Tag Archives: profit

Every year when the month of June comes around, there is a change in the air – everything is rainbow-coloured and paraded, and every corporation puts its best inclusivity hat on. The whole world, and especially the US, is no stranger to commercial exploitation of holidays. In that regard, the …

The US State Department has reportedly held talks with international energy majors on the possibility of contingency supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe if conflict between Russia and Ukraine disrupts deliveries. Over the past several months, the White House has repeatedly expressed the concern that Russia is preparing …

“No work was ever conducted in Laos as a part of this collaborative research project,” EcoHealth Alliance – a group that conducted experiments on coronaviruses while receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – said in a series of tweets on Sunday, responding to media reports alleging that …

“We turned down the project to build a hydroelectric power station on the Zhupanova River, abandoned plans to build a fish-breeding channel for Lake Kronotskoye and a number of other projects. We consider it important to explicitly discard them if the environmental harm from [the projects] is greater than the …

Problems can be like waiting for a bus – nothing comes, then two arrive simultaneously. Facebook experienced something similar this week. On Sunday, on the news program ‘60 Minutes’, former Facebook employee Frances Haugen publicly explained her decision to speak out about the internal workings of the company, saying she …

It is always necessary and valuable to ask what problem is being solved when confronted with a new technology or innovation. Facebook’s ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ smart sunglasses – which can take photos, record video, answer phone calls, and play podcasts – need such interrogation. According to Andrew Bosworth, head of Facebook …

Attorneys for five defendants charged with attempting to kidnap the Democratic governor are seeking information about special agent Jayson Chambers, after a BuzzFeed report claimed that the FBI agent may have published tweets about the undercover operation before it was made public. The foiled kidnapping plot – allegedly hatched in …

The message is clear to those trapped in Kabul: if you’re looking to escape, get on a flight this minute before it’s too late, and the urgency in that command is music to the ears of notorious military contractor Erik Prince. Because, according to news reports, he’s charging desperate, terrified …

Demonstrations were organized in over 300 locations across Brazil and abroad, local media reported on Saturday. In Sao Paulo, one of the most populous cities in the world, demonstrators flooded the streets, as seen in footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly. They carried huge banners reading ‘People above profit’ and …

It’s the ones you least expect that hurt the most. The world is dominated by corporate behemoths. There’s hardly a country you can’t touch down in and be met by a familiar array of shops, restaurants and coffee bars. That’s why plucky, challenger firms that apparently put principles over profit …