On Tuesday, November 15th, 2022, the United Nations announced that we have 8 billion people on our beautiful planet Earth! Here are nine key messages from the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report (pg. 9 -11): Discussion Questions: Sources|…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the all items Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped from 8.2% in September 2022 to 7.7% for the 12 months ending October 2022 – the smallest 12-month increase since the period ending January 2022.…
According to the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) website, April 2020 recorded the highest unemployment rate during the COVID-19 pandemic at 14.8%. As of September 2022, the unemployment rate reduced to 3.5%; returning to the pre-pandemic level of 3.5% as…
In 2019, New Zealand was the ranked 17th in emitting 6.8 metric tons per capita of carbon dioxide gases amongst OECD members. Two years later, the Ministry for the Environment released a report – New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2019…
The COVID-19 pandemic from mid-March 2020 caused massive lockdown of chip producing companies for months. And now, two and a half years later, as the pandemic is subsiding and consumption is picking up, the shortage of the chips for semiconductors…
The merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation was approved with stipulations by the Department of Justice back in January 2010. Reuters reported that Live Nation maintain 49.99% of the combined company; Ticketmaster, 50.01%. At the Ticketmaster website, the benefits of…
The shutdown of the U.S. economy during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March 2020 brought about loss of income especially for workers who could not work in the office nor continue their work from home. Consequently, paying for…
According to the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) website, April 2020 recorded the highest unemployment rate during the COVID-19 pandemic at 14.8%. As of July 2022, the unemployment rate reduced to 3.5%, which is the same as the pre-pandemic level…
While air travel is returning to pre-pandemic levels this summer, budget airlines Spirit and Frontier have been looking towards a horizontal merger to increase their combined competitive advantage in the oligopolistic airline industry since February 2022. According to EvenMoreUltraLowFare.com, the…