Fewer people want to work full-time on a Friday and then just… stop. The all-or-nothing version of retirement doesn’t appeal to most older workers anymore, and employers across the UK are hearing about it more often. Employees in their 50s and 60s want to scale back their hours gradually, over months or sometimes years, instead…
WAN-IFRA has called on the Egyptian authorities to overturn the ruling against Attalah and to release six journalists detained since late September. In a statement, Stig Ørskov, WAN-IFRA’s CEO, said: “We stand firmly with Lina Attalah, a member of WAN-IFRA’s Supervisory Board. Lina’s courage and her commitment to independent journalism represent values that unite our…
Another U.S. bank collapses, and experts wonder whether the failure is a canary in a coal mine or a coincidence. This article appears in the November issue of Global Finance Magazine. A sixth U.S. bank failure this year has reignited a familiar question on Wall Street: Is the banking system flashing a 2023-like warning? California’s…
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is centering his final political pitch on a dual strategy of aggressive health care fraud crackdowns and a shift toward “medical freedom” policies. The move comes as the administration attempts to solidify its “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) base,…
Marie and Chris jump on to discuss some of the trends of what people are building on CodePen here, approximately halfway through 2025. New CSS! Custom @functions (just landed) if() function clip-path & shape() corner-shape and the superellipse Scrolling stuff The attr() power up Hot Styles Liquid glass (Jhey’s demo, Spark) Hard glitch (CRT-like effect…
Frankfurt and Paris, 29 October 2026. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has published an open letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, setting out what publishers expect from the consultation Meta has announced on its new Commercial Terms. The letter is signed by WAN-IFRA President Ladina Heimgartner, Irene Lanzaco, Chair of the Directors of…
If you are thinking about the next steps for your small US tech business, bringing it overseas may be a tempting but equally daunting prospect for expansion. Joining the UK market can bring many desirable opportunities if you are hoping to help your business take the next step, as the UK’s tech sector has been…
What do a Bollywood actor, a member of Congress, and Israeli directors have in common? It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. The punchline, though, is that governments of India, the United States, and Israel, respectively, think they should be stripped of their national status. Bollywood star Imran Khan, nephew of Bollywood superstar…
The FOMC will reduce interest rate-setting meetings starting in 2027 to allow more time for policy discussions. The Federal Reserve steered clear of a political October surprise but delivered an unexpected shift in monetary policy strategy. After announcing that the Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, decided, as expected, to maintain the federal funds rate…
The first seven days of the 2026-27 NBA season have effectively dismantled preseason expectations, leaving the league’s traditional hierarchy in a state of flux. While the defending champion New York Knicks remain winless through their first three games, a quartet of Western Conference teams—the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, and Portland Trail Blazers—have…