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- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/18
In the fall, my explorations of my new neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn quickly landed me at Willoughby General, a general store a few blo...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/18
Uber is being forced in some countries to provide more employment benefits through court actions and in order to ease tensions with workers...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/18
A huge appetite for African eurobonds is spurring a wave of issuances in the continent.Benin saw its ratings outlook improve after successfu...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/18
Hi Quartz Africa readers,Investors can’t get enough of Africa’s debt.A huge appetite for African eurobonds is spurring a wave of issuances i...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/17
Last August, solar developers entered an auction to sell power into the Portuguese electricity grid. And many planned to lose money on every...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/17
Reddit has traditionally taken a laissez-faire approach to policing content on its platform. The company hosts a loose federation of old-sch...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/17
Affirm is one of the companies at the forefront of “buy now pay later”—the slick digital lending that’s growing in popularity with Gen Z and...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/17
Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/17
Good morning Quartz readers!Last week, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama voted against unionizing by a strong margin. But the un...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/17
The Pfizer vaccine will need a booster shot, likely within a year of completing the first two doses, the company’s CEO, Albert Bourla, said...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
Amazon Studios is risking a lot on its upcoming Lord of the Rings series. But there’s another entity that wants the TV show to be a success...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
Dreaming about making a fortune on the stock market? You’re not the only one.Retail trade—non-professionals buying and selling securities li...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
The Covid-19 pandemic has crushed some sectors of the global economy, with shuttered businesses leaving many people jobless. Others have bee...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
In the wake of Brexit, at least 440 banks and financial services companies are moving some part of their operations and managed assets from...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
During Zoom meetings with colleagues, I am usually holding a second, secret meeting with my own face.The conversations in this meeting-withi...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
Kimberly Potter, the 26-year police veteran who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minnesota on April 11, has been charged...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
Good morning, Quartz readers!Here’s what you need to knowChina clocked 18.3% growth in the first quarter. The double-digit figure is because...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
Texans are still paying for the blackouts caused by a winter storm in February that knocked out power for millions. Last week, electricity p...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
US retailers have long been competing with one another for workers in a high-turnover industry. What’s new is that the gig economy—steering...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
A farm for maggots? It’s a tough sell for some. But not for Talash Hujibers, who decided to try her hand at insect farming when she saw the...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
A 14-year-old online travel company in India has fallen victim to the Covid-19-triggered economic slump—and it might be the first of several...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
On a day when it recorded its highest-ever quarterly profits, New York-based Citigroup said it will exit the retail business in India and 12...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
With a massive second wave of Covid-19 sweeping through India, one in five infections in the world is currently being reported from the coun...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/16
Daily Covid-19 cases in India crossed the two-lakh mark on April 14, with an official death toll of over 1,000. This was the highest-ever ri...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/4/15
Yesterday, dozens of entertainment companies and Hollywood celebrities—including Netflix, ViacomCBS, J.J. Abrams, and Leonardo DiCaprio—sign...