Category Archives: News

Morning News: Hurricane Ida Hits Louisiana, Safe Stocks, Remote Work

A.M. Edition for Aug. 30. New Orleans is without electricity after Hurricane Ida slams the region 16 years after Hurricane Katrina. 

WSJ markets reporter Caitlin Ostroff explains why utilities and healthcare are among the S&P 500’s top-performing groups this quarter. Plus, WSJ’s Chip Cutter discusses the concern among bosses as remote work may now last two years.

Sunday Morning: News From London & Zurich

Monocle’s Emma Nelson and panellists Simon Brooke and Florian Egli on the weekend’s biggest news stories. Also in the programme: what’s making headlines at Austria’s ‘Profil’ magazine, and a check-in with our Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey.

Morning News: Suicide-Bombings In Kabul, 3D- Printed Homes, OnlyFans

The suicide-bombings that have killed scores of people signal how the Taliban will struggle to rule Afghanistan; meanwhile the rest of the world’s jihadist outfits are drawing lessons from the chaos.

The swift reversal of an explicit-content ban by OnlyFans, a subscription platform, reveals a growing tension between pornography producers and payment processors. And the many merits of 3D-printed homes.