– The children and adolescents spent almost two hours on weekdays before Corona on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok or other platforms. That increased to more than three hours a day during the initial lockdown with closed schools in April 2020. In autumn, when schools were mostly open, but the leisure activities were still severely limited, use … Read more
– Twitter-CEO Jack Dorsey Dorsey donated the majority of the auction proceeds to an aid organization – in Bitcoin. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – San Francisco TwitterCEO Jack Dorsey auctioned a digital version of his first tweet for $ 2.9 million. The tweet “just setting up my twttr” from March 2006 was from … Read more
– New York a year after the lockdown The lockdown has also left its mark in New York. But not everything has changed for the worse. Photo: Benno Schwinghammer / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – – OUTDOOR DINING AND PEDESTRIAN ZONES: New Yorkers have got a taste for outside dining. Many streets … Read more
Application form for corona aid Many entrepreneurs are dependent on government support in the pandemic. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) have announced one aid program after another for the economy since the beginning of the pandemic. Aid amounting to 89.4 billion … Read more
– Andrew Cuomo These days the once celebrated governor is fighting for his political survival. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – New York A year ago in New York, when the ambulance sirens were the only background noise in what was actually a lively city, the residents were on his lips. Andrew Cuomo, the … Read more
Frankfurt It’s an image that many in big cities have gotten used to. If a cheap advertisement comes up, 100 people are often queuing to view the apartment in order to convince real estate agents and landlords of themselves or at least to take them into the narrower circle of applicants. But the corona crisis … Read more
– The author María Fernanda Espinosa is an Ecuadorian politician. She was Foreign Minister and Chair of the General Assembly of the United Nations. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – The Covid-19 pandemic promotes and exacerbates social inequality worldwide. If the leading politicians are serious about their announcements to open up better future prospects … Read more
– Volksbank Many Volks- and Raiffeisenbanken closed branches last year. The vast majority of customers use online banking. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The Volks- and Raiffeisenbanken closed branches on a large scale during the corona pandemic. The 349 Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken, which belong to the regional cooperative association, gave up 425 … Read more
– Schufa “We are currently seeing a slump in consumer credit,” explains Tanja Birkholz, CEO of Schufa. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin The consequences of the corona crisis are now also evident in the lending business. In early February, the demand for installment loans fell by 33 percent compared to the same … Read more
– 76th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden On the 76th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II, roses lie on the Altmarkt by a memorial. Photo: Robert Michael / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Lord Mayor Dirk Hilbert A right-wing gathering and counter-protest also remained peaceful. … Read more