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Lidl Ireland will offer free menstrual products to women and girls as part of a new initiative targeting period poverty. The grocery giant said in a statement Monday that it’s the world’s first major retailer to offer such an initiative, which is aimed at tackling period poverty, where girls or women are unable to afford

Panic gripped the energy market last spring as a frightening realization dawned on oil traders: The world was rapidly running out of space to store excess crude. The once-in-a-century pandemic caused oil demand to collapse at an unfathomable pace. Supply swelled as Saudi Arabia and Russia engaged in a price war at the worst possible

Over the past few years former President Donald Trump has called for boycotts against a number of companies, so it’s hardly unusual to see him add Coca-Cola, Delta and other corporate giants that recently spoke out against Georgia’s laws restricting voting access. But now that he’s back at his company that does, among other things,

Beachfront property owned by China’s political elite. Washington-accused drug lords and gun runners operating blocks apart. Companies enabling North Korea’s purported sanctions-busting fleet. All the above exist in Hong Kong and were exposed, in part, by investigations using Hong Kong’s Companies Registry, a public database that has become the subject of a fierce debate between

News that a major new regulation may be coming for cigarette makers put investors on alert Monday afternoon. Shares of tobacco giant Altria Group, formerly known as Philip Morris, plunged on Monday following a report from the Wall Street Journal that said the Biden administration is considering mandating cigarette makers reduce the level of nicotine

It’s game over for GameStop CEO George Sherman. The video game retailer and meme stock announced Monday that Sherman will be stepping down on July 31 — or earlier if a successor is found. The news is not a major surprise given that Ryan Cohen, the co-founder and former CEO of online pet supplies retailer

McDonald’s is partnering with BTS, the massively popular Korean pop band, for its next celebrity meal — and this time it’s going global. The aptly titled “BTS Meal” goes on sale May 26 in the United States, Canada and Brazil and soon after in nearly 50 countries spanning six continents and consists of the “superstar

Consumers around the world have amassed an extra $5.4 trillion in savings since the coronavirus pandemic began, setting the stage for a spending boom that could power a strong uplift in economic growth this year. Households had stockpiled the excess savings, equal to 6% of global GDP, by the end of March, according to Moody’s

China is pushing forward with its experiment in creating a digital version of the yuan and may give foreign athletes and visitors a chance to use it at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Li Bo, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said on Sunday that the digital currency pilot was going well

Like kicking back and relaxing over the weekend? Then you probably don’t want to trade cryptocurrencies. What’s happening: After a hype-filled week, bitcoin suffered a flash crash on Saturday night, plunging nearly 14% in less than an hour. It was last trading above $56,000 — up from lows near $51,000, but still well below the

After a hype-filled week for cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin experienced a flash crash over the weekend, plunging nearly 14% in less than an hour, from about $59,000 to $51,000, on Saturday night before rebounding. Other popular cryptocurrencies including ethereum and Dogecoin also fell dramatically, before recouping some of their losses. Bitcoin has skyrocketed in value this year

Country music singer Mickey Guyton will make history Sunday when she hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban. The 37-year-old singer from Arlington, Texas, will be the first Black woman to host the awards ceremony. And this isn’t Guyton’s first time making history in the country music world. In September 2020, she

During the pandemic, cities such as Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Natchez, Mississippi, have offered remote workers cash to relocate there, while exotic destinations like Aruba have promoted their islands for stay-at-home jobs. Now, West Virginia wants to pay remote workers $12,000 to move to its country roads. On April 12, Gov. Jim Justice announced a program,

It’s been a weird year for Seth Meyers. In fact, it’s been a weird year for all of late night TV, not to mention the rest of us. Like others in the late night world, the host of NBC’s “Late Night” had to adjust to the pandemic by working from home — an attic to