which between 1857 and 1860 was the flagship of the Royal Navy’s Pacific Station. Built in 1821, HMS Ganges was the last British sailing battleship commissioned for duty in foreign waters. Fulford Village, at the southern end of the island, ...
The US is on the leading edge of a revolution in robotics says General Milley. In the “commercial sphere’ robotics are being used more and more. Unmanned aerial (drones) and maritime vehicles are already being used by the military in a limited way. “Eventually we will see the introductio...
banks. Office Properties Income Trust, a real estate investment trust focused on owning and leasing office properties, fell below 'BBB-' in March 2023 and has continued its precipitous fall to a current 'CCC' rating because of risks associated with refinancing near-term...
Our three-hour long stay at the airport wasn’t tedious as we were seated, while waiting for our flight, on comfortable chairs with plugs plus there was free and good internet connection without time limit. The airport also had 70 duty free shops in a shopping area located just after ticke...
Governments and parliamentary figures insist on Big Tech’s duty to suppress “misinformation”. Big Tech has also been accused of censoring certain politicians and political trends, and has apparently been successful in that endeavour. We are even now criminalising words in the name of “social ...
Real Estate1.3% Tech Hardware1.3% Materials1.3% Banks1.2% Insurance1.1% Food & Beverage1.0% Household Products1.0% Financial Services0.9% Biopharma & Life Sciences0.8% Telecommunications-0.5% Healthcare Equipment & Services-1.0% Represents the relative change over five years, where 5% indicates an op...
during the late 1980s and early ’90s the city began to stagnate as some international organizations left and the real-estate bubble, which had fueled a dramatic increase in property prices, burst. Throughout much of the 1990s the city’s economylaggedbehind the rest of Switzerland, and theun...
Interest payments as percent of GDP rose to 3.6% in Q4, the highest since 2000, based on today’s revised nominal GDP for Q4. (The ratio is figured on an apples-to-apples basis: quarterly interest expense in current dollars, not adjusted for...
Wheninterest ratesrise, investors run for cover towards any good asset that they can find. Alternative investments, likereal estate investment trusts(REITs), can be a good option, depending on the market cycle. Let's see how REITs performed during periods with high and low-interest rates. REIT...
Wheninterest ratesrise, investors run for cover towards any good asset that they can find. Alternative investments, likereal estate investment trusts(REITs), can be a good option, depending on the market cycle. Let's see how REITs performed during periods with high and low-interest rates. REIT...