Buh-bye, skinny jeans: Levi’s is embracing a baggy look
Skinny jeans have had their moment. Comfy clothing is what consumers want now, and Levi’s is ready to deliver with more generous-fitting and…
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Jon Stewart joins Twitter and defends the Redditors
Comedian and former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart is finally on Twitter, and his first tweet was about the GameStop-Reddit mayhem on Wall…
Continue Reading China’s army of small investors want in on the GameStop mania
The frenzy over GameStop has inspired amateurs everywhere to shake up stock markets. Now China’s massive army of retail investors wants to get…
Continue Reading Robinhood gets $1 billion infusion, signaling cash crunch
Robinhood raised $1 billion from existing investors just hours after it halted purchases of GameStop, suggesting the free-trading app faced a…
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Dogecoin soars 370% as Reddit group works to send the cryptocurrency ‘to the moon’
Dogecoin is the latest target of hyped-up Reddit users. The virtual currency, which originally started as an internet parody based on a viral dog…
Continue Reading Robinhood raised $1 billion after halting GameStop purchases
Robinhood raised $1 billion from existing investors just hours after it halted purchases of GameStop, suggesting the free-trading app faced a…
Continue Reading Fired Fox News political editor calls out ‘hype men in the media’ who helped Trump attempt to ‘steal an election’
A longtime Fox News politics editor, who was fired by the network earlier this month after angering former President Donald Trump, rebuked the…
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New owners have big plans for Prineville’s former Woodgrain Millwork site
The former Woodgrain Millwork mill in Prineville, closed after large sections of the roof collapsed in heavy snowfall a few years ago, has been…
Continue Reading ABC News president James Goldston is stepping down
ABC News president James Goldston, who has led the network news division for the past seven years, is stepping down at the end of March. Goldston…
Continue Reading Amanda Gorman’s three books will get one million first prints due to overwhelming demand
To meet the demand for Amanda Gorman’s unreleased books, her publisher announced it will print one million copies of each of her three titles.…
Continue Reading 2021 just got worse: Now there’s a Grape-Nuts shortage
If you’re having a hard time finding Grape-Nuts at your local supermarket, you are not alone. The pandemic has come for Grape-Nuts. Supply…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines reports first loss in 48 years
The last time Southwest Airlines posted an annual loss was 1972, when it was a small upstart airline flying a handful of planes on Texas-only routes.…
Continue Reading Commerzbank to slash 10,000 jobs and close hundreds of branches
Commerzbank plans to slash its workforce by 10,000 and close 340 branches by 2024 as part of a strategic overhaul. The bank has roughly 48,500…
Continue Reading What if China no longer needs Hollywood? That’s bad news for the film industry
America has been the king of the box office for, well, forever. Not anymore. In 2020, China overtook the United States to become the top movie market…
Continue Reading McDonald’s sales took a hit from Covid-19 restrictions
McDonald’s US sales popped in the fourth quarter as guests spent more per order, but international sales took a hit from lockdowns related to…
Continue Reading Last year’s American economy shrank the most since 1946
The US economy grew at an annualized and seasonally adjusted rate of 4% in the fourth quarter of 2020, just as economists had predicted, the Commerce…
Continue Reading Another 847,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits in Joe Biden’s first week as president
America’s unemployment crisis is now President Joe Biden’s problem, and jobless claims in his (partial) first week as president show how…
Continue Reading Europe has a vaccine shortage. So why is it fighting with AstraZeneca?
The European Union has been locked in a very public and acrimonious fight with AstraZeneca over vaccine delays. The temperature may have cooled…
Continue Reading GameStop continues to surge — now up 2,500% this year
So much for what goes up must come down. GameStop continued to defy gravity Thursday. Shares soared another 30% in premarket trading thanks to…
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