLLOW US ON: Hiroshi Sasaki, the head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies at this year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics,…
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Uber to Classify U.K. Drivers as Workers after Court Appeal Rejected
[ad_1] Uber as of Wednesday will reclassify its drivers as “workers” in the United Kingdom, the company announced, entitling them to some benefits according to U.K. employment law. The new designation comes after Uber lost its appeal of the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling last month that their drivers should be classified as workers. Since 2016,…
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How Cannabis Helped This Okanagan Woman Walk Again
[ad_1] Sitting in a little cafe in Syilx territory in downtown Vernon, Jayna Pooley clinks her spoon against her cup as she gingerly stirs her coffee. The sun is out and she’s preparing for a meeting later that day to talk about cannabis with the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. Pooley has been sharing her…
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Running Face Mask Guide: Our Top Picks
[ad_1] By now, each of us has a pile of face masks lying around. Your average surgical mask will work just fine for a trip to the grocery store, but when lacing up for a run (or any other form of exercise), you need something that’s designed for performance. A good running face mask won’t…
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Super Nintendo World’s Mario Kart Ride Is Also a Video Game… But Just for its Developers
[ad_1] Super Nintendo World is a theme park land celebrating video games, so it’s probably not too much of a surprise that its designers recreated the entire park in VR, and created its centrepiece Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge ride as a playable, virtual attaction inside a game engine. But it is still very cool.Speaking during…
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University of Lethbridge business school becomes 1st to add Indigenous course requirement to core degree
[ad_1] The University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business has become the first business school in Canada to include an Indigenous course requirement as part of its students’ core business degree. Dhillon School of Business assistant professor Don McIntyre said he was thrilled when he heard the news, and was proud to see such a…