The DWS Group, Deutsche Bank’s asset management company, is under investigation by US authorities over allegations of its sustainable investment practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. According to the WSJ’s report, federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating DWS after the company’s former sustainability director said the company used excessive…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about refugee programs for Afghans who have helped the US during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may still need to be…

A health worker vaccinates a man in Abidjan on August 17, 2021 during a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on August 17, 2021, after the country recorded its first known case of the disease since 1994. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images) ISSOUF SANOGO | AFP | Getty…

Electric cars are the future. Whether you want to go green or not, most of us are going to be driving an EV in the next two decades. Automakers are spending billions retooling factories and revamping their fleets to go most or all-electric in the next 10 to 15 years, plans fully endorsed by President…

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech on August 24, 2021 at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore before departing for Vietnam on the second leg of her Asia trip. Evelyn Hockstein | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called out Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea,…

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington , 2020. Michael Reynolds | Swimming pool | Reuters The director of the National Institutes of Health said Monday it…

Bitcoin hit $ 50,000 on Sunday, hitting a more than 3-month high as the cryptocurrency continued to recover. According to data from CoinDesk, the digital coin rose above that level at around 10:40 p.m. ET on Sunday. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of over $ 64,000 in April, but sold out heavily in June and…

An illustration showing physical bitcoins next to binary code displayed on a laptop. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin approached $ 50,000 as it continues to recover after months of weakness The world’s largest digital currency by market value rose to $ 49,821 on Saturday afternoon in New York, according to Coinbase. It…

Before Covid hit in March last year, I was making a decent income of about $4,000 per month as a freelance video producer. But as the pandemic intensified, those gig earnings quickly dwindled to $700. Due to all the uncertainty about the future, I found myself sleeping on a futon at my sister’s house in…

Jeff Bezos, owner of Blue Origin, unveils a new lunar module called the Blue Moon during an event at the Washington Convention Center on May 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images Jeff Bezos flew into space late last month, but his company has lost top talent since the billionaire space founder…