Will the ECB provide the comfort investors are seeking? Last month the European Central Bank expanded its emergency asset-purchase programme by €600bn to bring the total to €1.35tn. Since then, a handful of ECB policymakers have cast doubt on whether the bank will ever spend the full amount. Dutch central bank governor Klaas Knot has […]
Lockdowns have not been sweet for chocolatiers. Cocoa prices have slumped to a 15-month low as stuck-at-home consumers shun confectionery.Demand for chocolate has softened as restaurants, hotels and airport duty-free shops have been closed and parties and gatherings...
“We are in a new normal,” said D’Amaro, who started the job in May. “The world is a different place, but we feel really prepared to operate in this new environment.”This interview has been edited and condensed.Coronavirus cases are...
Just this week, the writer, Blake Neff, responded to a thread started by another user in 2018 with the subject line, “Would u let a JET BLACK congo n****er do lasik eye surgery on u for 50% off?” Neff wrote, “I wouldn’t get LASIK from an Asian...
The boycott of Goya is entirely warranted. Many Latinos are angry at Unanue, and they are sad and disappointed in him, too. His remarks reflect how out of touch CEOs can be to their primary consumers, and to the national mood. Goya Foods distributes over 2,500 items...
Thousands of workers are expected to walk off the job in more than 25 cities on July 20 in a mass demonstration called the Strike for Black Lives, organizers say. The strike takes aim at various industries in which Black workers are disproportionately represented,...
