‘Buy now, pay later’ orders jumped 68% during the week of Black Friday (Yellen the Felon calls this “evidence of a strong consumer” – let’s see what she calls it when millions of debt donkeys end up defaulting on their loans)

Online purchases using the type of financing known as buy now, pay later jumped 68% during the week of Black Friday (Nov. 21 to Nov. 27) compared to the previous week, according to the latest Adobe Analytics report, published Monday. Revenue from …

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Man dies of heart attack during live Lebanese TV show

A Lebanese man accused of smuggling subsidised goods out of the country had a heart attack and died live on-air Friday night as he was being questioned on a TV show. https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/man-dies-heart-attack-he-questioned-lebanese-tv اصابة تاجر الأعلاف #شكرالله_المعلوف بنوبة قلبية اثناء مواجهته …

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Facebook committed 822 campaign finance violations during the 2020 election season, and was fined a record $25 million.

via seattletimes: Meta, Facebook’s parent company, was fined nearly $25 million Wednesday for intentionally and repeatedly violating Washington’s campaign finance laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the maximum possible fine to the social media giant, after finding that the company …

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Tylenol use during pregnancy linked to autism

Babies of women who took acetaminophen—a common painkiller marketed in the U.S. under the brand name Tylenol—near the end of pregnancy had a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders or with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according …

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NEW anti-cheating hats in the Philippines during exam

Students were filmed wearing ‘anti-cheating’ hats to prevent them from looking at their classmates’ papers while taking their midterms exams in the Philippines. The engineering pupils wore hats made from recycled household materials obscuring their peripheral vision at Bicol University …

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