Category: Business

Normally, beer brewing giants, such as Heineken, AB InBev and Swinkels, would be looking forward to this time of year with millions of euros in revenue expected during the Carnival season. Due to the pandemic, the festivities will not be going through this year causing a further dent in the income of beer brewers that […]

Equity trading on the Amsterdam stock exchange has for the first time overtaken London. The trading volume in the Dutch capital has quadrupled within one month in January as a result of Brexit. It did not come as a surprise that Amsterdam overtook London as the largest trading center in Europe. After the UK left […]

China wants to lead the global recovery from the pandemic and become more influential on the world stage than ever before. It might just have the momentum — and the confidence — to pull that plan off. The world’s second largest economy shrugged off much of the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic last year, and […]

Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, was banned from Twitter Monday night, according to a Twitter spokesperson. Twitter made its decision based on a new policy it enacted after the Capitol insurrection whereby people who repeatedly share election misinformation can be permanently banned. “The account you referenced has been permanently suspended due to repeated violations […]

Twitter on Monday launched Birdwatch, an experiment that relies on the social network’s users to provide context to tweets and to combat misinformation. The tool, which Twitter (TWTR) described as a community-driven pilot project, allows participating users in the United States to create “notes” for a given tweet that will exist for now on a […]

GameStop is expected to lose money this year and next year. Sales growth is sluggish as fewer gamers need to go to stores — or even shop online — when they can download new titles directly from their consoles, PCs, phones or tablets. So why are shares of the video game retailer up more than […]

When it comes to managing your finances, you need to know where your money is going. That means making a budget. No one loves hearing the dreaded ‘B’ word, but keeping a running tab of your daily expenses in your head probably isn’t cutting it. “People think they are spending less than they actually are,” […]