07 December 2022, Berlin: The logo of the streaming service Paramount+ on a logo wall at the … [+] Paramount+ launch event. Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa (Photo by Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Paramount Global stock (NASDAQ NDAQ : PARA) has gained about 5% over the past month, outperforming the…
The oil price shock from Russia’s Ukraine invasion and central bank tightening around the world will … [+] dampen oil demand. getty Economic weakness caused by global reserve banks’ tightening and high winter heating bills will bring oil to $50 per barrel. But it won’t stay there for long. With the price of crude oil…
BRAZIL – 2022/11/16: In this photo illustration, the Weight Watchers (WW International) logo is … [+] displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images WW International stock has fallen by close to 8% over the last month and remains down by 77% year-to-date. It…
This segment of What’s Ahead celebrates the hard-won wisdom of the Pilgrims, which enabled them to turn hunger and privation into abundance. The original Plymouth Colony nearly collapsed. Food shortages and discontent were endemic. The problem was with their original economic system in which all property was communally owned and cultivated—what today would be called…
Upsets are always possible in this era of constant uncertainty, but it looks like the GOP will take control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives next term. This episode of What’s Ahead discusses why Republicans must start with a bill that sweeps away the Biden Administration’s arbitrary barriers to oil and gas…
When future generations look back at the last 20 years, they’ll be astonished that so many smart people around the world could have been seduced for so long by one of the most destructive economic ideas of all time. The idea? That suppressing interest rates year after year would generate prosperity. This episode of What’s…
BRAZIL – 2022/02/04: In this photo illustration, an Activision Blizzard logo is displayed on a … [+] smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Activision Blizzard stock (NASDAQ NDAQ : ATVI) reported its Q2 results earlier this month, with revenue coming in above and earnings being…
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Great Britain campaigned like a Conservative but ruled like a Joe Biden. Taxes and regulations ballooned. Britain’s tax burden rose to a 70-year high. Energy costs exploded, as Johnson pursued a radical renewables program. The UK’s economy is in shambles. Inflation is sizzling, and recession looms. This episode of…
Portrait of an Asian woman at home checking her mail and looking very happy – lifestyle concepts getty It often seems like healthcare costs only go one direction: up. But this year, millions of Americans can look forward to getting money back from their health insurer. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), health insurers…
Sunday’s presidential election in Colombia was a shocker. Two utterly nonestablishment candidates won the top spots and will face each other in a runoff on June 19. The front-runner is a one-time leftist guerrilla who won’t disavow his past and who vows to launch a radical economic upheaval. His opponent is an eccentric populist who…