The Many Challenges Facing Apple

The Many Challenges Facing Apple

For more than a decade, Apple could do almost no wrong. The iPhone made it the world’s most valuable company. The App Store helped launch businesses such as Uber and Airbnb. And the company’s new products made it a player in health, Hollywood and finance. Now, the difficulties are piling …

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Reddit Opens Up 38%, as Shares Begin Trading

Reddit Opens Up 38%, as Shares Begin Trading

Reddit shares opened up about 38 percent on Thursday in their first day of trading, in a sign of investor eagerness that set the stage for more tech companies to reach the stock market this year. Shares of the social media company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange …

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Target doubles bonuses for salaried employees as profits recover

Target doubles bonuses for salaried employees as profits recover

A Target store in New York, US, on Monday, March 4, 2024.  Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Target will double its bonus payments to salaried employees this year, as the big-box retailer’s profits recover from a bumpy nearly two-year stretch. Salaried employees at the Minneapolis-based retailer receive an …

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Wildfire response plans overhauled in Greece ahead of summer fire season

Wildfire response plans overhauled in Greece ahead of summer fire season

Greek authorities announced new plans on Thursday to combat wildfires, which frequently devastate the country. The changes involve increasing staffing in specialized forest firefighting units. The initiative follows extensive wildfires last year that resulted in over 20 fatalities and significant destruction of forests and farmland. Greek authorities presented new plans …

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Turkey raises interest rate by 500bps to ‘anchor inflation’

Turkey raises interest rate by 500bps to ‘anchor inflation’

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye. — AFP/File In a bid to curb rampant inflation, Turkey’s central bank Thursday raised policy rate by 500 basis points to 50%, a move that stunned the market. As per the statistics, Turkey’s annual inflation swelled to …

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पार्टीको परीक्षामा उत्तीर्ण हुनेलाई मात्रै टिकट दिइनेछ: ओली

पार्टीको परीक्षामा उत्तीर्ण हुनेलाई मात्रै टिकट दिइनेछ: ओली

नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एमाले) का अध्यक्ष केपी शर्मा ओलीले जनता र पार्टीको काममा सक्रिय व्यक्तिलाई मात्र पार्टीले उम्मेदवार बनाउने बताएका छन्। एमाले बागमती प्रदेशले आज मध्यपुरथिमि बोडेस्थित कृषि विकास बैंकको तालिम हलमा आयोजना गरेको बागमति प्रदेशस्तरीय जनप्रतिनिधिहरुको प्रशिक्षणमा उनले अब पार्टी सदयताकै आधार बनाएर टिकट नदिइने स्पर्ष्ट पारेका हुुन्। पार्टी …

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