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Retail Report to Show Demand as Consumers Faced Banking Troubles, Rising Rates

A report on U.S. retail sales will gauge consumers’ willingness to spend at stores, restaurants and online in March, amid turmoil in the banking sector, rising interest rates and easing hiring.  Households pulled back on retail shopping and dining out in February after spending strongly in a warmer-than-usual January. Consumers benefited recently from lower gasoline prices and a broad cooling in inflation. Prices rose at the slowest rate in nearly two years in March. But underlying cost pressures,…

LG Electronics faced a 23% downfall in Q1 profit: Know the reason

Image Source : LG ELECTRONICS LG Electronics faced a 23% downfall in Q1 profit LG Electronics has stated that said its operating profit for the January-March period likely declined 23 per cent from a year earlier amid the ongoing macroeconomic woes that dampened consumer demand. The South Korean tech company estimated its first-quarter operating profit at 1.49…

Emily Swallow Contemplates Pressure Carrie Fisher Faced with Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy

Image via LucasFilm The world has morphed into a very different, globalized, and inclusive place since the debut of the original Star Wars trilogy back in 1977. In a cinematic landscape which was then filled with mostly white male protagonists, with women more often than not playing the roles of damsels in distress, we’ve made significant cultural headway in ensuring casts and characters in Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters are as diverse as they can be.  In the original trilogy, the only key female character was…

Taylor Swift Once Faced A Wardrobe Malfunction On Stage Accidentally Unzipping The Wrong Bodysuit In Front Of A Live Audience

Taylor Swift Once Had A Snafu Moment On Stage & Unzipped Her Costume In Front Of Hundreds – Watch! ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Wardrobe malfunctions are part and parcel of life – but if you are a celebrity, the incident can and will grab headlines. Almost every celeb in the world has fallen prey to several wardrobe malfunctions, and Taylor Swift is no different. Taylor accidentally flashed her undies while performing in a lovely blue dress at a concert in 2011; today, we bring you another similar incident from…

Who Gets Believed? by Dina Nayeri review – the Kafkaesque ordeal faced by refugees | Autobiography and memoir

The question driving Dina Nayeri’s latest book, “who gets believed?”, is deceptively simple. The Iranian-American novelist, once a child refugee, weaves stories from her own life with those people who were wrongly denied asylum in the UK and US. In doing so, she shows how “the accident of birth, the privilege of race, class, and nationality” often trumps “data, history, science, and reason” when it comes to whose voices are heard, and whose truths acknowledged. The consequences can be devastating.The book is instantly…

Robert Blake dead: ‘In Cold Blood’ actor faced murder charges

Robert Blake, the critically acclaimed and Emmy-award-winning actor whose career was derailed by charges he murdered his wife in 2001, has died. Blake died Thursday in Los Angeles from heart disease, his niece, Noreen Austin, told the Associated Press in a statement. He was 89,The actor was acquitted in 2005 of the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, in a high-profile criminal trial, but later that year was found liable by a civil jury. While Blake had found a way to rebound after tough times throughout his…

Faced with likelihood of ransomware attacks, businesses still choosing to pay up

Most businesses across four Asia-Pacific nations have had to fend off phishing and ransomware attacks, with those infected in Australia the most willing to give in to ransomware demands. Those Down Under also are most likely to experience such attacks, with 92% having experienced phishing incidents and 90% reporting business email compromise attacks. Another 86% and 80% have had to deal with ransomware and supply chain attacks, according to Proofpoint's State of the Phish report. The study polled 2,000 employees and 200…

What is Data Engineering? Challenges Faced by Data Engineers

Every organization and data engineer should know these challenges for a better understanding. Digital information is now one of the most important pillars of the business world. Organizations from all industries are looking for the best ways to use it for long-term growth. After all, there is a lot of volatility in today’s world, and being prepared to deal with it is essential for business leaders. Companies are increasingly turning to the field of data engineering for assistance in becoming more data-driven. However,…