As a nation, we’re pessimists – poles apart from our friends across the pond who are born optimistic. For better or for worse, we like our doom and gloom.
A large dollop of this collective pessimism currently hangs over the country’s stock market like one of those annoying rain clouds we’ve been constantly skipping over the Easter period.
The doom is such that many investors have given up on British stocks and pulled their money out. A few days ago,
Motorists could be hit with “barmy” new car tax measures to fill a “huge hole” in finances when more road users switch to electric cars.
Petrol and diesel drivers currently pay fuel duty charges when topping up at fuel stations.
However, there are no such tax charges on electricity meaning the Treasury will face a major crisis when more people switch to EVs.
This is likely to become an issue at the end of the decade when the Government bans
The man charged in Treat Williams’ fatal car accident says he knew the late actor and considered him a friend.
Ryan Koss, who had been notified earlier this week he was charged with grossly negligent operation resulting in death, released a statement Friday.
He said he was devastated by Williams’ death and offered his “sincerest condolences” to the actor’s family.
“I considered him a friend,” Koss said.
Koss, the managing creative director of the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, said
He added: “For sure we have to enjoy it because this is the way we want to move the club. We have to be able to enjoy and then grab the opportunity we have in front of us with a lot of motivation and desire to try to accomplish everything we want to do.
“There’s more expectation because, when you do better, expectation will be higher and because of the way we have recruited. And it’s not only in the
Democrats and Republicans alike reportedly consider an Ohio abortion vote scheduled this November a bellwether issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Ohio voters will decide this fall whether the right to an abortion should be added to the state constitution, after officials said Tuesday that enough signatures were gathered to get the proposal on the ballot. However, it’s an open question how much support the amendment will need to pass, as Republican lawmakers have set a special election next
Audie Cornish, eine Moderatorin von NPRs „All Things Considered“, kündigt ihren Job und wird die neueste prominente Person of Color, die den öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender verlässt.
Frau Cornish kündigte ihre Abreise in einer Reihe von twittert Am Dienstag sagte sie, sie sei „mit vielen von Ihnen in ‚The Great Resignation‘“ und fügte hinzu, dass sie „bereit sei, meine Flügel auszustrecken und etwas Neues auszuprobieren“. NPR sagte, ihr letzter Tag sei Freitag.
Frau Cornish, die 2005 als Reporterin im National Desk bei
