Today in History for January 23rd
Highlights of Today in History: Accord reached in Vietnam; North Korea seizes the U.S.S. Pueblo; Roots airs; Bob Keeshan dies; Johnny Carson dies.
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Governments need to take urgent action to tackle rising inequality which emerged over the COVID-19 crisis with a surge in energy and food prices ramping up pressures on millions of people around the world, Oxfam said on Monday. The report, released by the Nairobi-based charity as top policy makers and industry chiefs arrive in the Swiss town of Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), found the number of billionaires had risen by 573 to just under 2,700 from 2020. Meanwhile, the combination of COVID-19, rising inequality, and rising food prices could push as many as 263 million people into extreme poverty in 2022, Oxfam said, adding this reversed decades of progress.
Dow Jones futures rose, but be wary after the stock market suffered another week of solid losses as fears grew of a "hard" economic landing.
After opening Sunday with a three-shot lead, the nerves seemed to get the best of Mito Pereira at Southern Hills.
Dow (NYSE: DOW), LOVERE, an internet environmental tech company, YCJ, a non-profit art organization, and Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the world's leading consumer goods companies, announced today that they will jointly organize the first "Design for Circularity" Art & Design Competition in China. This competition seeks to call for creative ideas to accelerate the development of a circular economy for plastics in the country.
Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc. ("Hoymiles" or "the Company"; Stock code: 688032), a leading smart energy solution provider and microinverter manufacturer, has announced that its latest module-level Rapid Shutdown (RSD) solution for roof-mounted string photovoltaic systems is now available in the United States, Thailand, and the Greater China region.
May 22—Officials are investigating the cause of a plane crash in a Broomfield neighborhood Sunday afternoon that killed two people who were in the aircraft. No one one on the ground was hurt and the crash did not damage any structures, officials said. The single-engine plane went down about 11:50 a.m. near the intersection of Anthem Ranch Road and and Las Brisas Drive in the Anthem Ranch ...
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Justin Thomas, who attended the University of Alabama, won his second PGA Championship, beating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff on Sunday.
In the very small sample of a playoff series, any little thing — one hot goalie, one bad penalty, one missed call, one slumping power-play unit — can delay the larger deserved rewards until it’s too late.
The COVID-19 pandemic is “set to drive the biggest systemic increase in income inequality ever seen,” Oxfam said in a new report.
SHANGHAI, China, May 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO) (“NIO” or the “Company”), a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market, today announced that it will report its first quarter 2022 unaudited financial results on Thursday, June 9, 2022, before the open of the U.S. markets. The Company’s management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/Hong Kong/Singapore Time on
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Abbott Nutrition and Reckitt will get priority for supplies of raw materials used in the production of formula.
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Franchy Cordero hit a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Memorial Day is almost here, and locals and tourists are preparing a trip to Lake Mead. However, rising temperatures and dry weather has led to the lowest water levels that the lake has ever seen. Paulina Bucka reports.