Katharina Buchholz

In November, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it had stopped the production of pennies due to cost concerns. As a penny costs nearly four cents to make, the departments wants to save $56 million a year by ceasing penny minting. The fact that an esti... See more

The global AI craze has given data centers yet another boost as all the helpful and unhelpful comments that ChatGPT, Gemini and other artificial intelligence tools generate are associated with a high level of computational power that these centers provide... See more

世界保健機関（WHO）は、世界人口の約75％に当たる60億人以上が現在、たばこに対する課税強化や広告禁止、包装への警告表示、禁煙支援制度など、何らかのたばこ規制措置の対象となっていると報告した。 同機関によると、現在世界の喫煙人口は20％未満であり、2000年の32％超から減少している。喫煙者の8割は中所得国または低所得国に居住し、男性が多い。喫煙は依然として世界で最大の予防可能な死因となっている。 たばこの消費が減少傾向にあり、規制対策が一定数の国民に浸透したことから、一部の国では商業用たばこの使用を完... See more

Air passenger taxes Where Air Passengers Pay Extra While there are a myriad of different taxes associated with flying, governments in many countries levy passenger-specific air transport departure duties that can be used to help offset some of the costs o... See more

As the U.S. government shutdown drags on, the first batches of recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have not collected funds to purchase groceries. New rounds of monthly payments normally start on the 2nd, but even by November 6, no... See more