Like many Western countries, The Bahamas has a lot of fast-food places like McDonald’s, Burger King, and KFC.Still, I get disheartened when I see tourists eat at these spots in downtown Nassau instead of grabbing a table at a local Bahamian eatery. The Bahamas has a rich cuisine, from fresh fish…
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Laid off. Let go. Dismissed. Released. Discharged. A casualty of corporate redundancy.I know what it’s called. But I didn’t know I’d be told, via a mid-morning Zoom, that my publication was folding and I was no longer needed.It took a while to sink in, and at first, I was just numb. I shuffled around my small Brooklyn apartment looking for something to do. There was a lot of cleaning and rearranging. There was also a…
USD/CAD trades around 1.4205 on Thursday at the time of writing, down 0.21% on the…
Nick Jones is a former US Marine Raider who served in MARSOC, the Marine Corps’…
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I’ve spent more than two decades visiting Martha’s Vineyard, even though I live in another popular New England destination: Newport, Rhode Island.The island attracts everyone from famous musicians like Carly Simon to A-listers including the Obamas and Oprah Winfrey, all lured by its natural beauty, stunning beaches, and coastal charm.…
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This is a developing story about the final reading of U.S. first-quarter GDP. Please check back for updates. The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s estimate.The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Thursday released its final reading of first-quarter GDP,…
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Michael Burry isn’t afraid to be controversial.He was ridiculed by Wall Street and castigated by clients for betting against the mid-2000s housing boom, but his contrarian wager paid off when the bubble burst.Since then, he’s come out strongly against many speculative market trends, from meme stocks and SPACs to crypto…
