by globalpro | Mar 8, 2020 | Business
It’s been fewer than three months since a novel coronavirus emerged in China, causing fever, coughing, and, in severe cases, pneumonia. Since then, the disease known as Covid-19 has swept into 72 countries, infecting nearly 93,000 people and killing more than...
by globalpro | Mar 8, 2020 | Travel
In 1439, as the bubonic plague swept across Britain, King Henry VI banned the practice of kissing on the cheeks when greeting someone. To this day, Brits are less likely than our European neighbors to opt for a peck—instead favoring the firm handshake.WIRED...
by globalpro | Mar 8, 2020 | Finance
With Star Wars references on the forefront in its announcement, the firm today announced that it has closed its largest fund to date: KP 19, a $700 million venture fund to invest in early-stage startups. Per the firm, it will invest in startups tackling issues like...
by globalpro | Mar 7, 2020 | Travel
Employers added 273,000 jobs and unemployment was close to record low, but coming months will show coronavirus impactThe US economy recorded another month of impressive jobs growth in February, before the coronavirus outbreak started to spread in the US. Employers...
by globalpro | Mar 7, 2020 | Finance
All but one of the UK’s existing nuclear power plants, which provide about 20% of the country’s electricity, will be retired by the end of the decade.Severe criticismOnly one new one, at Hinkley Point in Somerset, is under construction.It is being paid for...
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