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» Read moreAfter years of failed efforts to boost the birth rate, South Korea’s government now says it will focus some of its energy on learning to live with population decline, rather than simply trying to halt it. The government has “found it will be difficult to reverse the low birth rate trend in the near future” and so will be adopting […]
» Read morePompeo: Chinese Communist Party looking for Biden’s ‘soft underbelly’ Former secretary of state tells ‘Fox News Primetime’ China looking for a way to steamroll new administration The Chinese Communist Party is looking for the “soft underbelly” of the Biden administration in the hope of achieving a series of endeavors Donald Trump stymied as president, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “Do […]
» Read moreAustralia’s consumer prices rose faster than forecast in the final three months of last year as the government amended funding to various stimulus programs amid an economy regaining momentum. The consumer price index advanced 0.9% from the third quarter, underpinned by increases in tobacco excise, compared with economists’ estimates of a 0.7% gain, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics […]
» Read moreNew York (CNN Business)Amazon has added Starbucks chief operating officer and former Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer to its board. The tech company shared the news in an SEC filing on Monday. Amazon also said it appointed Brewer to the board’s leadership development and compensation committee. Brewer became Starbucks’ COO in October 2017. She is also a director at Starbucks […]
» Read moreFox hosts share messages of perseverance, unity during ‘Ainsley’s Bible Study’ Amid political polarization and unrest, Fox hosts Abby Hornacek and Shannon Bream sit down with Ainsley Earhardt to discuss readings from the Bible that speak to unity, strength and the needs of the nation today. Earhardt, the host of Fox Nation’s “Ainsley’s Bible Study,” chose a passage from the Gospel […]
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» Read moreVice President Kamala Harris received her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday afternoon at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Harris, 56, is now fully vaccinated along with President Joe Biden, who received his second and final dose of the vaccine earlier this month. "When are you gonna put it in?" the vice president joked with […]
» Read moreNew company wants to open real estate market to investors who haven’t had access before LEX chief strategy officer and Chairman Craig Hatkoff discusses his company, which allows investors to own pieces of commercial real estate. Here’s a couple of Shaq-sized real estate deals. Continue Reading Below Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal recently sold two properties he owned in Windermere, Fla., […]
» Read moreNew company wants to open real estate market to investors who haven’t had access before LEX chief strategy officer and Chairman Craig Hatkoff discusses his company, which allows investors to own pieces of commercial real estate. Here’s a couple of Shaq-sized real estate deals. Continue Reading Below Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal recently sold two properties he owned in Windermere, Fla., […]
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