Browsing Category
News
Stress impacts biological age, but I’m not willing to give up my job
A few weeks ago, I took a break from work to spit into poop, then mailed it to Elysium Health, a company that promised—for $300—the search for an important secret: when I'd die.
Or, technically speaking, my biological age. Compared to…
KRA must walk the talk on tax refunds
editorials
The KRA should be talking about tax refunds
Friday, May 12, 2023
Times Tower in Nairobi, headquarters of the Kenya Revenue Authority. file image | Denis Onsongo | NMG
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been…
New CBI boss Rain Newton Smith doesn’t take lobby group’s future ‘for granted’
The new head of the crisis-hit CBI, Rain Newton Smith, said she did not take the group's future "for granted" and warned that the task of restoring trust from companies was "as great as it is urgent".
Newton Smith, who parachuted to…
Why the UK’s Sluggish Growth Rate Is Too Much for the BOE
breadcrumb links PMN Business The British economy is heading towards a period of choppy growth above the threshold of recession, but for now, even the tentative pace of expansion is sounding alarm bells at the Bank of…
Operation Shield and Arrow: Ceasefire holds
During the five-day operation, Islamic Jihad fired more than 1,200 rockets.
Although several salvos of missiles were fired at southern Israel, to which he…
Turkey votes in pivotal elections that could end Erdogan’s 20-year rule By Reuters
© Reuters. A picture of the banners of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition coalition, in Ankara, Turkey, May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Cagla Gordogan
Written by…
The housing market has frozen over. Here’s why experts say home affordability isn’t…
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesThe housing market is frozen, experts told Insider, and affordability is unlikely to improve soon.Activity slowed due to rising mortgage rates, which drove buyers and sellers out of the market.But rates are…
Energy stocks go from first to worst, as oil futures fall for fourth straight week
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images The oil and gas sector is the stock market's worst performer this year, down 10% compared to the broader S&P 500's 7.5% gain, after leading the market by a large margin last year with a record…
Militants agree ceasefire with Israel to end five days of fighting
Officials in Israel and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday evening that they had reached an agreement to end the worst round of cross-border fighting since 2021.Muhammad al-Hindi, a senior leader in the Islamic Jihad…
Maker of air bag inflators that regulators say pose a ‘risk of death’ refuses recall request
A Tennessee company may be heading into a legal battle with US auto safety regulators after a request to recall millions of potentially dangerous air bag inflators was denied.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling…
