(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market on Friday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 3,500 points or 6 percent to a fresh record closing high. The Nikkei now sits just above the 62,710-point plateau although it's expected to bounce higher aga
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market on Friday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 3,500 points or 6 percent to a fresh record closing high. The Nikkei now sits just above the 62,710-point plateau although it's expected to bounce higher aga
Mobile phones are being barred from a growing number of classrooms around the world amid concerns about the disruption these devices can cause. While Hong Kong has not imposed a citywide ban, rules are tightening at individual schools. A student outcry at one institution has put a spotlight on the need to strike a better balance with phone restrictions. Form Three and Four pupils at the boys’ scho...
Mobile phones are being barred from a growing number of classrooms around the world amid concerns about the disruption these devices can cause. While Hong Kong has not imposed a citywide ban, rules are tightening at individual schools. A student outcry at one institution has put a spotlight on the need to strike a better balance with phone restrictions. Form Three and Four pupils at the boys’ school Kwun Tong Maryknoll College were told on April 30 they would not be allowed to use phones on...
For Hong Kong-based artist Apple Tong Wing-yin, Wang Fuk Court has always been more than a home address. It was a library of her life’s work. Tong, a prominent deaf illustrator and graphic designer who communicates through what she calls her “silent language” of art, kept the many canvases that spoke for her inside her flat in the Tai Po housing estate. In November last year, that library was redu...
For Hong Kong-based artist Apple Tong Wing-yin, Wang Fuk Court has always been more than a home address. It was a library of her life’s work. Tong, a prominent deaf illustrator and graphic designer who communicates through what she calls her “silent language” of art, kept the many canvases that spoke for her inside her flat in the Tai Po housing estate. In November last year, that library was reduced to ash in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires. She lost everything – her awards, her backlog of...
The Gerrymander Debacle In Virginia Leaves The Democratic Party With A Dangerous Agenda Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org , “Eff around and find out”: That taunt from Hakeem Jeffries celebrating Virginia’s gerrymander did not age well. On Friday, the House minority leader found out that Virginia’s Supreme Court was not quite as gleeful as he about Democrats’ attempt to virtually e...
The Gerrymander Debacle In Virginia Leaves The Democratic Party With A Dangerous Agenda Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org , “Eff around and find out”: That taunt from Hakeem Jeffries celebrating Virginia’s gerrymander did not age well. On Friday, the House minority leader found out that Virginia’s Supreme Court was not quite as gleeful as he about Democrats’ attempt to virtually eliminate Republican representation in the purple state. The court just cooked the party’s infamous lobster , a district over 100 miles long that was designed to help devour the GOP’s slender majority in the House of Representatives. It also cooked the ambitions of Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Democratic establishment, which tossed aside any pretense of principle in a raw political gambit. The resulting faceplant is nothing short of legendary: Spanberger’s Democrats have succeeded in alienating half of the state. For the governor, the court’s decision was particularly embarrassing. Before assuming power, Spanberger denounced gerrymandering as “detrimental to our democracy and weakens the individual voices that form our electorates.” She ran as a moderate, but Spanberger immediately turned sharply left once in office and called for the most extreme gerrymander in the nation. The court found that effort was not only unconstitutional, but “wholly unprecedented in Virginia’s history.” It characterized the state’s position as “a story of the tail wagging the dog that has no tail.” While some of us had previously expressed skepticism over the rushed effort to circumvent the state constitution, the media almost exclusively relied on liberal experts who predicted the new districts would be upheld. It was a calculated risk for Democrats, who have now burned their bridges with Virginia conservative and Republican voters. As Winston Churchill said, “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Exhilarating and unforgettable: In a purple state where politician...
Bassett Furniture: Buy Now, Sit Back, and Collect DividendsHaverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) reported higher first-quarter sales and earnings as comparable sales remained positive for a third consecutive quarter, while management pointed to stronger average tickets, growth i
Bassett Furniture: Buy Now, Sit Back, and Collect DividendsHaverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) reported higher first-quarter sales and earnings as comparable sales remained positive for a third consecutive quarter, while management pointed to stronger average tickets, growth i
(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market has finished higher in four straight sessions, skyrocketing more than 900 points or 12.5 percent in that span. Now at a fresh record closing high, the KOSPI sits just beneath the 7,500-point and it may add to its winnings again on Monday.
(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market has finished higher in four straight sessions, skyrocketing more than 900 points or 12.5 percent in that span. Now at a fresh record closing high, the KOSPI sits just beneath the 7,500-point and it may add to its winnings again on Monday.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week as the US focuses on the war in Iran. The summit is also expected to cover trade frameworks for Boeing aircraft, soybeans, and AI semiconductors. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on what is at stake in the meeting. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week as the US focuses on the war in Iran. The summit is also expected to cover trade frameworks for Boeing aircraft, soybeans, and AI semiconductors. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on what is at stake in the meeting. (Source: Bloomberg)
The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praise Rupert Campbell-Black is a bounder, a braggart, a scoundrel who won’t play by the rules, by Jove. “The man is a loose cannon,” hisses show-jumping coach Malise Gordon (Rupert Everett), as Rupert (Alex Hassell) directs his own cannon at the latest in a seemingly ...
The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praise Rupert Campbell-Black is a bounder, a braggart, a scoundrel who won’t play by the rules, by Jove. “The man is a loose cannon,” hisses show-jumping coach Malise Gordon (Rupert Everett), as Rupert (Alex Hassell) directs his own cannon at the latest in a seemingly endless conga-line of pantingly grateful locals. By “his own cannon” I mean, of course, his penis. Or rather his “willy”, for there is no aspect of the anatomy – or, indeed, life – that Rivals will not reduce to a cartoon while pointing and sniggering like a schoolgirl. And quite right, too. Who wants boring old reality when you could be engaging in an explosive bout of nude tennis with the MP for Chalford and Bisley (“Tit fault!”)? Anyway, back to Rupert, who, as the aforementioned minister for sport and “most handsome man in England”, is the throbbing nub of this unapologetically preposterous adaptation of the late Jilly Cooper’s 80s bonkbuster. Rupert has a head for business and a body for wearing jodhpurs while shouting “ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO COME DOWN YOUR CHIMNEY?” during sex. Men admire his ruthlessness; horses are magnetised by his reckless approach to leisurewear. Continue reading...
Six-seat premium electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are emerging as an unlikely game changer in China’s automotive market, with more than a dozen new locally developed models set to challenge German luxury brands this year. The spacious vehicles, increasingly popular among wealthy families in mainland China, could drive a rebound in the world’s largest car and electric vehicle (EV) market as t...
Six-seat premium electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are emerging as an unlikely game changer in China’s automotive market, with more than a dozen new locally developed models set to challenge German luxury brands this year. The spacious vehicles, increasingly popular among wealthy families in mainland China, could drive a rebound in the world’s largest car and electric vehicle (EV) market as they combined Chinese EVs’ technological edge with competitive pricing, according to Morgan...