GAZA (Reuters) – Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a traditional community. Palestinian women wearing face veil, niqab, make Santa-themed Christmas toys in the northern Gaza Strip December 29, 2019. Picture taken December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Their
Month: December 2019
Media playback is unsupported on your device Greta Thunberg’s father has said he thought it was “a bad idea” for his daughter to take to the “front line” of the battle against climate change. Millions of people have been inspired to join the 16-year-old in raising awareness of environmental issues. But Svante Thunberg told the
Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough have met for the first time (via Skype as they did not want to add to their carbon footprints) to discuss the climate crisis and share their thoughts on how to make an environmental impact. Greta, who spoke to Sir David from Stockholm, is guest editing the BBC’s Today
A canceled flight, in many of us, inspires frustration and anger. And for billionaire Richard Branson, it’s no different. Only when the British entrepreneur was met with a cancelled flight in the early 80s, it inspired another response, too: A new business idea. Branson — already a successful businessman, having formed Virgin Records some years
Logo and mascot ‘Ali cattle’ at the headquarters of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Technology and bank stocks in Asia dominated the top picks for analysts in 2019, as shares in the region made strong gains this year. Mainland Chinese stocks also rallied this year, with the Shanghai composite
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Recently, a federal court decided the central provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring all Americans to be
Praying woman in the city. Getty The lyrics to a Jim Reeves classic song capture the heartbreak Employee Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI) stakeholders, including taxpayers and pensioners, must be feeling this holiday season. Please release me let me go for I don’t love you anymore … To live a lie would bring us
Getty It’s the twelfth (and last) day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is Legal Aid of North Carolina. Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) provides free legal help to low-income North Carolinians
broken chinese fortune cookie with 2020 and red hearts on the paper slip on a dark background with… [+] copy space, new year concept, high angle view from above Getty As my regular readers know, I am a huge proponent of diversification, as I consider it one of the best ways to sleep well at
The number of teenagers in the UK with their own businesses has gone up 700% in 10 years, research suggests. In 2009 there were 491 businesses run by teens, now there are 4,152, OneFamily found. These include tech companies, clothing lines and make-up brands, the financial services provider said. George Bailey, 19, who runs his
The world will face irreversible heating unless firms shift their priorities soon, the outgoing head of the Bank of England has told the BBC. Mark Carney said the financial sector had begun to curb investment in fossil fuels – but far too slowly. He said leading pension fund analysis “is that if you add up
A nurse holds up a one dose bottle and a prepared syringe of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. George Frey | Getty Images A cabal of doctors are hiding the cure for cancer, berries are more effective than
For some couples, this winter holiday will be unforgettable. December is the most popular time to pop the question and, for the recently engaged, 2020 will be the very beginning of a new life. However, weddings are expensive, and merging personal finances can get complicated. The average American wedding costs nearly $39,000, and more young
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, called the “SECURE Act” makes significant changes to how IRAs and certain retirement benefits must be treated post-death. We reviewed many of the changes and planning implications of this new law on your IRA and retirement benefits in “SECURE Act New IRA Rules: Change
Noah Breakstone, developer of Westshore Marina District in Tampa, Fla. BTI Partners What a tumultuous decade for real estate this has been. A 10-year span that began back in 2010 in the wake of the Great Recession is ending with one of the largest real estate cycles ever. So what were the top trends of
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with business community at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia December 25, 2019. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday it had thwarted terrorism attacks reportedly planned in St. Petersburg thanks to a tip from Washington, bringing personal thanks again from President
A Barney’s store stands in lower Manhattan on August 06, 2019 in New York City. Barneys, one of America’s most exclusive clothing stores, has filed for bankruptcy. Spencer Platt | Getty Images 2019 brought with it more retail bankruptcies. And the implications have been more store closures, thousands of lost jobs and an vastly different
Paul Bradbury | Getty Images No debt is your goal for the new year. It’s a perennially popular resolution, says Lauren Anastasio, a certified financial planner at New York-based personal finance company SoFi. When people are coming off the holidays and holiday spending, they often have larger credit card bills coming due. “It tends to
Follow these tips to crush your financial goals in 2020. Getty In a survey by Fidelity Investments, 67% of Americans said they’re planning to make financial resolutions for 2020, with saving more and paying down debt topping the resolution chart. Of course making such resolutions is easier than keeping them. A third of New Year’s
Top stock picks for 2020, from some of the best portfolio managers. Getty The stock market went on a tear in 2019. Major indexes hit numerous record highs in the second half of the year with the S&P 500 rising more than 29%. This puts it on track to be the best yearly return since
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