The FINANCIAL

Bank of America Directed More Than $13 Million to Native American Communities Hardest Hit by the Coronavirus in 2020

The FINANCIAL -- Bank of America announced that it directed more than $13 million in 2020 to Native American communities across the U.S. disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus. The funds included capital investments into Native American Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and philanthropic grants to nonprofits and institutions focused on meeting health, hunger and ...

Nielsen Renews Multi-Year Agreement with Tegna for Local TV Ratings and Insights Services

The FINANCIAL -- Nielsen announced a multi-year renewal agreement with TEGNA Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Nielsen will provide local television ratings service for 34 TEGNA local markets ...

Most Americans Foresee Biden Improving Environment, Education

The FINANCIAL-- More than half of Americans expect the Biden administration will be able to accomplish 10 of 15 specific national and foreign policy goals commonly sought by U.S. presidents. The ...

Global Economy to Expand by 4% in 2021; Vaccine Deployment and Investment Key to Sustaining the Recovery

The FINANCIAL -- The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. A recovery, however, will likely be ...

Global Economic Outlook 2021: rebound will drive growth at record speed

The FINANCIAL -- New investments could mark a turning point in the fight against climate change, PwC says. The global economy in aggregate should revert to its pre-crisis level of output by the end ...

Can you afford to heat your home? Around 13 % of the EU population live in a home with a leaking roof

The FINANCIAL – In 2019, 6.9% of the European Union (EU) population said in an EU-wide survey that they could not afford to heat their home sufficiently. This share peaked in 2012 (10.8%), and ...

Georgians are watching less TV, more online

The FINANCIAL -- The FINANCIAL asked Eugene Jokhidze, Editor-in-Chief of the leading online magazine Metronome evaluate the media environment in ...

ESAs' BoA Decides in ESMA's Favour in the Appeal by scope Ratings

The FINANCIAL -- The Joint Board of Appeal (BoA) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and European ...

EBA consults on its new Guidelines on the monitoring of the threshold

The FINANCIAL -- The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today public consultations on its new Guidelines on the monitoring of the threshold and other procedural aspects on the establishment ...

Highly contagious UK coronavirus variant likely to become dominant strain in US by March

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that a highly transmissible coronavirus variant circulating in the United Kingdom will become the dominant strain in the United States ...

Interview: Media Lawyer Says Russia's New Laws 'Are Burying Civil Society'

At the end of last year, Russia adopted a number of new legal measures that many observers say are intended to further restrict the country's already state-dominated media sphere. Among other things, ...

House Impeaches Trump A 2nd Time, Citing Insurrection At U.S. Capitol, NPR

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Trump for "high crimes and misdemeanors" — specifically, for inciting an insurrection against the federal government at the ...

World Media: For Trump Impeachment

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich supports second Trump impeachment: 'Least that we can do'. And he made it clear on Tuesday he supports a second impeachment of President Donald ...