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Liz Truss

Liz Truss and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

We talked yesterday about how UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was being hammered politically. Her approval rating was in the single digits; she announced a tax plan that made the national bank have to roll out emergency stimulus; and then she had to fire the treasury secretary and roll back

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How some banks are greenwashing (and what you can do about it)

Banks are learning the value of catering to the eco-friendly crowd by advertising that they’re helping to fight climate change. This makes sense since ESGs are on the rise, which essentially means that investors are looking to make investments in more environmentally and socially responsible companies. But it turns

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It’s not me, it’s you – what is The Great Breakup?

It’s not exactly a secret that women have a more difficult time climbing the ranks of big businesses than men. Globally, they hold only 23% of executive positions and only 29% of senior management positions. There are many reasons for this, from the “motherhood penalty” to downright sexism and

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Is this the end of the line for Liz Truss?

About six weeks ago, Liz Truss became the prime minister of the UK, having won an election of about 200,000 conservative voters. She ran on a platform of cutting taxes for the rich, touting trickle-down economics as her justification. But when she went to implement the policy, UK markets

Young investors

Investment bankers want that millennial dough

Younger generations are made up of a weird set of investors. Instead of stashing cash under their mattress like in the good ol’ days or investing in stocks and bonds, they’re putting their money into digital investments, like cryptocurrencies, NFTs and, of course, meme stocks. But Hong Kong banks

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Iran is selling missiles and drones to Russia to use in Ukraine

Russia’s supplies have reportedly been running a bit low recently in the war in Ukraine. According to British intelligence leaders, this is noticeable with the kinds of missiles Russia is using. At the beginning of the war, it used precise missiles (called precision-guided missiles) to hit targets across Ukraine.

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Netflix is rolling out profile transfers

Netflix has sort of been going through it recently. It used to have a hard grip on the streaming market, but now with all sorts of other streaming services, it makes up a much smaller market share. Earlier this year, it released a report that said it was losing subscribers.