Monthly Archives: November 2021
November 2021 Best of the Web
This month, we cover a variety of important topics. We start with an effort to determine the safe retirement spending rate in a time of high market valuations and low interest rates. The world is changing faster and is noisier
Covid: ‘We’ve had 20 cancellations in one weekend’
As worries emerge over a new Covid variant, hospitality fears it could thwart the busiest time of year.
Mandatory masks: ‘We worry people won’t shop with us’
Shopkeepers are concerned about enforcing mask-wearing and terrified they will have to close again.
Asda charters cargo ship to prevent Christmas shortages
Supermarket says the move ensures it will not run out of decorations, gifts and toys.
Facial recognition firm faces possible £17m privacy fine
Clearview AI allegedly breached privacy rules and must now delete relevant photos from its records.
Covid: Omicron variant causes passengers to scramble for flights
One traveller told the BBC he had found an alternative flight home, but he faces extra costs of £4,000.