Tag: US

Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore, had a saying: “when elephants fight, the grass suffers; when elephants make love, the grass also suffers.” The metaphor referred large countries as elephants and small countries as grass. Another well-known saying goes like: “whe...

The recent tightening of lending standards by US banks is a significant development with potential implications for the economy. A net 51% of banks are now tightening standards, the highest level since 2020 and at levels that have coincided with recessionary periods in the past. This tighteni...

Imagine you read a stranger’s comment on Twitter or Facebook that annoyed you so much you wanted to reply. Perhaps it was from someone spreading an outlandish conspiracy theory about 5G or falsely claiming refugees were all given luxury homes. The moment you started to type a response a ...

I found it very interesting the insights offered by Stack Overflow every year. Nearly 65,000 developers revealed which language they use most, where they come from, their role and also how much they earn. Scrolling to the “salary by developer type” section I found that an En...

US Capital Global is pleased to announce that William Singer has recently joined the group as Senior Vice President at the group’s office in Miami, Florida. Mr. Singer brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry to US Capital Global’s Investment Banking div...

The US Embassy Tel Aviv Branch has confirmed that it is now accepting E-1 and E-2 company registration applications. Individual E visa applicants whose companies have already been approved may request an expedited appointment through the Embassy’s scheduling system. Due to limited operations, ...

Instead of renting (which is expensive) or buying a vehicle here, you can ship your own vehicle to North America. This is particularly attractive if: You already own a reliable vehicle in Europe. Your trip is long enough (2 months or longer) One of the most popular arrival hubs is Halif...

As 2023 comes to the close of a record-shattering yr, nearly 33 gigawatts [GW] or billion watts of solar will have been installed. [A GW is approximately the power of a nuclear or large coal plant]. This is a significant leap up from the 21 GW installed in 2022. Note the graph reflects utility, non-...

Sometimes, it can feel like climate change is a problem for the future. Something we should prepare for and avert from happening. We forget that we have been systematically polluting and decimating this beautiful Earth for over 150 years, and climate change’s terrible teeth have already had pl...

Titled the Retirement Savings Modernization Act, the bill seeks to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and provide more clarity on the duties of fiduciaries regarding asset classes. The new bill adds digital assets, among other traditional options like commodities, hedge fun...

When it comes to residential housing mortgages in the U.S., what do October 1982, January 2021, and October 2023 have in common? Not much, as it turns out. Each of those years was dramatically different from the other years in important ways when it came to the topic of 30-year fixed-rate mort...

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a me...

Trucking is an enormous industry, and as such, it’s pretty hard to segment it. There are many different ways in which you can slice this $700B market: short haul vs. long haul, less-than-truckload vs. full-truckload, by fleet size, and more. As a consultant at McKinsey, I was taught to brea...

If you’re considering starting a truck rental business in US and Canada, careful planning is crucial to your success. This guide will take you through the key steps involved in setting up a prosperous business offering truck rental services. Here’s what you need to know. Und...

Generative AI is often seen as the hottest new computer technology on the market, promising to revolutionize every aspect of our lives, from entertainment, to the future of work, to the advancement and automation of healthcare services. While it remains to be seen whether such assessments are justif...

Eric Swalwell, a sitting United States Congressman, wrote an article about gun control, and the forcible confiscation of weapons from American citizenry. This sparked an angry debate, in which Swalwell tweeted that an armed citizenry doesn’t stand a chance against a nuclear armed United States...

On July 4th, 2023, there were sixteen mass shootings, resulting in fifteen people being killed, with another 94 injured. The shootings occurred across thirteen states as well as in Washington DC. The Gun Violence Archive’s definition of a mass shooting (this database of mass shootings is manag...

I first came to the United States from Romania in 1989. I was newly married to an American man of Romanian descent, and we planned to settle in Los Angeles, his home city. After four years of waiting for approval to leave Romania, I flew to the United States a month before the revolution and watched...

Have you visited other countries in past? A. The information is displayed in your passport as well as in your DS-160 application, but still if he/she asks such question reply with correct answer naming the countries you have visited in past you don’t need to mention all but 4–5 will ...

For generations, Indigenous Central American populations have resisted the effects of colonization, enduring displacement, and some of the vilest human rights violations. The very descendants of Indigenous- and mestizo- groups, Latinos, who unironically tout their Indigenous background have neverthe...

After a year of waiting, I found myself reciting the words I had been practicing and preparing to speak. I took time away from school and work in the middle of the week to travel down to Chicago. And now here I was, in this large auditorium with 98 other people going through the Naturaliz...

Every day at Functional Works we speak to engineers all around the world looking to move abroad for work for a whole host of reasons. The world is becoming ever more communicative and connected as we travel more and more for business and pleasure and with so many different opportunities av...

But losing the House has turned out to be a very big deal. Because Democrats lost nine seats last November and gave Republicans a four seat majority, the United States is no longer governable. We watch with dismay while “legislation” is passed to reduce Pete Buttigieg’s salary...

Growing up and coming of age in a European US Christian community and culture in the 80s and 90s, I learned to see things a certain way. How exactly I came to view the world around me is a long and complex story involving US politics, economics, religion, and family. I am now a forty-five year ol...

If you have a sudden onset of low back pain, what care should you receive? Some doctors will immediately order an MRI, show you the supposed cause (most of us have some level of degeneration), and recommend surgery. The doctors who follow treatment guidelines published by the American College o...

The title that heads this work is used in reference to the definition of ‘profile’, and is intended to reflect the search for a group of traits that are specific to the Spanish, or that distinguish the Spanish of the United States. The issue that arises with the use of the plural ‘...