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Moonwalking: South Korea’s wage, hours policies backfire for jobless, low income workers

President Moon Jae-in wants South Koreans to work less and earn more – and to achieve that his government has hiked the minimum wage and slashed the maximum length of the working week. But Heo Jeong, who serves barley tea samples at a Lotte Mart store in Seoul, says she lost a third of her income as a result.

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US arrests, accuses woman of acting as Russian agent

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old gun-rights activist served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday. …read more […]

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Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth

“We had a strong but not stellar Q2,” Netflix said in a quarterly letter to shareholders. Netflix said it had “over-forecasted” quarterly fluctuations in the pace of new customers. Before the earnings report, Netflix shares had gained 109 percent, making it the second-strongest performer on the S&P 500 index . …read more […]

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Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth

“We had a strong but not stellar Q2,” Netflix said in a quarterly letter to shareholders. Netflix said it had “over-forecasted” quarterly fluctuations in the pace of new customers. Before the earnings report, Netflix shares had gained 109 percent, making it the second-strongest performer on the S&P 500 index (.SPX). …read more […]