By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt auction procedures to provide up to $16 billion to areas that lack broadband service, including nearly 6 million unserved rural homes and businesses. The FCC voted to commence the auction on Oct. 29. Auction applicants will be required to offer voice and broadband […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News Chanel, Revlon, and L’Oreal, three of the biggest brands in cosmetics, are quietly moving away from using talc in some products as U.S. cancer lawsuits and consumer concerns add up. Chanel has removed talc from a loose face powder and dropped a talc body powder because of negative perceptions around […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News Like many Sudanese, car mechanic Mohamed Othman says the government must end its coronavirus lockdown now so that he can get back to work because “me and my family have no other source of income”. The transitional civilian government, which runs Sudan under a power-sharing deal with the army, ordered […]

Dunkin’, a unit of Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc, said on Monday its franchisees are seeking to hire up to 25,000 workers as it prepares for higher demand, with U.S. states reopening after months-long lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Canton, Massachusetts-based Dunkin’, which has about 90% of its restaurants open, said new […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News The U.S. economy ended its longest expansion in history in February and entered recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the private economics research group that acts as the arbiter for determining U.S. business cycles said on Monday. The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated a stunning U.S. employment report that showed more than 2.5 million jobs were added last month during the thick of the coronavirus pandemic and predicted the battered economy will recover all of its lost jobs by next year. “Today is probably, if you think […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News China‘s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday advised the public to avoid traveling to Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against the Chinese in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. “There has been an alarming increase recently in acts of racial discrimination and violence against Chinese and Asians in Australia, […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidance on Friday to recommend that governments ask everyone to wear fabric face masks in public areas where there is a risk of transmission of COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the pandemic disease. In its new guidance, prompted by evidence from […]

Canada has postponed its 3500MHz spectrum auction process by six months to allow telecoms companies to focus on providing essential services during COVID-19 pandemic, the innovation ministry said in a statement on Friday. The band is key for telecom companies rolling out fifth generation (5G) mobile networks, which will have speeds fast enough to download […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said that the door remains open for a wider negotiation with Iran. This statement refers widely to the country’s nuclear program and other issues, but so far talks have been limited to prisoner releases. “(President Donald Trump) has had the door open to […]