U.S. recession ended in April 2020, making it shortest on record
The U.S. recession touched off by the coronavirus lasted only two months, ending with a low point reached in April 2020 after thestart of a sharp drop in economic activity in March of that year, the U.S. Business Cycle Dating Committee announced Monday.
Word up! Scrabble marks UK lockdown easing with light show
LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Britain’s favourite words were projected onto buildings around London to mark the easing of lockdown restrictions and National Scrabble Day on Tuesday. Words like “freedom”, “hope”, “family” and “beer” to represent the mood of the nation were beamed in the style of the game’s letter tiles onto a pub, shops […]
