Deaths from motor vehicle crashes in the United States hit a 16-year-high in 2021. Nearly 43,000 U.S. residents were killed on the roads last year, marking a 10.5% increase from 2020. (These are the 20 car accidents Americans get in the most.) Most fatal wrecks involve drivers who are legally […]

Recent plans to improve performance at Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) have been met with a good deal of skepticism. That is because so many have gone off track. Executive Chair Bill Ford must have become impatient. This year was supposed to be the one that showed how Ford could […]

India Inc is not in the dark about moonlighting employees. According to a forensic accountant, companies can easily turn to experts and deploy digital tools that can be used to check if an employee is doing a second job or not — reaffirming fears of many who are wary of […]

After announcing what it called a “phased” reopening in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Walt Disney World has posted specific hours for Friday’s return on its site. Cast Members, as Disney park staffers are called, were informed a couple of hours ago of the return to work tomorrow, we hear, […]

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has released more data that shows how badly its delivery system continues to be. This raises the question of whether the agency should operate at its current size and scope. Criticism about delivery times continues to grow, as does the belief that the problem cannot […]

The real estate market has been so healthy that foreclosures have not been a factor since the severe downturn in 2007 and 2008. The current downdraft in the market has renewed concerns. A new study shows that in several states, led by South Dakota, fear of foreclosure has jumped. Inflation […]

Illicit narcotics and precursor chemicals worth more than $7170 million were seized and 1,333 suspects arrested in a massive operation coordinated by Interpol worldwide. The 39-day “Operation Lionfish V” started on June 23 targeted the trafficking of illicit drugs along air, land and maritime routes in 22 countries via a […]

The Fed hiked interest rates again, albeit in line with expectations, while the Bank of England’s decision would be known soon. Geopolitical risks continued to drive commodity prices higher. Fed’s actions and the demand for safe haven currency lifted the Dollar and the Dollar Index touched a fresh twenty-year high […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval to two Russian banks for opening special vostro account for rupee trade. Sberbank, JSC VTB — the largest and second largest bank of Russia — are the first foreign lenders to receive this approval after the central bank announced the […]

European stocks were moving lower on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve and Swiss National Bank both hiked their key policy rates by 75 basis points, as widely expected, to tackle surging inflation. Norway’s central bank also raised its main interest rate to its highest level since 2011, adding to […]