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CPI projection of the Orlando J. Ferreres Center contradicts government expectations

CPI projection of the Orlando J. Ferreres Center contradicts government expectations

The Argentine economy is experiencing a March of mixed signals. On the one hand, The cold numbers of the private consulting firms bring relief that the Government, curiously, prefers to take with a grain of salt. The latest report from the Orlando J. Ferreres Center for Economic Studies, OJF, revealed that March inflation will be ...

Turning point in a mortgage market due to price escalation due to Euribor rally

Turning point in a mortgage market due to price escalation due to Euribor rally

The average price of mortgages begins to climb in a movement that will be amplified by the 12-month Euribor rally. Households face a totally new and very demanding scenario. Spanish households that pay a variable or mixed mortgage month after month and the legion of families who need to finance the purchase of a house ...

By washing priests' feet, Pope Leo urges Catholics to help the oppressed

By washing priests’ feet, Pope Leo urges Catholics to help the oppressed

Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday as part of a special pre-Easter ritual and said this act, which emulates a gesture of humility by Jesus the night before his death, should inspire Catholics to care for those in need. “As humanity is broken by so many acts of brutality, let us ...

At least eight dead reported after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan

At least eight dead reported after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan

Eight people died and a child was injured when a house collapsed in Kabul after an earthquake in Afghanistanreported the National Disaster Management Authority. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, reported the German Geoscience Research Center (GFZ), which He highlighted that the epicenter of the movement had a depth of ...

Google faces calls to ban AI videos for kids on YouTube

Google faces calls to ban AI videos for kids on YouTube

Alphabet Inc.’s Google faces demands from child development experts to ban videos created with artificial intelligence from being shown or recommend to young viewers on YouTube and YouTube Kids. More than 200 children’s specialists, advocacy groups and schools sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Wednesdayexpressing concern over ...

OpenAI announced that it closed an agreement to raise US$122 billion from investors

OpenAI announced that it closed an agreement to raise US$122 billion from investors

OpenAI closed a deal to raise US$122 billion from investors at a valuation of US$852 billion, marking by far the largest financing round in its history and reinforcing its expensive bet on more chips, data centers and talent. Most of the financing, which had been negotiated for months, came from three large technology companies. Amazon.com ...

OPEC oil production sinks in March due to war-related shipping cuts

OPEC oil production sinks in March due to war-related shipping cuts

The OPEC oil production plummeted in March to its lowest level since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in June 2020, a Reuters poll showed, as the US-Israeli war against Iran led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and forced export cuts. The Crude oil production by members of the Organization of ...

Real estate crisis in China led people to use empty lots as cemeteries

Real estate crisis in China led people to use empty lots as cemeteries

While The real estate market in China is beginning to show some signs of stabilization after the crisis, thousands of families have resorted to a practice unusual that has caused government intervention: keep the ashes of their deceased in empty apartments. The construction and housing sector has come to account for nearly a quarter of ...

Meta and TikTok are accused of possible violations of the Australian ban

Meta and TikTok are accused of possible violations of the Australian ban

Australia’s online safety regulator is investigating Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok and YouTube for possible breaches of the country’s under-16 social media ban, in the first formal evaluation of the response of large technology companies to this unprecedented measure worldwide. In its first compliance report, released Tuesday, eSafety expressed deep concern about platforms’ compliance ...