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There is a lot of debate around what you can and cannot ask on a first date. Some people say you shouldn’t go in too hard with the interrogation because it’ll make your date think you’re desperate. Others say the probing questions help you really learn about each other. Ultimately, it’s hard to know what […]

Unemployment is at record lows. But “underemployment” — the phenomenon of people stuck in badly paid part-time jobs who cannot get full-time work — remains higher now than during the 2008 crisis. That is more evidence that the role of dole-claiming unemployment has been supplanted by the gig economy. LONDON — At just 4.2%, unemployment […]

South Korea is pulling out all the stops for the upcoming inter-Korean summit this week where President Moon Jae-in will meet with Kim Jong Un for the first time — and the food they’ll be eating will be fraught with symbolism. Friday’s summit follows Kim making an unexpected trip to Beijing and precedes a much-awaited […]

In this op-ed, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon stresses the need for the private sector to play a bigger role in economic opportunity is shared more widely across the US population. “There is no shortage of statistics that illustrate the reality that, too often, the benefits of economic growth have been unevenly shared,” Dimon writes. […]

A former Google employee’s novel about a fictional search company got made into a TV show, called “The Show.” It’s a story of sex, drugs, and the destruction of a data-hungry AI programme that can predict human behaviour on an unprecedented scale. Author Filip Syta said his book was rooted in reality — and the […]

Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. 1. Amazon is reportedly working on domestic robots that could be ready as early as 2019. The robots will be able to navigate the home autonomously, and will be a little like an Amazon Echo on wheels. 2. Google beat Q1 revenue […]

Here is what you need to know. 10-year holds just shy of 3%. The benchmark yield is down 1 basis point at 2.97%. It has not had a 3% print since January 2014. Don’t be fooled by retail’s market resurgence — the worst is yet to come for brick-and-mortar stocks. Retail stocks in the S&P […]

FOMO is the (sometimes all-consuming) feeling you’re missing out on something. It can be perpetuated by looking at other people’s social media posts. But according to some research, you may be more susceptible to FOMO if you are insecure. Instead, you should focus less on potential losses of missing out and more on the gains […]

Retail stocks in the S&P 500 have beaten the broader index so far in 2018, but Morgan Stanley says that outperformance is misleading. The firm argues conditions for traditional retailers are in much more dire shape than they appear, and says an index tracking the sector is being carried by two non-traditional components. 2018 has […]

Analysts at Deutsche Bank said Apple’s HomePod smart speaker has “missed the mark” because it’s too limited and expensive compared to Google and Amazon’s competitors. This is important, because smart speakers might be the gateway for big tech firms into the growing smart home market. Amazon and Google currently dominate the smart speaker market and […]

Facebook is publishing the internal guidelines its moderators use to police the social network. The rules have been shrouded in confusion and secrecy for years, though they have leaked before. The new “Community Standards” are 8,500 words long and go into great detail about exactly what is and isn’t allowed — from sexual and violent […]

Australian defense forces are reportedly aware that China “expressed its interest” in increasing its military presence in Vanuatu. The report comes just weeks after heavily-denied reports that China wanted to turn a wharf it funded in the South Pacific nation into a naval base. If China was talking about increasing its presence in the Pacific […]