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Negative interest rates and huge deficits are the new normal. What comes next?
The pandemic is pushing economic policy to the limits. Governments around the world are running record budget deficits, and central banks are…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic is pushing economic policy to the limits. Governments around the world are running record budget deficits, and central banks are…
Continue ReadingVice President Kamala Harris called on America’s Black business leaders to help spread the word that it is critical for Black Americans to take…
Continue ReadingTesla is betting big on bitcoin, saying it may soon accept the digital currency as payment for its cars. And the most valuable car company on the…
Continue ReadingAfter a rocky 12 months, oil prices — which got crushed when Covid-19 slashed demand for energy around the world — are roaring back. What’s…
Continue ReadingNothing unusual happened when Lou Dobbs hosted his Fox Business show on Thursday evening. His hour was full of Fox’s usual themes about…
Continue ReadingTesla is betting big on bitcoin, saying it may soon accept the digital currency as payment for its cars. And the most valuable car company on the…
Continue ReadingBruce Springsteen issued a call for common ground, unity and political centrism in a 2-minute long ad for Jeep set to run during the Super Bowl on…
Continue ReadingThe US airline industry just closed the books on the worst year in its history, losing a combined $32 billion excluding special items. Yet it still…
Continue ReadingFox News’ official reason for canceling Lou Dobbs’ show — a post-election programing adjustment — doesn’t quite add up.…
Continue ReadingBend’s median home sales price zoomed to a new record of $580,000 in January, while Redmond’s reached a record $377,000, Beacon Appraisal Group…
Continue ReadingIt’s that time of year again, when people actually look forward to watching TV commercials. Millions of viewers will tune in to Super Bowl LV,…
Continue ReadingSunday is an unofficial holiday in the US as the NFL kicks off the Super Bowl, and “Saturday Night Live” had plenty to say about it. The…
Continue ReadingA new children’s book called “Doctor Li and The Crown-Wearing Virus” is the origin story of Doctor Li Wenliang, who first raised…
Continue ReadingSome essential workers, such as at your neighborhood grocery store, say they feel they keep getting pushed back to get their vaccine, despite…
Continue ReadingKroger has joined a growing list of large US grocery store chains offering incentives for workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The company announced…
Continue ReadingLou Dobbs, the longtime host of the signature right-wing talk show on the Fox Business Network, was canned by the network on Friday night. “Lou…
Continue ReadingTwo prominent staffers of The New York Times who’d been the focus of high-profile recent controversies for the paper — audio producer Andy…
Continue ReadingThe first jobs report of the Joe Biden presidency was less than OK — but Wall Street cheered anyway. Stocks rose Friday, extending all-time…
Continue ReadingLuckin Coffee, once hailed as China’s homegrown rival to Starbucks, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States less than a year after the…
Continue ReadingEnjoying more free time while working from home? Maybe not. New research conducted during the pandemic shows that home-working employees in the…
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