Tag: depression
![Investor purchases in the housing market fell by 50 percent but have only returned to pre-COVID levels.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2023/05/US-Housing-Speculators-Investors-Sales-Drops-Compared-to-Pre-COVID-Pandemic-768x512.jpg)
Investor Purchases of US Homes Decline From Pandemic High
New data from real estate brokerage Redfin shows promising signs that a record inflation of the U.S....
![Qualcomm has warned that smartphone demand is collapsing with eyes on Mainland China](https://img.visiontimes.com/2023/05/Qualcomm-Earnings-Q2-Smartphone-Demand-Collapsing-Magnitude-Greater-Mainland-China-768x603.jpg)
Qualcomm Says Smartphone Demand Collapsing at ‘Magnitude Greater’ Than Forecasted
Semiconductor giant Qualcomm cautioned investors durings its Q2 ‘23 earnings call that the “evolving...
![Overleveraged Housing Market Speculators are facing foreclosure now that recession is upon America.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2023/04/Overleveraged-Housing-Speculators-Default-Recession-Interest-Rates-768x512.jpg)
Overleveraged Housing Speculators Default as America Flirts With Recession
What goes up must inevitably come down, housing market speculators who overleveraged during the Coronavirus...
![Small business bankruptcies are worse today than at the beginning of the COVID pandemic](https://img.visiontimes.com/2023/04/Small-Business-Bankruptcies-Worse-Than-During-COVID-768x512.jpg)
Small Businesses Going Bankrupt 73% Faster Than Beginning of COVID Crisis
Another dark omen for the United States economy is manifesting: small business bankruptcy rates are now...
![Waves of layoffs are crushing US mainstream companies](https://img.visiontimes.com/2023/03/US-Retailers-Waves-of-Layoffs-Cooling-Economy-Contracting-Economy-768x512.jpg)
New Waves of Layoffs Hit America’s Mainstream Companies
In yet another sign that the economy is teetering on the brink of a recession that has a non-zero probability...
![Adam Exton, Canadian government official responsible for COVID response, died suddenly at the age of 35.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2022/12/Adam-Exton-Director-of-Parliamentary-Affairs-Health-Canada-Dies-Suddenly-35-768x512.jpg)
Canadian Official Responsible for COVID Response Dies at 35
An official for the Canadian government who was involved at a high level in the country’s Coronavirus...
![Central banks have dumped more than $1 trillion in foreign reserve currency this year as the US Dollar has run wild.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2022/10/Global-Central-Bank-Foreign-Reserves-Down-1-Trillion-2022-768x512.jpg)
Governments Hemorrhaging Foreign Reserves as Geopolitical Tensions Strain Global Economy
Governments and central banks are burning through their cache of foreign reserves at an unprecedented...
![Cell phone addiction leads to depression, poor sleep, and becoming a cyberbully, research has discovered](https://img.visiontimes.com/2022/09/Cell-Phone-Addiction-Poor-Sleep-Cyberbullying-Depression-768x512.jpg)
Mobile Phone Addiction Linked to Depression, Cyberbullying, and Poor Sleep
Addiction to mobile phones is thought to be at an all-time high, according to multiple studies and surveys...
![Toronto University students live in homeless shelters because they can't afford rent amid the housing bubble](https://img.visiontimes.com/2022/08/Students-One-Third-Toronto-Homeless-Shelter-Residents-768x511.jpg)
33% of Toronto Homeless Shelter Residents are Students Who Can’t Afford Rent
A third of all residents in one Toronto-area homeless shelter are students who are unable to afford rent...
![As oil returned to under $100 a barrel for the first time in months, media messaging showed itself to be all the more dissonant and chaotic.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2022/07/Crude-Oil-Under-100-Media-Messaging-Chaotic-Dissonant-768x511.jpg)
Oil Dips Toward Sub-$100 Prices as Media Messaging Turns Dissonant
News analysis As U.S. oil prices below $100 per barrel for the first time in almost two months greeted...
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‘Companion Plants’ Make Cheerful Friends for Single Dwellers
Most gardeners are familiar with the term “companion planting,” the practice of placing certain plants...