Tag: pandemic
Bitcoin is About to Catch the Rising Series Last Seen During the Pandemic!
Bitcoin (BTC) continues its monthly upward streak seen since the Covid-19 pandemic. Gaining momentum last year and 2024 Bitcoin, which continues to maintain this upward momentum in in 2021 since…
How Did the Pandemic Play with Our Perception of Time?
It is obvious that the pandemic has completely affected our lives. Well, could you ever guess that it might even affect our perception of time? When the Covid-19 epidemic started…
Where were you during the pandemic? Dyson Zone air purifying headphones!
As technology advances, we will always see products that give the impression of coming from the future. When you read this news, you probably asked the Dyson brand “Where were…
Sartorius struggles with weak demand – 900 jobs are lost
Sartorius The pharmaceutical supplier and laboratory equipment supplier is feeling weaker demand. (Photo: Sartorius) Frankfurt The laboratory outfitter and pharmaceutical supplier Sartorius achieved lower sales and profits in the first…
Have clinics cheated to get corona aid? Study gives clear answer
Berlin The suspicion persists to this day: During the corona pandemic, clinics manipulated the number of occupied intensive care beds on a large scale in order to sneak in corona…
From China to Laos – New railway line increases the risk of a pandemic
phoenix The 422-kilometer high-speed rail route from China to Laos leads through lush rainforest, green mountains and karst landscapes. It is intended to boost the economy and tourism in the…
Inflation and slack consumption are pushing the Otto Group into the red
Headquarters of the Otto Group in Hamburg According to CEO Birken, the reasons for the slump are, among other things, that more money is being spent on travel and culture…
China’s tourists stay away – this is how Europe’s holiday regions react
Chinese tourists in Paris Sales with Chinese tourists are far from reaching the pre-crisis level. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Athens, Madrid, Stockholm, Paris Whether Paris, Athens or Lucerne: it is a…
Elementary school students in Germany lag far behind internationally when it comes to reading
elementary school students According to a study, one in four fourth graders in Germany cannot read properly. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany’s fourth graders perform significantly worse in reading than their…
How the Dorint supervisory board chairman Dirk Iserlohe fights for compensation
Cologne The Cologne hotel company Dorint, the second largest German-owned accommodation group after Motel One, is continuing its fight for outstanding corona compensation. “In contrast to the mostly fully compensated…
Vaccine manufacturer IDT Biologika is reviewing sales
Vaccine production by IDT Biologika During the pandemic, the contract manufacturer built up large production capacities. The company is now looking for a new use for these – and is…
How the office crisis is gripping America’s inner cities
san francisco Many office and retail spaces are empty. (Photo: Getty Images [M]) New York, San Francisco Full cafés, young people sitting at the tables on their laptops or deep…
China’s exports are growing at an unexpectedly strong rate
Qingdao container port China’s exports post a surprise increase in March after five months. (Photo: dpa) Beijing China’s exports rose unexpectedly. Exports in March jumped 14.8 percent in US dollar…
The Dax group hired 4,500 new employees
Lufthansa employees Europe’s largest airline group is hiring heavily. (Photo: Lufthansa) Frankfurt Even their own target is ambitious: Lufthansa wants to hire 1,000 new employees per month. But the response…
Do coworking and office space providers still have a future?
Catherine von Schacky The lawyer Katharina von Schacky has been managing the German subsidiary of the office rental company WeWork since March 2022. Previously, she had worked for the company…
Slump in chip demand hits Samsung hard – profit falls by 96 percent
Samsung Electronics factory Samsung operates huge chip factories in South Korea. But their utilization is low because the demand for electronic items is weak. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Tokyo The semiconductor…
Leasing in aviation: Aircraft rentals are increasing rapidly
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr welcomes the first Boeing Dreamliner Lufthansa had to wait longer than planned for the long-haul jet. In order to cope with the ambitious fleet modernization, the…
RKI boss Lothar Wieler was indispensable during the corona pandemic
Lothar Wieler The former RKI President will leave the institute. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin After eight years, Lothar Wieler is leaving the Robert Koch Institute on Friday. He moves to…
The Corona explainer leaves an institute with an uncertain future
Berlin After eight years, Lothar Wieler is leaving the Robert Koch Institute on Friday. He moves to the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam. Anyone who asks about Wieler’s balance sheet…
World Bank warns of weak growth until 2030
Port in east China’s Nanjing How to absorb China’s contribution to global growth? (Photo: dpa) Washington The World Bank gives a pessimistic outlook on the global economy. Almost all trends…