Rating Agency Worries WeWork Could Run Out of Money
Standard & Poor's has downgraded its financial opinion of WeWork for two primary reasons.
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Douglas A. McIntyre
A Quarter of Americans Don’t Read Books
According to Pew Research Center, more than a quarter of Americans say they have not read a book, either in whole or in part, in the past year.
American Trust in Mass Media Slides
Americans widely mistrust mass media, primarily due to partisanship and a lack of accuracy, according to new research. So what is the future of the media in America?
The World’s Wheat Crop Is in Trouble
Wheat, which represents 20% of all calories consumed by humans worldwide, faces significant damage from drought new research shows.
Political News Shows How Fast Climate Change Is Swept From Front Pages
A week of worldwide debate and protests were swept off the front pages within hours after news that the U.S. House of Representatives has begun impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
The 2019 SATs: More Students, Lower Scores
More high school students in the class of 2019 took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than last year. However, overall scores were down.
The City With Most Homelessness in America Is Not Where You Think
New research shows just how deep the homelessness problem is across major cities in the largest state. However, the city with the highest rate of homelessness is not in California.
Americans Drive This Car the Most Every Year
The average number of miles Americans drive their cars each year is just below 12,000. Some types of vehicles are driven much further.
Eurozone PMI Drops to Near Recession Level
Here is another sign of how close Europe's overall economy is to contraction and how perilous the global expansion is going into the end of 2019.
Heat In Middle Eastern Country Nears 120 Degrees
The hottest temperatures registered at 14 of the 15 official weather stations in the world were in Iraq today. All reached approximately 110 degrees. At Nasiriya the figure reached just shy of 120 degrees.…
Apple Soars to Become Best Dow Stock of the Year as iPhone 11 Is Released
After the recent release of the iPhone 11 family, Apple has taken the lead as the best-performing stock in the Dow Jones industrial average for 2019 so far.
What Makes Water Clean
Although most drinking water in the United States is deemed "clean," a number of communities have drinking water that falls outside the safety measures put into the place by the EPA.
Economic Confidence Hits Lowest Level Since Government Shutdown
The economic confidence of Americans has hit the lowest level since the federal government shutdown ended in January. Some of the decline has to do with worries about a recession.
Major Global Growth Forecast Plunges to Lowest Level Since Financial Crisis
The OECD forecast of global gross domestic product and growth nation by nation has just hit the lowest level since the financial crisis.
US Keeps 645 Million Barrels of Oil Buried Under Ground for Emergencies
The last massive release of crude from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was in 1991, when conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the oil markets. That may happen again in the coming weeks if…
High Oil Prices Could Tip Global Economy Into Recession
Few economists believe the global economy is growing or will grow soon, at least at a healthy level. High oil prices only make the dicey situation that is the global economy worse.
How Old Is Too Old to Be President? Medical Experts Weigh In
As the current pack of Democratic candidates has several candidates who are over 70 years old, and President Donald Trump is 73, some experts have addressed the question of how old is too old…
Odds of $100 Oil Surge
Is it unimaginable that oil prices could reach $100 a barrel? No. Crude prices reached that point just over a decade ago.
New Study Finds Dangerous Plastics in Children’s Bodies
Studies have found that microplastics are in the human food chain. Perhaps most disturbing is one that shows they have been discovered in blood and urine samples of young children.
Do Builders of Some of the World Highest Skyscrapers Lie About How Tall They Are?
Is a residential building in New York City 95 stories tall, or is it 86 stories? Some are not as tall as the builders say they are.