This is a machine-translated version of an article originally published by Matichon, a major Thai-language national daily newspaper founded by a group of progressive writers in 1978. At 2:00 p.m. on July 26th, at the Ministry of Culture, Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, held a meeting to follow up on the […]
A screen displays the the company logo for Goldman Sachs on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 7, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Goldman Sachs and Bank of New York Mellon are set to announce that they’ve created the ability for institutional investors to purchase tokenized
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Chipotle Mexican Grill on Wednesday cut its forecast for same-store sales growth this year after traffic declined for a second straight quarter. The burrito chain now anticipates flat same-store sales growth for 2025, down from its prior projection of a low-single-digit percentage increase. Chipotle trimmed its same-store sales outlook for the second consecutive quarter. But the company said sales trends are turning around. Starting
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Southwest Airlines shares fell more than 11% Wednesday after the carrier posted second-quarter earnings and revenue that fell short of Wall Street’s estimates but said travel demand has stabilized, echoing other airlines in recent weeks. Here’s how Southwest performed in the second quarter compared with Wall Street expectations, according to consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per
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The Paramount Global headquarters in New York, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission cleared the way Thursday for an $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media. The deal, which was announced more than a year ago, includes the CBS broadcast television network, Paramount
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Yves here. We often instruct readers to get a cup of coffee before reading a Michael Hudson piece, because they are fact-filled, carefully argued, and reward careful attention. Today we recommend a double expresso! Michael ventures forward in time from his established work on antiquity to the medieval through modern era, focusing on the Church,
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Yves here. Americans who have become disillusioned about the prospects for national candidates like Sanders who advocate for concrete material benefits for ordinary voters, aka socialism, might understandably be inclined to dismiss Corbyn’s efforts to seek leadership via a new party as quixotic. But things have changed since his last big. First, with Gaza genocide
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