Business

Home Sales Growth Numbers Look Good, But The Data Show It’s Complicated

The headlines about residential housing sales Thursday were triumphant. “Sales of new homes surged 4.8% in August,” reported ABC. “U.S. new home sales rise to near 14-year high,” noted Reuters. “New home sales surge to highest level since before the Great Recession,” MarketWatch said.   But business owners or executives about to make strategic decisions […]
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International

Love can blossom in the bleakest of places

Engagement photos typically take place in such serene settings as a park or pedestrian plaza. But for a Palestinian couple, the perfect setting for their pre-wedding pix turned out to be the refugee camp where the bride-to-be grew up. The […]

Automotive

Autos drive US manufacturing in June

The U.S. Department of Commerce delivered some good news as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy. Factory orders for U.S.-made goods increased 6.2 percent in June, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday, suggesting the manufacturing sector is […]

News

News readership slips from its pandemic peak

People are getting tired of news about coronavirus. In the United Kingdom, the drop-off is strongest among women and younger people, according to a new study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism — putting in jeopardy the […]

News

Churches vandalized across the US

A rash of vandalism at churches has left a statue of Jesus Christ headless and some set ablaze. The reports come amid a national debate over what to do about offensive and controversial statues. President Trump signed in executive order […]

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Business

Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential

Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research shows. Others are […]